The Fremont County Sheriff’s Department today (Monday), released a compiled report on accidents which occurred over the past couple of weeks. Officials say two people suffered minor injuries during a rollover accident Oct. 11^th, northeast of Sidney. The accident happened when Justin Carter, of Nevada, MO, missed a curve on 195^th Street, as he was traveling north onto 305^th Street. The car rolled into the east ditch. Carter, and a passenger in the car were injured, and transported by Sidney Rescue to Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg.

Another accident happened October 8^th, near the Sidney Recreation area. Officials say Rosemary Spiegel, of Hamburg, was traveling north on Highway 275. As she passed 230^th Street, Spiegel lost control of her 1998 Buick LeSabre and overcorrected, sending the car across the opposite lane of traffic and into the west ditch, where it rolled onto its top. Spiegel and a passenger in the vehicle were transported to the hospital in Hamburg by Sidney Rescue.

And, on October 4^th, two passengers in a van were taken to the Shenandoah Hospital after a car driven by Brittany Corbin, of Tarkio, MO, collided with the van as Corbin was passing a semi. The accident happened on northbound Highway 275. Neither Cordbin, nor the driver of the van, David McSorley, of Sidney, were injured in the crash.

A downed power line north of Lewis Sunday left residents of the community without power for a little more than five-hours. The downed line caused a small ditch fire just north of Highway 6, near County Road M-56.

The power was knocked out at around 3-p.m.. Crews from Mid-American Energy were on the scene and able to restore service to the utility’s customers, at around 8:00 p.m.

Police in Shenandoah report a traffic stop Sunday resulted in the arrest of one person on a drug charge. 18-year-old Treyton Sunderman was taken into custody for possession of drug paraphernalia, after a Shenandoah Police Reserve officer stopped Sunderman’s vehicle in the 400 block of West Nishna Road.The police report said the officer discovered drug paraphernalia in the vehicle during a search. Sunderman was subsequently cited into magistrate’s court.

Police in Shenandoah are investigating the theft over the weekend, of a pickup truck. Officials say Chris Hogue of Shenandoah reported his 2008 Chevy Silverado was stolen at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday, from the 300 block of Church Street. Police located the pickup a short while later in the 1000 block of 7th Avenue. Officials say anyone with information about the theft should contact Shenandoah Police at 712-246-3512.

Police in Red Oak say an alleged shoplifter was arrested Sunday evening. 42-year old Darren Scott Foncree was taken into custody for allegedly taking a pack of cigarettes from the Red Oak Hy Vee Store. Foncree was charged with 5th degree theft and held in jail on $300 bond.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says there are now over 150 locations where you can take old computers, cell phones and other electronics for recycling. D-N-R spokesperson, Susan Johnson, says the number of people willing to take electronics for recycling increased after a change in regulation. She says they changed the process in July from requiring a permit, to just requiring those businesses that recycle cathode ray tubes and other electronics to register. Johnson says that made the collection easier without compromising the protection of the environment.

Johnson says the electronic gadgets have become common place in almost every home and business. She says there seems to be more electronics produced each day as the faster and more convenient devices replace the old ones. She says it’s important to recycle the old devices properly to keep from polluting.

There are a variety of toxic materials that can be found in electronic devices that can pollute the soil and groundwater if they are not properly disposed of. Johnson says the change has appeared to have increased the recycling effort. Johnson says they don’t have an exact number on the recycling effort, but she says from the collection events she’s seen, it seems like people have had old computers and things stored in their basement and are now recycling them.

Johnson encourages you to find a recycle for your old electronics. She says you can do to the Iowa D-N-R website under the solid waste page and look under electronic recycling. Or you can call her 515-281-7892, and she will e-mail you the list. The D-N-R’s website also has an application for those who want to register to recycle electronics. The address is: www.iowadnr.gov.

(Radio Iowa)