The City of Atlantic’s Board of Adjustment will hold public hearings Monday morning at City Hall, with regard to two separate variance applications. The first is for Joseph and Karen Riesberg, who wish to construct a storage shed at 423 Elm Street. The shed would not conform to the rear yard setback requirements under the zoning ordinance. The second hearing is for a request by Larry and Marlene Hummel to construct a three-car garage at 2803 Country Club Drive, that would not conform to the street-side yard setback requirements under City Code.

The Board will also welcome and introduce new member Doug Seemann, and accept nominations for, and act on electing, a Chairperson and Vice-Chair. The meeting begins at 7:30-a.m., Monday.

Three southwest Iowa residents were injured during a head-on crash on Highway 141 in Guthrie County early this (Saturday) morning. The Iowa State Patrol says both drivers, 18-year old Rylie Schlepp, of Guthrie Center, and 40-year old Keith Miner, of Creston, along with a passenger in Miner’s vehicle, 32-year old Anita Miner, of Creston, were injured in the crash that happened at around 3:45-a.m., about two-miles west of Bayard.

Officials say a 2007 Pontiac G6 driven by Schlepp was traveling east on Highway 141 when it crossed the center line of the road and collided head-on with a 1996 Ford F-250 pickup driven by Keith Miner. Keith and Anita Miner, who were not wearing their seat belts, were flown by Life Flight and Mercy One helicopters to Iowa Methodist and Mercy Hospitals in Des Moines. Schlepp, who was wearing a seat belt, was transported by Coon Rapids Rescue to the Guthrie County Hospital. There is no word on the condition of the injured.

The accident remains under investigation.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man suspected of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl has been arrested in eastern Nebraska after a brief standoff with police. Bellevue police say they received a call around 9:30 a.m. Friday. The caller reported that 25-year-old Diego Campos of West Des Moines had sexually assaulted the girl at a Bellevue, Nebraska house. Police say Campos fled the home with a knife, and the search for him began.

Officials found him just before 2 p.m. hiding in a drainage culvert near a wooded area. Campos initially refused to come out, but surrendered less than an hour later. He was taken to a hospital for cuts and later arrested.