VAIL, Iowa (AP) – Authorities in Crawford County are looking for a suspect who they say threatened a teller at the Westside State Bank in Vail with an explosive device before fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash. The robbery occurred just after 9 a.m. Saturday. Crawford County Sheriff Jim Steinkuehler said the man, described as white, in his 30s or 40s with a red goatee, threatened a teller with a Molotov cocktail but did not use the homemade bomb. The sheriff says the suspect, who was also wearing sunglasses, took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot.  Bank President Matt Lujano declined comment.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports a Glenwood man was arrested Thursday on drug and Child Endangerment charges.  35-year-old Clinton Prindle was taken into custody on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Child Endangerment. The Sheriff’s Office reports also,  51-year-old Dale Peters, of Glenwood,  was arrested Tuesday, and 20-year-old Nile Packett, of Glenwood, was arrested last Sunday. Both were charged with Domestic Abuse Assault.

A routine traffic stop early this (Saturday) morning in Shenandoah resulted in the arrest of two people on drug charges. According to the Shenandoah Police Department, Officer Steve Mather stopped a vehicle in the 500 block of south Fremont Street. An investigation resulted in the arrest of Shenandoah residents, 36-year-old William Fuller, on two Page County warrants for contempt of court and possession of drug paraphernalia, and 33-year-old Lisa Moyer, who was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia. Fuller was taken to the Page County Jail and is being held on $1,325 bond. Moyer was able to post bond, cited into court, and released.