The Adair County Sheriff’s Department reports three people were arrested on Burglary charges over the past week. Just before 1-a.m. Saturday, 31-year-old Nicole Lynn Bell, and 34-year-old Charles William Walker, both from Council Bluffs, were arrested at an apartment in Adair that was being remodeled, and supposed to be empty & unoccupied.The door had been forced open.

Police in Adair entered the apartment and found Bell and Walker. They also found a baggie of what appeared to be meth, on the floor. As Bell was looking through her purse for identification, Police noticed several pipes used for smoking meth had fallen out of her purse. Walker said the apartment was his mothers, and she gave them permission to be there, but the contractor doing the remodeling said the woman had been evicted over two months ago.

Bell was arrested for Burglary in the 3rd Degree and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine -3rd or subsequent offense. Walker had been arrested at around 8:54-p.m. Friday, for Burglary in the 3rd Degree. He also had a warrant out of Cass County, for Theft in the 5th- & Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. Both were being held in the Adair County Jail, with bond for Walker set at $5,000. Bell’s bond was set at $6,000.

Thursday, at around 12:22-a.m., Stuart Police arrested 24-year-old Jesse Andrew Queener, of Stuart, for Violation of a No Contact Order, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Burglary in the 2nd Degree. The latter charge was associated with an incident at a residence in the 600 block of SW 4th Street, in Stuart. His bond was set at $10,000. On June 13th, at around 8:30-p.m., 38-year-old Christopher Anthony Ford, of Greenfield, was arrested by Greenfield Police, for Failure to Appear on a charge of Harassment in the 3rd Degree, and Public Intoxication. The Harassment charge stems from an incident whereby Ford allegedly made sexual comments to three minor-age girls, at the Greenfield City Park. His bond was set  at $300.

On June 16th, 37-year-old Christopher Lee Ballentine, of Des Moines, was arrested in Adair County, for Failure to Appear on a Violation of Probation charge. His bond was set at $2,000. And, 45-year-old Angela Jo Holtry, of Lorimor, was arrested June 19th in Adair County, for OWI/2nd offense.  A breath sample registered .118%, which is over the legal limit for intoxication. Holtry was later released on a citation.

(Radio Iowa) – Five adults and two juveniles have been charged with a burglary that happened on the evening of June 8th at the former Clay Central-Everly school. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests this week. Three 19-year-olds from Spencer have been arrested and face burglary, theft and criminal mischief charges. A 20-year-old and a 21-year-old from Sioux City have been charged with trespassing.

Investigators say a 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy from Spencer were also involved and they face burglary, theft and criminal mischief charges.

(Radio Iowa) – Authorities have arrested a suspect in a shooting at a Linn County convenience store late Sunday. A Linn County deputy responded to an alarm at the Casey’s on Highway 13 in Coggin at about 10:15 Sunday night and was shot several times. He was flown to the University of Iowa Hospitals for treatment. According to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s office, the suspect fled in a van, another deputy followed the van, the van crashed on the north edge of Coggin and the suspect started running.

Thirty-six-year-old Stanley Donahue of Chicago was arrested late this (Monday) morning. The deputy who was shot is now in stable condition.

ANITA—Early Sunday morning the city of Atlantic helped Anita Municipal Utilities jet out a plugged wastewater pipe, and notified DNR of a wastewater discharge into a nearby creek. Wastewater backed up into a golf course’s maintenance building and overflowed from a manhole into Turkey Creek, located northwest of the golf course south of White Pole Road. The city of Atlantic removed the plug, stopping the discharge and the sewer backup into the building.

The amount of the discharge is unknown, but early estimates indicate a limited amount of wastewater reached the creek as the manhole was still intact. DNR is monitoring the situation and seeking more information about the extent of the discharge. The DNR will consider appropriate enforcement action.

Wastewater discharges due to mechanical problems must be reported to DNR within 24 hours. They can be reported by calling the 24-hour environmental hotline at 515-725-8694 or the local DNR field office during normal office hours.

CLIVE, Iowa — An Atlantic man said he delivered a late-night wakeup call to his parents as soon as he discovered he’d won a $10,000 lottery prize. “I went and pounded the front door of my mom and dad’s house to tell them the good news,” Chancey Elliott said with a laugh on Friday as he claimed his prize at lottery headquarters in Clive.

Elliott, 25, won the big prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “Jewel Game Book” scratch game. He decided to buy a ticket in the game during a nighttime stop for something to drink at Casey’s, 911 SW Seventh St. in Atlantic. When he scratched the ticket at home, he thought he’d won $75. But when he scanned it with his Iowa Lottery mobile app, he realized the prize was much larger. It didn’t sink in until he returned to the store and an employee verified his win on the store’s lottery terminal.

