A Pottawattamie County man was injured in a near head-on collision Tuesday afternoon, near Clarinda. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 21-year old Cory Smith, of Council Bluffs, was transported to the Clarinda Regional Medical Center by Clarinda Ambulance, following the crash on Highway 2, near the 44-mile marker. Officials say Smith was driving a 2008 KIA Optima westbound on Highway 2 at around 4:12-p.m., when an eastbound 2002 Ford Focus, driven by 58-year old Richard Wilcoxson, of Bedford, crossed the center line and hit the KIA in the westbound lane. The accident remains under investigation.

Clarinda Fire and EMS, along with deputies from the Page County Sheriff’s Office, assisted at the scene.

A construction company is out nearly $34,000, after some of its equipment was stolen sometime over the past week. The Page County Sheriff’s Office says an employee of Cedar Falls Construction, out of Waterloo, called Tuesday (today) to report the theft of a skid loader, brush attachment and trailer. The items, which were being used for a road construction project, were located in at Rapp Park parking lot when not in use. Authorities are asking the public to be on the lookout for a yellow, Gehl 4840-E skid loader, 20-foot long PJ Trailer that the skid loader was parked on, and a Sweepstar 21072 pavement broom, that was attached to the skid loader.

The items were taken sometime between 5-p.m. May 23rd, and 8:45-a.m. May 28th.  Anyone with information about the theft should contact the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 712-542-5193.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Monday of 37-year old Kevin Allen Long, of College Springs. Long was arrested at around 4:40-p.m., after deputies responded to a reported assault involving a 14-year old and an adult. Long was subsequently charged with Simple Assault. He was being held in the Page County Jail pending an appearance before the magistrate.

The Stuart Police Department says charges were filed today (Tuesday) in Guthrie County Court, with regard to the May 20th robbery of First State Bank in Stuart. Wayne Eugene Palmer and Hannah Elizabeth Reisinger, both of Carlisle, PA have been charged with robbery in the 1st degree in connection to the case. The filing of charges was delayed due to the Memorial Day holiday. Palmer and Reisinger remain in custody at the Los Angeles Metro Jail in Los Angeles, CA. They were arrested on May 24th on material witness warrants related to the May 20th bank robbery. Palmer was also arrested on a parole violation warrant from Pennsylvania.

Arrangements are being made to have both Palmer and Reisinger extradited to the Guthrie County Jail from Los Angeles.