(Red Oak, Iowa) – An accident in Red Oak Saturday morning caused an estimated $30,000 damage to two vintage vehicles. Red Oak Police say the accident happened at around 8:25-a.m. in the 200 block of E. Coolbaugh Street, when the owner of a 1961 Ford Custom, 81-year-old Jerry L. Stanley, of Red Oak, exited the car near N. 4th Street and E. Coolbaugh. Stanley told Police the put the vehicle into park before he got out, and when he looked back, the car was going backwards.

The vehicle rolled and struck a parked 1955 Chevy Bel Air that was legally parked, and registered to Gary Sortino. There were no injuries. Authorities say it remains undetermined if the Ford was in park, or left in reverse by accident. Bystanders/witnesses said the car was moving backwards, very quickly. Officers noted there may have been a slight down grade on the road, but it was very small.

Jerry Stanley was issued a written warning for Parking without stopping or setting [the] brake.

(Shenandoah, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 12:02-a.m. Saturday south of Shenandoah, resulted in the arrest on drug charges, of a woman and man from Missouri. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a 2005 Chrysler near the intersection of Highway 59 and 300th Street. Deputies detected odor of controlled substances coming from the vehicle and conducted a probable cause search. They located approximately 11.1 grams of Methamphetamine and approximately 16 grams of marijuana as well as drug paraphernalia. (photos provided by the Fremont County S/O)

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The driver, 44-year-old Jacqueline Riley, and her passenger, 60-year-old Richard Lindsay, both of Tarkio, Missouri, were arrested for:

• Possession of Methamphetamine
• Possession of Marijuana
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp

Both were taken to the Fremont County Jail, and held on $7,000 bond. Riley was released after posting bond, while Lindsey is still in custody. The Page County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.

(Lewis, Iowa) – [A GoFundMe account has been established for Richard and his son Sean Keller]. The cause of a house fire in Lewis this (Saturday) morning, remains under investigation. The blaze at 203 Court Street in Lewis, was reported at around 9-a.m. The home’s owner, Rich Keller, told KJAN he could smell something burning when he was in the kitchen.

Keller has lived in Lewis for about 30-years. He says his house was just repainted last year. He’s not sure how the fire started.

When firefighters arrived, the found flames coming from the roof on the east side, in the attic/wall areas. Firefighters from Lewis, Atlantic & Griswold were on the scene, along with the Cass County Sheriff’s Department and Cass EMS. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Tim Pope says the home is likely a total loss. The fire was declared out, a little after 10:30-a.m.

Sean Keller (Photo)

(Photo’s by KJAN News Director Ric Hanson)

(Lewis, Iowa) – Atlantic, Lewis and Griswold Fire were called to the scene of a house fire this (Saturday) morning, in Lewis. The incident was reported at around 8:55-a.m. at 203 Court Street, in Lewis. Additional details are currently not available.

(Radio Iowa) – A Bettendorf chiropractor who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay 22-thousand dollars. According to the Iowa Insurance Division, Joshua David Blunt had submitted false insurance claims to Wellmark on two previous occasions and had repaid the company, but he continued to file factious bills for chiropractic care which was never provided.

Blunt has been ordered to repay Wellmark nearly 21-thousand dollars and pay a civil penalty. Investigators also discovered that in 2017 Blunt paid eight-thousand dollars for a recreational vehicle, but claimed he bought it for a dollar to avoid the registration fee. He’s been ordered to pay that 425-dollar fee on the R-V as well.

(Radio Iowa) – Former Vice President Mike Pence says the F-B-I search of Donald Trump’s Florida home is troubling, but he’s urging Republicans to tone down the anti-F-B-I rhetoric. Pence, who is at the Iowa State Fair this (Friday) afternoon with Senator Chuck Grassley, says the Republican Party stands for law and order.

Senator Grassley has said there’s evidence of political bias in the F-B-I. Grassley and Pence support release of more information to explain why it was necessary to conduct a court-ordered search of a former president’s home.

(Radio Iowa) – A celebration is planned Saturday morning to name the Jasper County bridge over the Skunk River on Highway 117 the Staff Sergeant Herschel F. “Pete” Briles Memorial Bridge.

Colfax city administrator Wade Wagoner, says Briles was a Colfax native and World War Two Medal of Honor recipient.
“His grandson — a guy by the name of Brian Briles who was the former mayor of Monroe — presented me with this idea to rename the bridge in Colfax which is just north of our downtown in honor of his grandfather,” Wagoner says.

Sergeant Briles braved German gunfire in 1944 to rescue men from a tank destroyer in his platoon that had been hit and set on fire. The next morning, Briles used his machine gun to pour fire into the enemy ranks — which led to 55 Germans surrendering and the opening up of a junction between American units which had been held up for two days. Later the same day, when another of his destroyers was hit by a concealed enemy tank, he again with the help of another soldier, evacuated two wounded under heavy fire and, braved death from exploding ammunition to put out the flames.

Sgt. Herschel “Pete” Briles. (photo from City of Colfax)

Wagoner says there is another honor for Briles as well. “In addition to the bridge, we’ll be raising a flag in his honor kind of on our cell tower. It’s quite a large flag. We’ve had a flag up before but it’s been down for quite a while and we were able to get another flag,” he says.

Wagoner says Briles survived the war and returned to his hometown. “He was presented his Medal of Honor by President Truman and he decided to make his life here in Jasper County. And he, I believe raised three boys and a lot of them are still in the area,” Wagoner says.

Briles didn’t talk about the things he did in the war with even his own family. “By all accounts, he was a very humble man and very rarely spoke of the war or his medal or his accomplish