Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports the arrest on July 14th, of a Polk County man. 29-year old Lukas Jamal Garner, of Des Moines, was arrested at the Polk County Jail, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation that was filed in Aug., 2018. Garner was transported to the Adair County Jail and released later in the day July 14th, on a $5,000 cash-only bond.

Sheriff’s officials in Union County report a Jasper County man was injured during a rollover accident Monday night. 38-year old Marshall Lee Bennett, of Colfax, was driving a 2001 Ford Escape eastbound on Highway 34 at around 11:20-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control. The SUV entered a ditch a struck an embankment before flipping onto its top. Bennett was transported by EMS ambulance to CHI Health/Mercy Hospital in Corning, for treatment of unknown/possible injuries, after he complained of pain.

A special election is taking place today (Tuesday), in the Adams County City of Prescott. Voters will cast their ballots for Mayor, and two Council Member At-Large positions, all three posts are to fill vacancies. The candidates include:

• Mayor – Jerry Loghry & Theresa West
• Council At-Large: Lanna Ray & Kimberly Reed
• Council At-Large: Cheryl Holbrook & Gregory Allen Wilkinson.

The polls are open today until 8-p.m. The polling site can be found at the Prescott City Hall/Library.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa police officer facing growing claims of misconduct has resigned, two weeks after the release of a video that showed him striking a motorcyclist during a 2017 traffic stop. Robert Smith resigned Monday after a closed City Council meeting in Durant. Smith was one of three full-time officers in the town of 1,800. Durant hired Smith last year after he resigned from the Iowa State Patrol following an investigation into his arrest of Bryce Yakish.

Problems in Smith’s past came to the public’s attention after Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington banned Smith and other Durant officers from bringing suspects to his jail in May. Wethington said he couldn’t vouch for their credibility. Video obtained by The Associated Press shows Smith pointed his gun at Yakish and knocked him down.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Council Bluffs was arrested at around 5-a.m. today, following a report of Criminal Mischief. 31-year old Cody William Thomas was arrested for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt of Court. And, 22-year old Victor Manuel Martinez, of Blair, NE, was transported from the Washington County, NE Jail to the Pott. County Jail, Monday, to address a warrant for Violation of Probation.

KINGSLEY, Iowa (AP) — A northwest Iowa police chief has been accused of injuring his wife during an altercation at their home. Plymouth County court records say 51-year-old Joseph Hoover is charged with domestic abuse assault. Hoover is chief of the Kingsley force. The records say Hoover acknowledged to sheriff’s deputies that he struck his wife with a forearm and shoulder during their altercation early Friday morning.

More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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(Radio Iowa) — A popular truck stop along Interstate 35 in northern Iowa’s Hamilton County is reopening after an eight-month absence. The former Boondocks near Williams is now the Jay Brothers Truck Stop and Circle S Motel. Parith Chaudhari is managing the truck stop, motel, and the soon-to-open restaurant. “You can get fuel and some good diesel prices out here and we have started the motel as well and we’re doing some renovations there,” Chaudhari says. “The restaurant, we’re working on.”

The former Boondocks Truck Stop closed in October of last year after 45 years in business. It was a popular place for law enforcement officers to get a meal and was also a haven for stranded motorists in times of adverse winter weather. Chaudhari was asked what interested him in the place, which is the fourth in the family’s chain. “It’s always about the location when you’re looking at businesses,” he says. “I came along this and thought, ‘Hey, this is a great opportunity.’ We have one in Nebraska, one in West Liberty and another one in Kansas and they’re all interstate properties.”

Unlike the typical diner fare at the old Boondocks, Chaudhari said the new restaurant will offer an Indian menu.  “We had great success with Indian food in Nebraska at our restaurant there and we thought this would be a great opportunity as well,” Chaudhari says. “We can give that a try and give customers something different.”

The restaurant is expected to open soon though no date is set.

The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will meet 5:30-p.m. in the Middle School Conference Room. On their agenda is information with regard to a Board Retreat, topics for the Regular Board meeting on August 14th, New Staff “Meet and Greet” on August 19th, and School Board Election Candidate Filing, which takes place Aug. 26th through Sept. 19th.

The Board will act on approval of a bid for Middle School Chromebook peripheral tools in the amount of $137, 742.50 from 2ndGear, for 350 Dell 3100’s, carts, cases and licenses. Last month, the Board approved a bid from CDI Technologies in the amount of $119,121.46, for the 1-to 1 Middle School Chromebook initiative. The Board, however, was recently notified CDI is unable to honor their commitment in their ability to obtain 350 (3189 model) Dell Chromebook computers. Those are the same models the District has purchased for both the Middle School and Schuler. 2nd Gear was the second closest competitive bid. Superintendent Steve Barber says although the cost of the computers is $24,000 more, 2ndGear was $6,000 cheaper on the other, aforementioned items, so the difference ends up being $18,000 between the two bids, with a newer model of computer. The cost will come out of the District’s SAVE fund.

The Board will also act on Contract Recommendations for: Henry Hallgren, HS Government Teacher; Mandi Bauer and Emma Bireline, TLC Mentors; and Alex Bales, Drama/Fall PLay Co-Sponsor. They will also act on approving two resignations: Andrea Halterman, WA Para, and Nick Sandbothe, Mechanic.

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have recovered from a river in eastern Iowa a body believed to be that of a missing swimmer. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says the body was found Monday in the Cedar River just south of the Iowa Highway 1 bridge, about 3.5 miles southwest of Mount Vernon. The sheriff’s office says the body will be autopsied and positively identified by a state medical examiner. The office says the body likely is that of 31-year-old Jairo Mejia Jimenez, of Cedar Rapids.

A search for him began Saturday night after it was reported that he’d gone under the water and didn’t resurface while swimming near the dam upriver at Palisades-Kepler State Park.