The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday), released a report on recent arrests. Friday afternoon,  32-year old Megan Marie Wendte, of Macedonia, was arrested following a traffic stop, for Driving While License Revoked. 64-year old Don Kerry Galli, of Neola, was arrested Friday night in Neola, after a Deputy noticed he was driving a vehicle without the headlights on. Galli was arrested for OWI/2nd offense.

25-year old Mishelle Marie Shaffer, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 10:15-a.m. Saturday, after Pott. County authorities received a call about a suspicious truck in the area of 19414 Mynster Springs. The vehicle was parked on the roadway. A man and woman were later located, and during the investigation, the female (Shaffer) was found to have in her possession a substance identified as marijuana, several glass pipes and other drug paraphernalia. Shaffer was transported to the Pott County Jail. The man was later released and the truck was towed.

Just before 1-a.m. Sunday, A Pott. County Deputy arrested 21-year old Kenneth Charles Kline, of Council Bluffs, for OWI/1st offense. And, at around 3:25-p.m. Sunday, 54-year old Lorri Lea Brown, of Council Bluffs, was arrested after a Deputy ran her license plate and learned Brown had an outstanding arrest warrant, for Violation of Compulsory Education Mediation Agreement 2nd Offense.

This Saturday, April 28th, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The event runs from 10-a.m. until 2-p.m. at multiple locations, and offers you a great chance to safely dispose of your old and/or unwanted prescriptions. Medications that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U-S are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoes on easily obtainable drugs. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.

Authorities say you shouldn’t flush unused medications down the toilet, or throw them in the trash, as both pose potential safety and health hazards. Instead, bring them to a proper disposal site this Saturday, no questions asked. Sharps, such as needles, and inhalers, are not accepted. And, some sites are drive-up and drop off, while others may be located inside a police station, drug store or other approved site. Locally, that includes: in the lobby of the Atlantic Police Department in the City Hall building; The Shenandoah Police Dept.’s west side garage door entrance (400 W. Sheridan Ave.), and the Walgreens store in Council Bluffs (535 E. Broadway), where Bluffs Police will have a drive-through lane for you to hand over your meds.

To find the closet location near you, click here https://apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/NTBI/ntbi.do?_flowId=public-lite-flow . Last year, 11, 526 pounds of unwanted medications were disposed of during Drug Take Back Day.

BELLE PLAINE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a pedestrian has been killed by a train in eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids station KCRG reports that the incident was reported in Belle Plaine early Monday morning.
Police have not released the person’s name and other details.

The Creston Police Department reports numerous recent arrests. Late Sunday night, 30-year old Christopher Woolums, of West Des Moines, was arrested on a Union County warrant for two counts of a Controlled Substance Violation and an additional charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – 3^rd offense. Woolums was being held without bond in the Union County Jail.

At around 12-a.m. Sunday, 36-year old David Estell, of Creston, was arrested for Simple Assault. He was cited and released on a Promise to Appear in court. Friday night, 29-year old Seth Thompson, of Creston, was arrested for Public Intoxication. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

At around 5-p.m., Friday, Creston Police arrested 26-year old Dalton Cormeny, of Creston, for Driving While Barred, Possession of a Controlled Substance/1^st offense, Possession of a Controlled Substance/2^nd offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia. He was later released on a $5,300 bond. And, earlier that same afternoon, 52-year old Richard Beam, of Lorimor, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center in Creston, on a Union County warrant for Failure to comply with his Pretrial Release on an original charge of Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding air/or blood flow. Beam was later released on a promise to appear in court.

Creston Police said also, a resident of the 500 block of W. Mills Street reported Friday, that sometime between the hours of 12-a.m., and 6-a.m. Friday, someone slashed the tires on her vehicle parked outside her home. The damage was estimated at $150. A resident of the 800 block of N. Sycamore Street, in Creston, reported to police that same morning, that someone had keyed her vehicle. The damage also happened between 12-a.m., and 6-a.m., Friday, and resulted in a loss of about $300.

