The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports five recent arrests. At around 2:26-a.m. Saturday, Deputies arrested 57-year old Andrew Dean Nelson, of Stuart, on two Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense, charges, meth and marijuana related. Nelson’s arrest followed an incident that took place late Friday night, whereby Nelson allegedly took a wallet from a man at a bar in Stuart. The theft victim later got into a physical altercation with Nelson, who was charged in Guthrie County with Theft. Small bags of marijuana and meth was found on Nelson, in his pockets. Nelson was cited on the Theft charge and released to the Adair County Deputy for processing on the felony charges. His Cash or surety bond at the Adair County Jail was set at $5,000.

Friday evening, 35-year old Luke Allan Mullen, of Bedford, was arrested on a road near Orient, on warrants out for Violation of Probation on an original charge of Possession of an explosive or incendiary device out of Colorado, and Fugitive from Justice. He was being held without bond in the Adair County jail on the warrants. On June 6th, 35-year old Christopher James Kimmer, of Oskaloosa, was arrested at the Polk County Jail, on Adair County warrants for Harassment in the 1st degree, and Stalking. Kimmer was later released on a $4,000 cash or surety bond.

On June 5th, 26-year old Cody Leon Zimmerline, of Adair, was arrested in Adair on two warrants for Violation of Probation, along with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Resisting Arrest. Zimmerline was being held without bond on the warrants, and $300 bonds on the other charges. 24-year old Jeffrey Dewane Ott, of Orient, was arrested In Greenfield by Adair County Deputies June 3rd, for Driving While Barred. He was later released on a $2,000 cash or surety bond.

On that same date, 43-year old Robert Wayne Long, of Greenfield, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding the air and blood of his female victim. He was also charged with Obstruction of Emergency Communications, by taking away her cell phone and throwing it across the house while she was trying to dial 911, and Harassment in the 1st degree for allegedly threatening to kill the woman and making it look like an accident. Long was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 45-year old Lynette Michelle Huber, of Lenox, was arrested Monday evening, on a Union County Warrant for possession of controlled substance – Methamphetamine. Huber was released from the Union County Jail on promise to appear.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Pottawattamie County was arrested Monday afternoon on a warrant. 35-year old William Joseph Bullock, of Oakland, was taken into custody at around 1-p.m., on the Page County warrant for Theft in the 4th Degree. His bond was set at $1,000. And, a Cass County man escaped injury early Sunday morning, after he swerved to miss a deer. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 38-year old Kyle Quist, of Lewis, was traveling east on Barrus Road at around 3:30-a.m., and approaching the intersection with 250th Street, when a deer ran onto the road.

Quist tried to take evasive action, and in the process caused the 2016 Ford he was driving to enter the embankment on the south side of Barrus Road. The vehicle continued over 250th Street and hit a county road sign, damaging the pole. The car came to rest in the east ditch north of 250th. Both front airbags deployed in the car.

An accident investigation Monday night, resulted in the arrest of a Nebraska man. Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s officials say a during the investigation, it was learned that 35-year old Luke E. Hansen, of Colon, NE., was wanted on a warrant for being a Fugitive from Justice. Hansen suffered minor injuries during the collision. He was taken into custody at around 1:50-a.m. today (Tuesday)

The proposed platforms Iowa Democrats and Republicans will be asked to approve at their state conventions this Saturday illustrate the stark contrast between the parties on major issues. The Iowa G-O-P platform calls for banning all abortions in Iowa “without exceptions.” Republican lawmakers enacted the toughest abortion law in the country this year, but that ban on abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected — about the sixth week of pregnancy — includes exceptions for rape and incest. Iowa Democrats have a proposed platform which declares the party’s opposition to that law as well as its support of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. On the gun issue, the Iowa Democratic Party’s platform calls for an “updated” assault weapons ban that would include limits on how many bullets may be in the magazine inserted in the gun. The Republican platform opposes new gun restrictions and calls for letting “authorized personnel” who’ve undergone training carry guns in Iowa schools.

As it did in 2016, the Iowa G-O-P’s platform calls for an end to public sector unions. The Democratic Party’s document calls for restoring the bargaining rights of government workers that Republican lawmakers erased in 2017. Iowa Democrats added a line to their proposed platform spelling out their opposition to “presidential self-pardons.” The Iowa G-O-P’s platform says all agreements with foreign countries “should be done by treaty and subject to approval by congress” — a relevant section given President Trump’s meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) with North Korea’s leader. State convention delegates in both parties are likely to debate some items in each proposed document. Iowa Libertarians held their state convention last Saturday.

(Radio Iowa)

The Iowa Libertarian Party has nominated a woman from Rockwell City as its lieutenant governor candidate for the fall election. The Libertarian Party is now an officially recognized party in Iowa because its presidential candidate got more than two percent of the vote in 2018. There are about 10-thousand registered Libertarians in Iowa. About 18-hundred of them voted in last week’s primary, selecting Jake Porter of Council Bluffs as the Libertarian nominee for governor. Lynne Gentry, a retired teacher from Rockwell City, was selected on Saturday as Porter’s lieutenant governor/running mate. Gentry ran for a seat in the Iowa House in 2014 and won 21 percent of the vote in the district that covers Calhoun, Pocahontas and Humboldt Counties.

(Radio Iowa)

CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — People in four Iowa cities have been told they can once again safely drink water from their taps. The Southern Iowa Rural Water Association says the treatment system is back up and running with new filtration membranes. Three cities given an all-clear Monday were Afton, Diagonal and Lenox. Creston was cleared Sunday. The advisory remains in effect for people in rural areas around Creston and in several counties served by the association.

A membrane filtration system failure at the Twelve Mile Water Plant in Creston had left association customers without safe tap water since June 1. People were advised to boil tap water before consumption to avoid pathogens and parasites that could cause illness. The water was considered safe for bathing and for pets and livestock.

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council says hog farmers aren’t doing enough to cut the use of antibiotics in pigs. Report author David Wallinga says 37-percent of the antibiotics that are given to livestock go to pigs, drugs that are also critical to human health. Willinga says new restrictions, in effect since January of 2017, prohibit antibiotic use for growth promotion.  “Regardless, they’re using these antibiotics now the same way they were before,” Wallinga says. “They’re using them at low doses, routinely, added to feed or drinking water and oftentimes when there’s no sick animals present.”

The report says antibiotic use in pork production continues to threaten the critical drugs’ effectiveness in people. That’s because low-dose, routine use allows bacteria to develop resistance. Tom Marsteller, with Des Moines-based Kemin Industries, says consumer demand as well as changes to government rules about using antibiotics in livestock are driving producers to other treatments. “The end result is better stewardship of our antibiotic use, use when necessary, when the animals are sick and need the antibiotics,” Marsteller says, “but that means then we’ll use less antibiotics in total, which then should be good for animal health and human health long-term.”

The report cited Denmark and the Netherlands as examples of places that have drastically reduced reliance on antibiotics in pork production by setting and meeting goals. The report urges consumers to continue pressuring restaurants and grocery stores to offer meat raised without antibiotics.

(Radio Iowa, w/Thanks to Amy Mayer, Iowa Public Radio)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa City man accused of neglecting more than 200 birds on his rural Solon property has been given a year of probation and fined $315. Johnson County Court records say 71-year-old Francis Prohaska pleaded guilty last week to livestock neglect. The judge granted him a deferred judgment. That means the conviction can be cleared from Prohaska’s record if he abides by the terms of his probation.

The charge stemmed from a Dec. 9 search of the Solon area farmstead. Deputies found a number of dead birds and counted about 200 others, including ducks, geese, chickens and pigeons.