The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office says they have received numerous reports of individuals stealing campaign signs out of residential yards. The Sheriff’s Department asks all members of the community to understand it’s an election year. Respect each other’s rights to express their political affiliation freely, and respect others’ property. Lastly, they advise you to remember that taking property from somebody else is theft and you could be charged.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports one arrest and one accident took place recently. Late Tuesday morning, 34-year old Michael Edward Baker, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on two Union County warrants for probation violation. Baker was released from the Union County Jail on $4,000 bond.

And, at around 3:20-p.m. Saturday, a 2010 Honda Civic driven by 65-year old Dorthea Raue Ellis, of Murray, was traveling northbound on Yellow Rose Avenue in Union County, when the vehicle went out of control on the gravel, just south of 130th Street. The car entered the west ditch and rolled onto its passenger side. The damage was estimated at $3,500. Ellis – who wearing her seat belt – was extricated from her vehicle by mechanical means. She complained of pain, but was not treated at the scene or transported to a hospital.

The Creston Police Department reports two men were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday. 43-year old Ronald Spurgin, of Osceola, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC) on a Union County Warrant for Failure to serve jail time as ordered, on the original charge of Violation of a No Contact Order. He was being held in the Union County Jail to serve balance of sentence. And, 43-year old Travis Wambold, of Fontanelle, was arrested at the Union County LEC on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation, on the original charge of Harassment 1st . He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $500 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A longtime special education teacher with Des Moines Public Schools has died of complications from the coronavirus. District spokesman Phil Roeder said the teacher at the Ruby Van Meter School for intellectually disabled students fell ill after an out-of-state trip and died this week. He did not release the teacher’s name or gender for privacy reasons.

The death is believed to be among the first of an Iowa educator during the pandemic. A 73-year-old gym teacher at Iowa City Regina High School died in April, and the state’s coronavirus website lists only one known death of an educator. Roeder said the teacher had not been in the classroom for several months.

The City Council in Walnut will meet in a regular monthly session 5-p.m., Thursday, at the Walnut Community Center (& online via GoToMeeting) (Or by dial-up at 1-312-757-3121, access code 293-270-613). On their agenda is a Public Hearing on a FY2020-21 Budget Amendment, followed by discussion on the amendment, and a vote on adoption of a Resolution amending the current budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.

The Council will also hold discussion with regard to: The Walnut Community & Fitness Center; The Walnut Sesquicentennial Celebration; Property Maintenance (re: 402 Kennedy St.); Zoning matters (including the appointment of a Zoning Administrator), and other matters. They’re expected to act on the adoption of a Resolution to approve the Street Finance Report and discuss a Housing Rehabilitation Grant.

The Walnut City Council will review the City’s Infrastructure Needs Study and Strategic Plan, and hear an Animal Control Update.