Chancey Elliott

“It hit me after the guy was like, ‘No, you seriously won $10,000,'” Elliott recalled. “I ran out of the store really quickly and I’m like, ‘I have to go to my mom and dad’s house now. I don’t care what time of night it is. I’m going now!'” He said his parents were just as surprised and excited as he was. And after a fitful night of sleep, Elliott said he was just happy to wake up and realize his big win wasn’t a dream.

“Like I said, I’m a small-time guy and I work for everything I have,” he said. “You hear stories about people winning this kind of money, but I never thought it would be me.” Elliott, a plumber and father of three, said he planned to use his winnings to pay off debt and care for his children.

The Jewel Game Book a $20 scratch game. It features six pages of games, 10 top prizes of $100,000 and overall odds of 1 in 2.52. For more information about this game, and the number of prizes still available, visit ialottery.com.

In an update to our previous reports, the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said that at around 12:01-a.m. Sunday, the Mills County Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call about an active stabbing that took place at 8 Garfield Lane, in Glenwood. Mills County Deputies and Glenwood Police responded and found Joseph Moreno exiting a residence, bleeding heavily from his arm. Moreno identified his alleged assailant as David Duncan.

Law enforcement secured the scene and administered first aid to Moreno. After clearing the residence and checking with witnesses, it was determined Duncan was no longer there. While Glenwood Rescue came to the entrance of the trailer court to provide additional medical aid to Moreno, law enforcement established a perimeter. A K9 unit from the Council Bluffs Police Department and a drone from the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, along with Omaha Police Helicopter ABLE 1 responded to the scene. Once the K9 was in-place, a track of the suspect Duncan got underway. He was located shortly thereafter.

Authorities say after Duncan refused numerous orders from law enforcement, a Taser was deployed. Duncan was then taken into custody but continued to actively resist arrest. He was cleared by Glenwood Resuce and the transported to the Mills County Jail.  Duncan was charged with Willful Injury causing serious bodily injury.

June 21, 2021, Atlantic, IA – SHIFT ATL has announced their Farm to Table Dinner experience fundraiser event is SOLD OUT! However, there are still unlimited tickets available for the evening entertainment: Pianopalooza dueling pianos and beer garden.

The event will be held on July 17, 2021, on 4th Street between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street. Gates to enter for the dueling pianos will be on 4th and Chestnut and 4th and Walnut. Featured in the beer garden will be spirits from Revelton Distillery out of Osceola (Iowa). They recently were awarded five top awards from an international craft spirit competition Microliquor Spirit Awards (MLSA) for their honey whiskey and mulberry gin, both of which will be stocked in the bar at the Farm to Table dinner for attendees to try!

Tickets for just the dueling piano entertainment can be purchased before the event for $15/person or they will be $20/person the night of at the door. Gates will open for the dueling pianos at 7:30 p.m., following the Farm to Table dinner. Drink tickets can only be purchased at the event. Funds raised from this event will help support the group in filling their funding gap to complete the renovations at their 14 e 4th Street project. All additional money raised will roll into the organization’s budget to be used for new economic and/or community development projects or events.

SHIFT ATL, a 501(c)3 nonprofit formed in 2019, continues to build upon their broad but straightforward vision for the place they have made home: to shift the direction of Atlantic’s social and economic development opportunities by leveraging partnerships and strengthening social bonds within the community. They intend to revitalize Atlantic through projects, services and programs that will enhance the community and foster a sense of growth. Their inaugural project, renovating The Telegraph (formerly known as the Downtowner), saw construction start in
November of 2020. Werts Construction (Frazer Werts and team), Camblin Mechanical and Berg Electric have been executing against the renovation plan for the past six months and have made great progress.

They have completed demolition, stabilized, plumbed, poured a new floor, roughed in electrical, insulated and hung drywall in the building. The crew is now ready to start on the finishing touches on the upper story. SHIFT ATL will still be completing a 2-bedroom AirBnB on the upper story. The lower level commercial space is currently without a tenant, but the organization has ideas for what they would like to see occupy this space and are excited about the potential this space holds for the community of Atlantic.

To purchase tickets for the dueling pianos, visit shiftatl.org/dinner or visit the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce. To learn more about each project, to donate or to get involved, contact shiftatlantic@gmail.com, visit the website shiftatl.org or facebook page, @shiftatl.

The body of an adult male was discovered in the Missouri River,  Sunday. According to the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, the body was found by a fisherman around noon, near Onawa. The man was only identified as an adult, Black male. The body was recovered and taken to the medical examiner in Sioux City.

No further information was released.