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The Red Oak Police Department reports no injuries occurred during a two vehicle accident on Wednesday morning. At 10:00am Officers were called to an accident at the intersection of 8th Street and Washington Street in Red Oak. It was determined that a 2006 Chrysler Town and Country Van driven by 76-year-old Fred Don Tremble of Red Oak was traveling northbound on North 8th Street and failed to stop at a stop sign with the intersection with East Washington Street. The van struck a 2007 Ford Edge driven by 50-year-old Rodney Dean Straw of Red Oak on the drivers side as Straw was traveling westbound on East Washington Street. Damage to both vehicles was estimated at $6,000 each and both were towed from the scene. Tremble was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop Sign.

Red Oak Police were assisted by the Red Oak Fire Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and Montgomery County EMA.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Griswold man on Tuesday evening after a traffic stop. At 7:15pm Tuesday a Deputy on patrol near Treynor spotted a vehicle with expired registration eastbound on Highway 92 from 300th Street. The deputy then initiated a traffic stop on the 2001 Mercury Cougar and made contact with the driver.

It was determined that the driver, 57-year-old Randall Main of Griswold, had a valid arrest warrant for 4th Degree Theft. Main was taken into custody and booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail without incident. He was being held on $1,000 bond.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former southwestern Iowa city clerk accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the city of Riverton has pleaded not guilty to bank fraud.

In a news release Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Marc Krickbaum says 57-year-old Carol Jennings pleaded not guilty on Thursday. She was indicted by a federal grand jury in August. The indictment says Jennings opened two accounts with a local bank using falsified documents and deposited city funds into the accounts. Prosecutors say she then converted most of the money for her own use.

Her trial has been set for Nov. 5.

An audit of Riverton’s financial records in 2016 showed nearly $331,000 in improper or unsupported spending and undepostited collections. The audit was conducted after Jennings was fired in 2015.

Erica Dawn Hughes

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a Council Bluffs woman was arrested on Wednesday night on prostitution and drug charges.

On Wednesday evening an undercover deputy made contact with 37-year-old Erica Dawn Hughes of Council Bluffs. Erica was located in a truck stop area near Percival. During contact with the Deputy, Hughes agreed to perform sexual acts with the undercover Deputy.

Hughes was then taken into custody for Prostitution and also was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Hughes was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and held on a $100,000 bond.

A Nebraska man was arrested after a pursuit Wednesday morning that began in Pottawattamie County. A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a vehicle that was reported stolen at 8:04am Wednesday near North 16th Street and Nash Boulevard in Council Bluffs. The vehicle failed to stop and lead law enforcement on a chase that went through the Harrah’s Casino property and eventually onto I-480 westbound into Nebraska.

Iowa Law Enforcement stopped pursuit when the vehicle entered Nebraska. They were then notified that the vehicle had driven through a fence and down an embankment onto Cass Street near 20th Street in Omaha. Two male subjects fled the vehicle onto the Creighton University Campus and campus security was notified. Omaha Police along with other law enforcement searched for the two men and apprehended the male driver.

The man was identified as 29-year-old James Horn of Fremont, NE. He was found to have three arrest warrants for weapons possession, assault, and violation of a protective order. He was taken to the Douglas County Jail. Pottawattamie County Deputies will be filing traffic charges on Mr. Horn and obtaining an additional arrest warrant. No information on the other male in the vehicle has been released.

The license plates on the car were entered stolen by the North Platte Police Department but the vehicle was not entered as stolen. The vehicle, a Nissan Altima, was impounded.

During the pursuit the vehicle struck another vehicle on I-480. Nobody was injured as a result of that collision and an accident report was completed.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Minnesota man on Monday after a traffic stop. A vehicle was pulled over at the intersection of 130th Street and River Road in Pottawattamie County at 8:15am on Monday. 6 occupants were in the vehicle from Kansas and Minnesota.

It was determined one of the men had a warrant out of Minnesota for being a Fugitive from Justice. 25-year-old Mitchell Edward Bane of Willmar, MN was taken into custody after Minnesota officials stated they would extradite him back to the area. Bane was taken to the Pottawattamie County Jail without incident and booked in pending extradition.

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, September 27, 2018, to honor a fallen U.S. Marine.

Lance Corporal John D. Killen III, of Davenport, went missing in action when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam on June 30, 1967. The 18-year-old’s remains were identified in March 2017 and returned to the United States for burial, along with the remains of two other Marines also killed in the crash. All three will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, September 27, 2018. They will receive full military honors.

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate applauds Iowans for stepping up and participating in National Voter Registration Day. A total of 4,738 Iowans registered to vote or updated their voter information using the state’s online voter registration system on Tuesday, September 25.

“I’d like to thank all the colleges, universities, school districts, civic groups, and media organizations in the state that helped promote National Voter Registration Day. It was a huge success in Iowa,” Secretary Pate said. “Iowans take voting very seriously and these numbers reflect that fact.”

Iowa’s online voter registration system was implemented by Secretary Pate in January of 2016, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Transportation. Since then, nearly 100,000 Iowans have utilized the system to register to vote or update their voter registration information. More than 8,000 Iowans used the online system between September 19-25.

Shelby County Extension & Outreach will host a Seed Treatment Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators, Wednesday, October 10, 2018. The program will be shown through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP).

The local attendance site is 906 6th St., Harlan. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the course runs from 9 to 11 a.m. The registration fee is $35 on or before October 10. To register or to obtain additional information about the CIC, contact Shelby County Extension & Outreach by phoning 712-755-3104.

The course will provide continuing instruction credit for commercial pesticide applicators certified in categories 4 and 10. Topics to be covered include equipment calibration and safe application techniques; pests, pest management and pesticides; and issues concerning treated seed, including disposal of unused treated seed.

Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered. Interested participants should bring their CCA number to the program.

Additional information and registration forms for this and other courses offered by the PSEP team can be accessed at www.extension.iastate.edu/PSEP/.