The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests took place over the weekend: 49-year-old Bret Phillip Samuelson, of Nebraska City, NE., was arrested at I-29/Bunge Avenue, for Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $2,000. And, at around 2:50-a.m. Sunday, 18-year-old Kyrell Deshawn Wells, of Omaha, was arrested at 195th & Eastman Road in Mills County. He faces charges that include A Controlled Substance Violation, and Dangerous Weapon used in a crime. Bond was set at $5,000.

Authorities said also, a 2021 BMW motorcycle driven by 62-year-old James Petersen, of Glenwood, was traveling south on 221st Street in Mills County Saturday afternoon, when the cycle left the road, entered a yard, and broke through a barbed wire fence. Petersen was found a short distance from the motorcycle, which was laying on its side. He was transported by EMS to the high school in Glenwood, before being flown by medical helicopter to an undisclosed hospital. A report on his injuries was not provided.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater issued a report on arrests and incidents from the past week. On August 15th, 28-year-old James Dean Michelson, of Creston, was arrested by Stuart Police for Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense (marijuana and methamphetamine), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His arrest was the result of a traffic stop on the Stuart Road at around 7:15-a.m. A device used for smoking meth, along with other items for drug use were found in the vehicle. Michelson was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

As previously reported, on August 16th, 42-year-old Dustin James Seeley, of Lenox, was arrested on a felony charge of Murder in the 1st Degree. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on a One-million dollar cash-only bond. Also arrested August 16th, was 41-year-old Christa Jeane Swalley, of Denver, CO. Her Possession of Drug Paraphernalia charge, and a warrant out of Colorado were summarily dismissed, when authorities in Colorado refused to extradite her. Swalley was released the following day.

On Aug. 18th, 45-year-old Scott William Richard Funke, of Grimes, was arrested on Adair County warrants for Violation of Probation. He was later released after posted a cash or surety bond. 32-year-old Zachary Taylor Stream, of Des Moines, was arrested Aug. 20th in Stuart. He was taken into custody on a warrant out of Marion County, and transported by that county by their Deputies.

Sheriff Vandewater reports also, 43-year-old Mark David Osberg, of Stuart, was arrested August 20th, for OWI/1st offense, cited, and later released by Stuart Police. 39-year-old Sara Michelle Llamas, of Wonder Lake, IL, was arrested Aug. 21st, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, following a traffic stop on I-80 near Stuart. Llamas was cited and then released at the scene of the traffic stop.

(Radio Iowa) – Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson and an Arkansas senator who’s among the potential 2024 G-O-P presidential hopefuls visited with veterans in Independence this weekend. Hinson says the Biden Administration had intelligence reports that Kabul would fall to the Taliban and congress must investigate. “Instead of talking about spending $3.5 trillion more dollars, we should be trying to find solutions to the problems happening in Afghanistan right now,” Hinson says.

President Biden says it’s time to end the war and there would have been chaos if the departure of U.S. forces had been delayed. Hinson says congress should investigate why American military equipment is ending up in Taliban hands and she says any arbitrary deadline for withdrawal should be shelved until all Americans and allies in Afghanistan are evacuated.

A traffic stop Wednesday in Clarinda resulted in an arrest. The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a Sheriff’s Deputy initiated a traffic stop on a person whom is known not to have a valid driver’s license. During the traffic stop, 41-year-old Phillip Jay McClish, of Clarinda, was arrested for Driving while license is suspended / revoked. McClish was transported to the Page County Jail where he was held on $491.25 bond pending further court proceedings.

A traffic stop in Glenwood, Sunday, resulted in the arrest of 42-year-old Mark Schepker, from Glenwood. He was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense. Schepker’s cash/surety bond was set at $1,000.

An accident last week in Guthrie Center resulted in $1,000 damage to the local Dollar General Store. According to the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, a 2017 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 24-year-old Christopher Stamp-Powders, of Guthrie Center,  struck the store when, as Stamp-Powders told deputies he “just wasn’t paying attention.” The truck hit the southwest corner of the store, sustaining about $2,000 damage. The incident happened at around 6:35-p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 18th).

Authorities say Stamp-Powders was not injured, and there were no citations issued.

(In an update to our earlier post) – A man from Shenandoah died as the result of a motorcycle accident Sunday night, in Fremont County. According to the  Iowa State Patrol, 40-year-old Ric West-Lytle was traveling east on Highway 2 at around 9:45-p.m., when for reasons unknown, his 2001 Harley Davidson XL200S entered the westbound lane and then went into the north ditch. The motorcycle flipped several times before coming to rest in the ditch. West-Lytle was ejected from the machine during the crash.

His body was transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny. The accident remains under investigation.