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If you’ve ever driven by an old, interesting house in Atlantic, and wondered who lived there, you may be able to learn the history of the home during a special event this Thursday, at American Legion Building (Old Armory), in Atlantic. Cass County Genealogical Society members, Carolyn Key and Mary Hoegh, have been investigating the history of several homes. They will share that information on Thursday, April 26, 1 pm at the American Legion Memorial Building (201 Poplar Street).

The houses they will describe are at 607 Maple Street, 702 Locust, 811 Poplar and 1314 Chestnut. Find out when they were built, the style, and family histories of people who called them home. The program is part of the April theme for Atlantic’s Sesquicentennial, entitled “Who’s Who in Atlantic.” Cass County Information will also be given about sources and methods available to trace housing history. Iowa is one of the few states requiring property abstracts. There are offices and records available to the public.

The monthly meeting of the Cass County Genealogical Society is usually held on the fourth Thursday at the Atlantic Public Library. This Who’s Who program is open to everyone at the American Legion Memorial Building.

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Republican lawmakers say they are “close” to a deal to cut Iowans’ income taxes, but it’s taken a while to find the method and the depth of cuts that all feel “comfortable with” according to House Speaker Linda Upmeyer of Clear Lake. “I think the thing we have to remember here is that Republicans have waited a lot time to do some tax reform and some tax cuts and there are 88 Republicans here and so it’s not surprising, perhaps, that there are many ideas on how you might approach this,” she says. Senate President Charles Schneider, a Republican from West Des Moines, says it’s been two decades since Republicans controlled both the legislative and executive branches of state government and had a “serious discussion” about tax policy. “So these conversations don’t happen very often and we want to make sure we get the policy right,” Schneider says. “There are a couple of things we agree on even though we don’t have a final plan in place.”

There is universal agreement among Republicans that the state shouldn’t get a windfall after federal tax cuts were enacted in December. Without any changes that would happen, because Iowans get a deduction on their state income taxes for their federal tax bill. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds says she does not have a “timeline” for having a final deal emerge from these private talks — and she’s been reluctant to make public pronouncements about what should be in the tax plan. “When you start drawing lines in the sand, that makes it hard to have those conversations,” Reynolds says.

House Republicans have voted for a five-year plan that would cut taxes by one-point-three BILLION dollars. Republicans in the SENATE have proposed two-billion dollars in cuts over the next five years. Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen of Des Moines says “there is room” for a tax cut this year, but the size of the deal that may emerge from the G-O-P’s closed-door negotiations is worrisome. “The tax plan is still kind of a mystery to us, as to Iowans, and what we’re actually going to see,” Petersen says. “…Democrats have said all along we’d be willing to work on a tax plan as long as it’s fair and takes into account our current budget situation.”

Petersen and Schneider made their comments during an appearance this past weekend on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program.

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More information is expected to be released today (Monday) about the fatal shooting of a man by police in Boone. It happened Saturday. In a news release issued Sunday, Boone Police said officers were sent a home (at 620 2nd Street) on a report of a “domestic situation.” Upon arrival, the officers encountered a man who was shot and killed by the officers.

The news release did not identify the man or provide other details about whether the man was armed or what led to the shooting. The Iowa DCI is helping with the investigation.

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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The only certainties in the Republican-controlled Legislature appear to be figuring out a state budget amid tax cuts. Other bills are expected to come up, too. But with legislative leaders focused on high-level negotiations this week, it’s not clear what else will appear on the calendar before adjournment.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities are investigating a weekend fire that killed a woman and child in Waterloo. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the fire was reported around 6:30 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A riverfront amphitheater that draws thousands of people to downtown Des Moines will close for two years to accommodate the construction of a bridge. The Des Moines Register reports that Simon Estes Amphitheater will be closed from 2019-20. Bridge construction is expected to start August and estimated to cost up to $9 million. The new bridge will replace the downtown Locust Street bridge.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a former central Iowa high school educator who taught for 30 years with multiple child pornography counts. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that federal investigators say 67-year-old Glen Sedlacek, of Marshalltown, had numerous computer files containing pornography of children younger than 12, dating back to March 2013. Sedlacek retired from the Marshalltown Community School District in 2010.