Officials with the Lenox Police Department report a Red Oak woman was arrested last week on a 4^th degree theft charge. The arrest of 20-year old Desiree Willis was the result of an investigation into bad checks allegedly written to the Lenox Computer Store. Willis was transferred to a Taylor County Deputy and was transported to the Taylor County Jail.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A thief or thieves broke into an equipment room at Headid Park in Sioux City and stole the Little League’s utility vehicle. The vehicle was stolen one night last week. Headid Little League board member Tim Scherle says the vehicle is used to prepare the fields for the 375 Little Leaguers who play at the park.The vehicle was valued at $6,500.

Scherle says people shouldn’t steal from anyone, “but to take something from a Little League park was pretty disheartening, pretty upsetting, actually.”

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports today (Monday), an Imogene man was injured during a rollover accident last Tuesday (Dec. 6th).  Jacob Orr was traveling south on Highway 59 in a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am, when the car went out of control and slid across the intersection with 160th Street. The vehicle entered a ditch and rolled once, coming to rest on its wheels. Orr was transported to the Shenandoah Hospital for treatment of his injuries.

The future of the Behavioral Health Unit (BHU) at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, will be determined during a meeting early this (Wednesday morning). The CCMH Board of Trustees are slated to meet at 7:30-a.m. in Conference Room 1, to vote on whether the facility should remain open or other options. 

Options to be considered when the Trustees meet this morning, may include eliminating the mental health unit entirely, or downsizing it from 8- to 4-beds. The smaller facility would be relocated to the Special Care Unit after remodeling is complete. Hospital officials have said even if the BHU is relocated, it would still cost $250,000 per year to operate. 

An audit report showed the facility lost more than $344,000 in Fiscal Year 2011, and used-up more than $500,000 in funding.

The Red Oak Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, Incorporated, has received a donation of more than $75,500 from the estate of a local woman. According to reports, the bequeath comes from the estate of Doris Allquist, which also contributed to other local nonprofit groups and organizations. Funds from the donation will be used for the Association’s free smoke detector program, the goal of which is to place a working smoke detector in every home in the Red Oak area. The detectors are available at the Red Oak Fire Department.