(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Sheriff’s office reports several arrests took place since the beginning of the month. On April 3rd, 46-year-old Carrie Lynn Kellogg, of Atlantic, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 59. Kellogg was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Possession of Controlled Substance, Prohibited Acts, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Improper Rear Lamps, and No Valid Driver’s License.

On the 6th, four Harlan residents were arrested following the execution of a search warrant at a residence in Harlan:

• 36-year-old Zachary Thomas Scheffler was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Gathering where Marijuana is used.
• 31-year-old Kaleigh Marie Turner was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
• 32-year-old Jacob Brady Scheffler was charged with Gathering where Marijuana is used.
• and, 38-year-old Amber Leigh Lind was arrested on an active warrant out of Shelby County for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Prohibited Acts, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  Lind was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged also with Gathering where Marijuana is used.

On April 7th, 24-year-old Justin Andrew Dickinson, of Harlan, was arrested on an active Shelby County Warrant for Burglary 3rd Degree. On the 9th, 28-year-old Gunnar Michael Blum, of Kimballton, was arrested following a traffic stop in Elk Horn. Blum was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Driving while License Denied or Revoked, Operating a Non-Registered Vehicle, and Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability.

On April 13th, 42-year-old Mark Corwin Gunderson, of Shelby, was arrested following a call for service at a residence in Shelby.  Gunderson was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Domestic Abuse Assault 1st offense. On the 15th, Shelby County Deputies arrested 33-year-old Brittany Marie Barker, of Shelby, on an active Shelby County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault 1st offense.

And, on April 1st, 36-year-old James Robert McConnell, of Manilla, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 191. McConnell was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with OWI 1st, open container, and speeding.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County, Tuesday, arrested a woman wanted on a drug-related warrant. The Sheriff’s Department reports 57-year-old Sheryl Lynn Clark, of Red Oak, was taken into custody on the warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1^st Offense. Clark was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

(UPDATE/Radio Iowa) – Former Vice President Mike Pence will be one of the featured speakers this Saturday at the Iowa Republican Fourth District convention in Carroll. Woodbury County G-O-P chairman Bob Henderson expects a big turnout. “We are going to have, I believe somewhere in their neighborhood of about 300 delegates and probably at close to 100, maybe 150 alternate delegates, but then there will be a number of observers.” There will be candidates for various offices, not only statewide but also federal offices who will be there who will speak as well, Henderson says.

He says they will discuss several issues. “The convention, of course, is to do things like passing the platform that has been worked on to a large extent, in fact by the platform committee. And of course, delegates have the opportunity of bringing amendments to the forefront during that time,” Henderson says. “And of course, the way this works is the four district conventions will put together all of the platforms that they have and then that gets passed to the state.” Henderson says Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra and Vice President Pence will serve breakfast to convention delegates Saturday in Carroll from 9:30 a-m to 10 a-m. “I know that Randy’s a pretty good cook. I don’t know about Vice President Pence, I don’t know what his cooking skills are like — but we’re going to find out on Saturday,” Henderson says.

Pence was the special guest last year at Feenstra’s first annual family picnic in Sioux Center The Fourth District convention begins at 10 a-m at Carroll High School. Pence will also speak at the Story County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Highway dinner on Saturday. That event is at the Ames Golf and Country Club at 6 p.m. Tickets are $75.

AMES, Iowa — Officials with the Ames Police Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly assaulted a nurse in the Mary Greeley Medical Center emergency room, Monday night.

Authorities say at around 9:45 p.m., a man entered the hospital and assaulted a nurse at the front counter. He then left, heading southbound from the hospital. Anyone with information is asked to call the Ames Police Department at 515-239-5133.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Senate has sent the governor a bill to require that the owners of mobile home parks provide notices of rent increases or utility hikes 90 days in advance. Current law requires 60 days notice. Representative Amy Sinclair, a Republican from Allerton, says the bill requires any new mobile home park owner to honor existing leases and it gives the residents of manufactured housing an avenue to seek damages if they’re denied essential services, like access to running water.

“This bill provides protections to some of the most vulnerable Iowans and it increases their rights under Iowa law,” Sinclair said. Democrats voted against the measure, saying it does little to address the concerns of mobile home park residents. Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls of Coralville says mobile home park residents in his area are frightened they’ll be unable to keep up with sizable rent increases.

“We can do better than this, Mr. President,” Wahls said. “Let’s vote this bill down and start over.” The owners of mobile home parks lease the lots on which the manufactured housing sits. Senator Herman Quirmbach of Ames, a Democrat, says the economics are tilted. “The park owner essentially can hold the owner of the mobile home hostage,” Quirmbach says. “They can’t afford to move it.” Sinclair says the bill strikes a balance between landlords and tenants — and is far better than doing nothing at all.

“I understand that it might not be everything that everybody wants, but sometimes striking that balance means that not everybody is happy with the end result,” Sinclair says. The House passed the bill earlier this month, with two Democrats joining Republicans in voting for it.