Police in Creston report two men were arrested Wednesday on separate drug charges. 31-year-old Adam Cross, of Creston, was arrested at his home at around 2-p.m., on Union County warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd offense, Burglary in the 3rd Degree (Motor Vehicle), and Operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. His bond at the Union County Jail was set at $9,000, with an additional hold for Adair County.

And, at around 11:45-p.m., Wednesday, 24-year-old Keegan WIlliams (no address given), was arrested for Theft in the 3rd Degree, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond at the Union County Jail was set at $2,300.

If you’re a property owner, you were likely shocked and angered by the increase in your property assessment that came out earlier this month. Atlantic’s City Administrator John Lund, Wednesday, said an assessment is not the final say in the amount of property taxes you will eventually end-up paying.

Speaking during a meeting of the Atlantic City Council, Lund says if you’re property assessment went up anywhere from 10-to 30-percent, there’s no limit to how far the rollback can dive, in order to reconcile the fair value. Once the rollback is established, the County Auditor applies the taxable values. Lund will receive that data, and he along with the Council will discuss the tax levies. That process won’t even start until December.

Police in Red Oak investigating a non-injury accident Wednesday night, arrested the driver on an OWI charge. Authorities say officers responding at around 11:41-p.m. to the 1400 block of E. Coolbaugh Street, found a 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander on its top, in the middle of the road. They determined the driver, 26-year-old Aspen Renee Riley, of Red Oak, was traveling east, when she become distracted and struck a legally parked 2011 Cadillac SRX Premium, owned by Morgan Dausel. Both vehicles sustained damage to the left front headlight assembly. The airbags deployed on the SUV.

Riley was arrested for OWI/2nd offense. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond. Damage to the vehicles amounted to $14,000 altogether.

Two people were arrested Wednesday night in Red Oak. Authorities say 29-year-old Kody James Syverson, of Stanton, and 29-year-old Olivia Margaret Kruse, of Red Oak, were each charged with Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. They were taken into custody at around 10:30-p.m. in the 1600 block of Summit Street, and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where the pair was being held without bond, pending an appearance before a magistrate.