Police in Creston, Wednesday, arrested 49-year old Derek Reha, of Creston. Reha was taken into custody at around 11:30-a.m. at his home. He was arrested on a Union County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense, and was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing. Reha was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and two-counts Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, the bonds for which amounted to $1,600.

And, just after 8-a.m. Wednesday, 35-year old Nichole Rinehart, of Creston, was arrested at her home on a Union County warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. Rinehart was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

Police in Council Bluffs are looking for four, unknown persons who allegedly were going through vehicles in the Sulley Towing company parking lot this (Thursday) morning. Three of the white males entered the business at 15 S. 20th Street through a window, at around 2:50-a.m., while the fourth person remained outside. An employee was at the business. When the suspect saw him, they left the scene.

Still frame images of suspects (C.B. P-D photos)

At around 3:12-a.m. Bluffs Police were dispatched to a hit and run accident in the area of Ave D and North 16th Street. Upon officers arrival they were informed that after the crash, two males exited a black Acura and ran from the scene. One male was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and the other was wearing a black t-shirt. Officers were informed that Real Value Auto might have video of the accident. As they were reviewing the video they noticed the same males who broke into Sulley Towing were also on scene at Real Value Auto before the accident and they stole a GMC Yukon.

Both the incidents are being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division. If anyone has any information regarding these incidents it is encouraged to call the Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728 or anonymous tips can be given by calling 712-328-STOP (7867).

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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President Donald Trump is set to attend a Republican Party fundraiser in Iowa in June. According to the Des Moines Register, the state party said the president will attend the private event June 11 in West Des Moines. A spokesperson for the Republican Party of Iowa told the newspaper Gov. Kim Reynolds, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Chuck Grassley and U.S. Rep. Steve King will be invited.

President Trump last visited Iowa in October 2018 when he held a large rally in Council Bluffs.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed one tornado in southeastern Iowa on Wednesday that injured a man. The Des Moines Register reports that the tornado hit Wednesday afternoon near Barnes City in Poweshiek County. The name and medical condition of the man injured was not immediately released. The tornado also damaged a farmstead in the area.

The National Weather Service says the tornado was among a spate of reported tornado sightings throughout the state on Wednesday. Chad Hahn, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Des Moines, said reports of tornadoes east and north of the Des Moines metro began around 4 p.m., starting in Sac County.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report at around 10:35-p.m. Wednesday, that a 16-year old had run away from Elliott. A little after 12-a.m. today (Thursday), the juvenile was located in Red Oak, and charged with providing false information to law enforcement. The juvenile was released to a parent.

19-year old Chloe Ann Milner, of Red Oak, was arrested for Harboring a runaway child. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Red Oak Police during the investigation.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state court judge has temporarily halted enforcement of a new law that would have blocked Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from receiving federal grant money for sex education courses. Judge Joseph Seidlin signed an order Wednesday prohibiting the state from implementing the bill that Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law on May 3 until the court can decide whether the law is constitutional.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Disappointed in Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ veto of a bill that would have expanded Iowa’s medical marijuana program, two Democratic lawmakers are calling for a special session of the Legislature to override the veto. Sen. Joe Bolkcom and Rep. John Forbes called Wednesday for the special session, but that’s unlikely because it would require a request by two-thirds of lawmakers in the House and Senate. Republicans control both chambers.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Weather forecasters say conditions have been ripe for the kind of tornadoes that have swept across the Midwest in the last two weeks. On Monday, the U.S. tied its current record of 11 consecutive days with at least eight tornadoes confirmed on each day. And the National Weather Service received reports of at least another 27 tornadoes on Tuesday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state court judge has temporarily halted enforcement of a new Iowa law that would have blocked Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from receiving federal grant money for sex education courses.

Judge Joseph Seidlin signed an order Wednesday prohibiting the state from implementing the bill that Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law on May 3 until the court can decide whether the law is constitutional.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa filed a lawsuit for Planned Parenthood on May 15 challenging the law as a violation of free speech, due process and equal protection rights. Seidlin says Planned Parenthood is likely to succeed in its equal protection claim and that it has demonstrated significant harm through loss of funding.

The law passed on the last day of the legislative session. It was the latest effort by conservative lawmakers to end streams of government funding for the organization, which also provides abortions. The judge says it’s likely the court would not find the new law rational.

The City of Atlantic’s Personnel and Finance Committee, Wednesday evening, voted to unanimously recommend to the Mayor and full Council, the appointment of Pat McCurdy to fill a vacancy on the Council for the City’s 3rd Ward.

McCurdy, who attended the meeting and had submitted his application for the seat prior to the deadline, said he is just about done with CADCO (the Cass-Atlantic Development Corporation), where he serves as President of the public/private partnership for economic development. McCurdy said his eight-year term with the organization expires in July, and he likes to be involved in local happenings. “I think I kind of know what’s going on in the city. I’m highly invested in this town. I want to see it grow and prosper.”

City of Atlantic Personnel & Finance Committee (L-R): City Administrator John Lund; Councilperson Kathy Somers, Atty. David Wiederstein; Councilmen Dana Halder and Chris Jimerson.

If the Council approves the appointment, McCurdy would fill the seat left vacant by the resignation earlier this month of Ashley Hayes, and would need to run for the seat in the November General Election in order to retain the seat.

In other business, the P&F Committee will recommend to the Council the City Attorney’s position be filled by David Wiederstein, who was previously the attorney before handing-off the duties to his associate, Mark Bosworth. Bosworth has resigned and moved with his family to Colorado to work with a family-oriented law firm. Wiederstein said Bosworth “Left on good terms” with him, and moving to Colorado is something Mark and his family had always wanted to do.

Wiederstein said he has spoken with Audubon County Attorney Sarah Jennings, who has agreed to sign-on as the City of Atlantic’s part-time attorney as needed, to handle certain cases, such as those pertaining to the City’s Code of Ordinances. Jennings also serves as the Assistant Cass County Attorney and primarily handles the Juvenile Court Docket.

(Radio Iowa) — People in southwest Iowa are preparing for more flooding as recent heavy rains and rising river levels could push even more water beyond now-useless flood barriers. There’s a 12-hundred-foot breach on a levee south of Highway-34 in Mills County . Fixing it is a priority of the U-S Army Corps of Engineers but that could take until mid-June.

Mills County spokesperson, Sheri Bowen, says that’s one reason the county is being proactive-recommending that some areas prepare to evacuate as the Missouri River is projected to rise again. Bowen says the few people that had moved back into their homes in these areas since the March flooding have heeded the warning.

“We’re estimating around 5 families that were actively living in their properties and those families are no longer residing there temporarily,” Bowen says. She adds officials are closely watching Missouri River levels, since the county currently has no levee protection. “We wanted people who live west of the interstate there between the river to be very watchful and to be sure they were aware of the rising water and not caught by surprise, Bowen says. Bowen says most families in the areas had not yet returned to homes severely damaged from March flooding.