The Montgomery County Law Enforcement Office reports the arrest today (Tuesday) of 34-year old Amy Dawn Clemmons of Emerson. Clemmons was arrested on charges of Theft/2nd degree and credit card fraud stemming from an incident that occurred on June 14th, 2013. After investigating, officers of the Red Oak Police Department found that the defendant did take a wallet which contained a large sum of money and that did not belong to her and also fraudulently used the victim’s credit cards.Clemmons is now being held at the Montgomery County Law Center on $5,000 bond.

The Iowa Transportation Commission today (Tuesday) approved $5.9-million for the Fiscal Year 2014 State Aviation Program, which includes several sub-programs, such as the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), the General Aviation Vertical Infrastructure (GAV) Program. The funds will have a positive impact on airports located in Council Bluffs, Red Oak and Creston, in our listening area.

Under the AIP, officials report the Creston Municipal Airport will receive $148,000 toward the $190,000 cost of pavement maintenance and the construction of a T-hangar access taxiway. The Council Bluffs Municipal Airport $84,000 toward the $168,00 cost of constructing a vehicle parking lot. And the Red Oak Municipal Airport will receive $88,000 for a $110,00 project that involves constructing a taxilane to a new six-unit T-hangar. AIP Programs are funded with revenue from aircraft registration fees and aviation fuel taxes.

And, as part of the GAV program, the Red Oak Airport will also receive $16,560 toward the $20,700 cost of renovating a hangar. Vertical Infrastructure programs are funded through the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF). All funding supplements local and federal funding sources, and seeks to maintain a safe and balanced statewide air transportation system.

The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reports County Road M-36 is currently closed for culvert repair. The affected section of road is in the 2100 block of Road M-36, north of 2103 M-36/the Dave Schwartz residence, between Greeley Township sections 21 and 23. The construction project is expected to last about three-weeks. Residents in the area and emergency responders should plan an alternate route.

One person was injured during a single vehicle rollover accident this (Tuesday) afternoon, in Crawford County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 23-year old Andrea Mersedes Gomez, of Denison, was transported to the Manning Hospital by Manning Rescue, after the SUV she was driving went out of control as it was westbound on Highway 30, about one-quarter of a mile west of Manning. The 2002 Ford Explorer rolled into the north ditch, at around 2:30-p.m.  The Patrol says Gomez was wearing her seat belt. A report on her injuries is not available