(Radio Iowa) – One of the smallest cities in Eastern Iowa with a population of around 50, is no longer considered a city at all. Randalia was officially unincorporated on June 30th. City Clerk Katrina Lane has lived in Randalia most of her life, and talked with K-C-R-G T-V the impact of the city becoming unincorporated. “It kind of means I worked myself out of a job,” Lane says. Lane’s has four kids and her oldest child is teenage son Andy. “I think it just means that we won’t be able to call it Randalia, but that doesn’t change the fact that we still live in it,” Lane says.

Katrina Lane says Randalia auctioned off the city properties to pay off its debt. “The city creamery, city hall, and the park and the playground equipment were sold separately, she says. Lane said it was a tough day for everyone, including her two young daughters, to see the park equipment go. Lane told K-C-R-G T-V that the population just kept declining and the town didn’t have the people or money to do the jobs to keep it running. “People moving out, people passing away, and…people not coming back in,” she says.

Fayette County will now be responsible for Randalia, including snowplowing its roads and maintaining them.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Department reports five arrests took place from June 30th through July 5th. Most recently:

On July 5th, 52-year-old David Mark Leesley, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested by Police in Adair, for Public Intoxication. His Breath Alcohol Content (BAC) registered .296% (more than 3 times the legal limit). Leesley pled guilty and was released the following day for time-served.

On July 3rd, Adair County Sheriff’s Deputies in Fontanelle, arrested 38-year-old Scotty Allen Zigler, of Adair, for Driving While Barred and Trespass/1st offense. He was cited and released.

On the 1st of July, 33-year-old Melissa Kay McClellan, of Altoona, was arrested in Greenfield, on an Adair County warrant for 3 counts of Harassment in the 3rd Degree. She was released later that day on a $500 bond. 30-year-old Austin Wayne Harrison, of Stuart, was arrested at the same location, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. He was released the same day on a $2,000 bond, with 10% acceptable.

And, on June 30th, 20-year-old Miguel Pena-Mendez, of West Des Moines, was arrested on Interstate 80 in Adair County, for OWI/2nd offense, and Driving while license is denied or revoked. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop shortly after 1:30-a.m., after Adair County Dispatch received a report about a reckless driver traveling west on I-80 near mile marker 93. Pena-Mendez was released later that morning on a $3,000 bond.

GREENFIELD, Iowa — The City of Greenfield is looking for volunteers this week, to help clean-up ahead of the July 23rd RAGBRAI event. A 12-day cleaning event will take place from July 10 to July 22. Volunteers can check in at the temporary Greenfield Fire station (801 NE 6th Street (just north of Cardinal Glass). Volunteer check in starts at 8 a.m. each day

Large groups are encouraged to call ahead. Contact the Emergency Operations Center phone number: 913-961-4717. Every volunteer must check in before beginning any work.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department had a busy holiday weekend. Authorities report nine arrests took place. Friday evening, 40-year-old Yarioska Rondoncama, of Brooklyn, NY, was arrested for Driving While Revoked. Rondoncama was cited and released on a promise to appear.

Two arrests took place Saturday, in Creston: 43-year-old Tammy Jo Coleman, of Des Moines, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS)/Marijuana – 1st Offense, and OWI/1st offense. Coleman was taken to the Union County Jail and later posted bond before being released; 38-year-old Holly Renee Donehoo, of Mount Ayr, was arrested in Creston, Saturday, for Driving While Suspended. She was cited and released on a promise to appear in court.

And, there were six arrests Sunday, in Creston:

• At around 2:50-a.m., 34-year-old William Albert Bethke, IV, of Sharpsburg, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense. Bethke was taken to the Union County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.
• At around 3:30-a.m., 30-year-old Laura Cecilia Zapata Gonzales, of Lenox, was arrested following a traffic stop, and charged with two counts of Child Endangerment/Substantial Risk, as well as OWI/1st offense. During the same incident, 24-year-old Julissa Padilla, also of Lenox, was charged with two counts of Child Endangerment/Substantial Risk. Padilla and Gonzales were released from the Union County Jail after posting bond.
• Sunday afternoon, 34-year-old Nathaniel Darnell Bifford, of Creston, was arrested for Driving while Suspended. Bifford was cited and released on Promise to Appear.
• Sunday evening, 59-year-old Robbie Allen Dohrn, of Creston, was arrested on a Adams County Warrant for FTA (Failure To Appear). Dohrn was taken to the Union County Jail, and later released on cash-only bond.
• Sunday night, 39-year-old Sherrence Patricia Kilgore, of Greenfield, was arrested on a Union County Warrant for FTA on an original charge of Driving while License Denied, Suspended Cancelled or Revoked. Kilgore was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on $300 cash or surety bond.

(Atlantic, Iowa) [updated]  – Rescue crews from Anita and Griswold responded to separate accidents over the weekend, in Cass County (IA). Sunday evening, a single-vehicle rollover accident was reported on westbound Interstate 80, just east of mile marker 70. Anita Rescue was called to the scene, where a woman in the vehicle complained of chest pain following the crash that occurred at around 5:20-p.m. Additional information was not immediately available.

And, a single-vehicle accident happened at around 8:55-p.m., Sunday, on Highway 92, west of Griswold. According to a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office accident report, an eastbound 2020 Kia driven by Daniel Paul Rossell, of Griswold, was crossing the Nishnabotna Bridge on Highway 92, when Rossell swerved to miss a tree branch on the roadway. The branch was deposited on the road during a recent storm. The car went out of control, entered the south embankment, vaulted a driveway in the yard of 53823 Highway 92, and rolled over, coming to rest in the yard at that location.

A passenger, 52-year-Jody Rossell, was injured in the crash. She3 was transported by private vehicle to Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, for treatment.