(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports one arrest and one minor accident. At around 1-a.m. today (Friday), 30-year-old Michelle Lynn Kasha (no address given) was arrested on Myrtle Street, for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Her bond was set at $2,000.  And, a guardrail was damaged Thursday night, when a Kenworth semi driven by 61-year-old Jonathan Swensen, of Aberdeen, SD, was pulling into the parking lot of “The Playground,” an adult entertainment venue. Swensen was turning south when the trailer his truck was pulling failed to make the turn and struck the guardrail.

There were no injuries, and no citations were reported.

(Radio Iowa) – A national chain of drug stores is announcing significant closures, though the impact in Iowa is still uncertain. CVS has nearly 10,000 stores nationwide but plans to close 900 of them, up to 300 a year for the next three years. The company isn’t saying yet which stores it will close. In Iowa, the chain has 38 stores in 19 cities. CVS says it’s adjusting to consumers who are buying more online. In a news release, the company says the closures will bring a retail presence that means it has the “right kinds of stores in the right locations for consumers and for the business.”

CVS lists the following stores in Iowa: Altoona (1), Ames (2), Ankeny (2), Bettendorf (1), Cedar Falls (2), Cedar Rapids (5), Coralville (1), Council Bluffs (2), Davenport (3), Des Moines (4), Dubuque (1), Fort Dodge (2), Iowa City (2), Marion (1), Mason City (1), Sioux City (1), Urbandale (2), Waterloo (3) and West Des Moines (2).

(Radio Iowa) – The president of Coe College in Cedar Rapids is announcing he’ll identify a senior staffer to oversee diversity, equity and inclusion — or D-E-I — initiatives on campus. It follows a protest march and rally by hundreds of students and at least one faculty member on Thursday. Coe student Angelina Ramirez called for diversifying the school’s board of trustees.  “To fix structural issues we need structural reform. That is necessary. That is why we are here today,” Ramirez says. “Our demands will result in accountability and representation. Again, that is necessary and that is why we are here today.”

Coe faculty member Anthony Kelley joined the demonstration and protested with the students. “We’re sick and tired of being sick and tired,” Kelley said. “We’re sick and tired of a board of trustees composed of mostly wealthy white men who do not reflect the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of our broader campus community. We’re sick and tired of feeling unwelcome.”

The students were galvanized by the resignation of a longtime trustee who criticized the school’s recent presidential search process as lacking diversity.

(Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio)

Davenport, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports a man convicted of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon and other crimes in Scott County, failed to return to the Davenport Residential Corrections Facility as required, Thursday. Authorities say 23-year-old Corionte Crishawn Williams is a black male, 5-feet 9-inches tall. He weighs 183 pounds. Williams was admitted to the work release facility on August 17, 2021.

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Persons with information on his whereabouts should contact local police.

Council Bluffs, Iowa — Authorities in Pottawattamie County said in an update to a death investigation in Council Bluffs, the incident was a murder-suicide, and the case is closed.

As we’ve previously reported, Sheriff’s Deputies and Police were called to home on the far east side of Council Bluffs at around 7:45-a.m. November 7th., on a report of a domestic disturbance. When law enforcement arrived on the scene, the found the body of 83-year-old Bonnie Rankin, dead from a gunshot wound.

Her husband, 86-year-old Harvey Rankin was suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center for treatment, but died Nov. 16th.