Officials with the Harlan Police Department report six arrests from May 10th through the 30th:

• On Monday (May 30), 31-year-old Anthony Michael Bennett, of Harlan, was arrested on an active Shelby County warrant.
• Last Wednesday (May 25), 32-year-old Jesse Eugene Hutton, of Omaha, was arrested on an active Pottawattamie County warrant.
• On the 23rd, 40-year-old Jasper William Daniel, of Atlantic, was arrested following a traffic stop, for Driving While Barred; and, 29-year-old Adams Tyrone Scheffler, of Harlan, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault, Assault, and Criminal Mischief.
• May 13th, Harlan Police arrested 41-year-old James Steven Ortiz, of Harlan, on an active warrant out of Colorado.
• And, on May 10th, 34-year-old Cory Robert Kyle, of Avoca, was arrested in Harlan for Driving While Barred, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Failure to Maintain a registration plate.

The Glenwood Police Department reports two arrests occurred Monday (May 30):

41-year-old John Adams, of Glenwood, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance 3rd offense, bond set at $5000 cash or surety. And, 42-year-old Sara Johnson, of Glenwood, was arrested for driving while suspended, bond set at $300 cash or surety.

(Radio Iowa) – The Republican leader in the Iowa Senate says there is gaming fatigue in the state Capitol and that’s why a temporary moratorium on new casino licenses was quickly passed last week. Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says “Please just said, ‘We want a pause and see how this shakes out over the next couple of years.'” Whitver notes there was zero push back during Senate debate of the moratorium. “There were a couple of changes that the casinos wanted to make this year that really aren’t that drastic of changes, but one thing that our people wanted to see is they don’t believe we need another casino right now,” Whitver says.

There are 19 state-licensed casinos operating in Iowa today. The moratorium on new licenses would last until July of 2024 — if the governor signs the bill into law. In August of 2019, sports betting became legal and Whitver says that was a factor. “Especially after the sports gaming bill that passed, there’s so many ads, so much talk about gaming, that people said: ‘We just need to put a pause on this,'” Whitever said.

And legislators this year tabled the casinos request to allow wagering on video game competitions, often called E-sports. “Over the last few years there’s been a lot of changes to our gaming laws in the state of Iowa, and then there have been changes that will affect Iowa, like Nebraska bringing casinos on board,” Whitver says. “And so there’s a little — a lot of gaming fatigue within the Capitol.”

Whitver made his comments during last weekend’s “Iowa Press on Iowa P-B-S. On Monday, dozens of local investors and Cedar Rapids officials said they intend to apply fo a casino license as soon as state law allows. The plans for a 250 million dollar casino and entertainment complex in downtown Cedar Rapids include flood control measures.

Sheriff’s officials in Dallas County report a Union County man was injured during a collision Saturday between his motorcycle and a deer. The accident happened on I-80 near mile marker 110. Authorities say Anthony Hoadley, of Creston, was traveling westbound when the accident occurred. Hoadley was transported to Methodist by Dallas County EMS. Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $10,000.