(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on April 17th, of 27-year-old Jasiah Masterson, of Atlantic. Masterson was taken into custody on charges of OWI/1st offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. He was booked into the Cass County Jail and later released on his Own Recognizance.

And, on Monday, April 24th, deputies in Cass County arrested 34-year-old Todd Jenkins, of Osceola, on a warrant for Failure to Appear on the charge of OWI First Offense.  Jenkins was transported to the Cass County Jail and also later released on his Own Recognizance.

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Connections Area Agency on Aging reports vouchers are available for the Senior Farmer’s Market program. Seniors meeting income requirements can obtain vouchers that they can use at participating area Farmers Markets to buy $50.00 worth of fresh, locally grown produce.

To request an application call 800-432-9209 and leave a message with you name and phone number.  All calls will be returned within five business days of the order being received.  Applications will then be mailed out every Thursday with an addressed return envelope.  Once Connections officials receive completed applications, vouchers will be mailed out to applicant.  Please note applications not completed will not receive vouchers until all information is provided.

Program Criteria:

• Must be at least 60 years of age or older.
• Annual income must be less than
  $26,973  for Individual, Single Senior applicants,  or $36,482 for Married couples.

When a staff member returns your call, please indicate whether you are applying as an individual or a married couple.

Outline of Process: This method is the only way to obtain Farmers’ Market vouchers in 2023.

• Applications available by phone only.
• Applications will be mailed with a return envelope.
• Applications must be complete before vouchers are mailed out.
• Applications are on a first come first serve basis.
• Walk-in’s will not be accepted at Connections’ senior centers or office locations.

(Radio Iowa) – The Carroll County Growth Partnership is getting 200-thousand dollars from the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) for a proposed first-of-its-kind rural business resource center known as HUB 712. Partnerships Executive Director, Kimberly Tiefenthaler, says HUB 712 has been in the works for quite some time, and once up and running, it will provide entrepreneurs with resources that are not readily available in areas outside larger cities. “All the entrepreneurial centers are in the middle of the state, however out here, there’s enough population, there’s enough entrepreneurship and there’s certainly enough people that have that entrepreneurial mindset and certainly people that have that an idea that needs to be developed,” she says.

The state award will be used to cover some of the initial costs of the project like outreach efforts, contract specialists, and hiring personnel. Tiefenthaler says HUB 712 will centralize resources in a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs in Carroll, Calhoun, Sac, Crawford, Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, and Greene Counties. The Small Business Development Center is one of the partners in the project. “Advance Iowa is a partnership that we struck about a year ago, and now that we’ve got this in place the Exit Planning and also the employee Co-Op piece, that is something that we’re going to be encouraging in the business continuity piece. And then the impact callus program that is the platform that we are piloting with I-E-D-A and we will be collecting data through that program, but it is also a platform in place to assist startup businesses and existing businesses,” Tiefenthaler says.

Tiefenthaler says with the state grant in place, the project will really start to pick up speed. “We’re definitely excited and this is where the rubber meets the road and we roll up our sleeves and go work, right. We’ve been talking about it and now with a 200-thousand dollar award we can put things into motion for sure,” she says. Tiefenthaler expects to be ready for a soft launch sometime in the next few months — with a full launch planned for later this summer.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports 35-year-old Jessie Harman, of Glenwood, was arrested Tuesday. She faces charges that include Child Endangerment and Domestic Abuse Assault. Harman was being held in the Mills County Jail without bond, until seen by a magistrate.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests and a single-vehicle rollover accident. Authorities say 26-year-old Rhiannon Irene Gilbert, of Glenwood, was arrested Monday on a warrant for Violation of No Contact Order. She was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail. And, Tuesday morning, 43-year-old Brian James Johnson, Jr., of Plattsmouth, NE, was arrested at the Douglas County, NE Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Theft in the 1st Degree. Johnson was also being held without bond.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports also, at around 5:40-p.m. Tuesday, 31-year-old Zachary Smith, of Glenwood, was driving a 2015 Jeep southbound on Hilman Road, when, according to an investigation, he attempted to turn west onto Hawley Road. The Jeep missed the turn and rolled over into a ditch on the north side of the road. Authorities say trees in the ditch held the SUV in-place until emergency services could arrive and extract him from the vehicle.

The report states that “there was a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from the vehicle.” EMS transported Smith to the UNMC in Omaha, for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, today (Wednesday), said that last Wednesday (April 19, 2023), agents with the DCI arrested Kathryn Zimmerman, of Mount Ayr, on misdemeanor warrants for False Reports to a Public Safety Official and Interference with Official Acts. Zimmerman, the former executive director of the Ringgold County Conservation Board, was charged following an investigation.

The charges stem from a December 5, 2022, incident at Poe Hollow Park when Zimmerman denied Ringgold County deputies and bomb technicians entrance to the facility to render safe an explosive device found earlier that morning. The investigation also included a criminal complaint Zimmerman made to the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office. In the complaint, Zimmerman alleged that Ringgold County Supervisor Colby Holmes struck her with his truck.

Due to conflicts of interest with the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office and the Ringgold County Attorney’s Office, the DCI was requested to join with the Adair County Attorney’s Office to investigate Zimmerman’s allegations. The DCI provided results of the investigation to the Adair County Attorney for review. Zimmerman has since posted bond.