Sheriff’s officials in Mills County report 24-year old Colton Brian Edward Fricke, of Glenwood, was arrested at around 11:30-p.m. Wednesday. Fricke was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance, after the Mills County Sheriff’s Dept. K9 unit checked on a vehicle at the Foot Hills Park, outside of Glenwood. Upon investigation and searching the vehicle, THC wax was located. THC Wax is derived from marijuana plants but can have up to eight times the concentration of THC compared to the buds people typically smoke. Fricke was taken into custody and transported to the Mills County Jail, where his bond was set at $1,000.

And, no injuries were reported following a rollover accident Wednesday afternoon, in Mills County. Authorities say 66-year old Randall Barber, of Glenwood, was driving a 2011 Jeep northbound on 295th Street at around 4:10-p.m., when his SUV began to slide on the gravel as he was rounding a curve to the west. The vehicle entered the north ditch and rolled onto its roof. No citations were issued.

(9-a.m. News)

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says a man who was serving a sentence in the Pott. County Jail, was served Wednesday afternoon, with a warrant for Violation of Probation. The warrant was read to 20-year old Trent Brian O’Neal, of Council Bluffs, before he was returned to his cell by Corrections Staff.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Students at several high schools across Iowa plan to join Friday’s national walkout to protest gun violence and seek safer schools. The event marks the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High shooting in Colorado. Many of the Iowa teens were on break last month and couldn’t join national walkouts.

In Des Moines, East High School students plan to start their demonstration with speeches outside school around 10:30 a.m. and then walk over to the Capitol to talk to lawmakers about their stances on guns.
Students in Johnston, Pella, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines have said they’ll be leaving their classrooms Friday, too.

Police in Creston report a man from Polk County was arrested on a drug charge, Wednesday afternoon. 19-year old Aldreias Jerome Campbell, Jr., of Des Moines, was arrested a little after Noon, Wednesday, on the Southwestern Community College campus, for Possession of Marijuana. Campbell, Jr. was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Charles City man accused of molesting a 17-year-old boy has been convicted again. On Wednesday a jury in Mason City convicted 62-year-old Doug Lindaman of misdemeanor assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. He had been charged with felony sexual abuse. His sentencing is set for May 11. The trial had been moved to Cerro Gordo County from Floyd County because of pretrial publicity.
Lindaman was convicted in 2016 of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy in 2011. The Iowa Supreme Court later vacated the conviction, because Lindaman was allowed to represent himself without knowingly waiving his right to an attorney. Lindaman was running for a school board spot when arrested in 2015.

A mistrial in his second trial was declared Feb. 26 after two prosecution witnesses violated court instructions.

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of text messaging before a fatal Linn County crash has been found guilty. Court records say 36-year-old Keith Furne was convicted by a jury Wednesday of two counts of vehicular homicide and one of reckless driving resulting in serious injury. The crash occurred on Nov. 3, 2016, on the north side of Robins. Authorities say Furne was writing a text while driving his pickup truck before ramming into the back of a car. Two teenage girls were killed: 16-year-old Selena Apodaca and 13-year-old Isabella Severson. The trial was moved to Story County.

Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) in Ankeny is offering a free class to high school girls in tenth through 12th grade to learn about careers in firefighting or Emergency Medical Services. The chair of the DMACC Fire Service/Paramedic program, Dewey Anderson, says the four-hour class will be hands-on. “We have a fire truck out here, we are going to have them learn about the different parts of firefighting. We also will have our DMACC ambulance there and they will learn about Emergency Medical Services and hopefully generate some excitement,” Anderson says.

He says firefighting is a profession that has been dominated by men, but they are trying to show women there’s a place for them too. “I think for a lot of years it was viewed as you have to be big and burly and manly to do this type of work. But really….you do have to be in shape, but you have to have some smarts. You have to understand the concepts of what goes into firefighting,” Anderson says. He says the methods have changed through the years. “There’s a lot of science behind firefighting — it isn’t just riding the fire truck and throwing some water on the fire.You have to know different things such as what type of fire you are fighting and how to fight it. You have to know how to hook up hydrants, you have to know how to don protective gear correctly. All of that stuff goes into being a firefighter,” according to Anderson. “It’s really technical, it’s changed over the years and it’s a lot more technical. I I am hoping that some of these girls will get excited enough about the whole process to be able to consider that as a career.”

He says there are many women in rural volunteer fire departments, but metro departments have lagged behind. Anderson says they want to see more women in their program. “We have maybe one or two a year that go through the fire science program here at DMAAC. I’ll tell you they can get jobs very easily once they graduate. That’s the word we are trying to get out also — get you associate’s degree in fire science and you can get a good paying job once you complete the program,” Anderson says. You can find out more about the program online at: www.dmacc.edu/careerdiscovery. Or you can call Dewey Anderson at 515-965-7051 to discuss the class and program.

(Radio Iowa)

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 38-year old Wendell Brian Leach, of Des Moines, was arrested at around 12:11-a.m. today (Thursday), following an incident at Ironwood Avenue and Highway 48, west of Elliott. Leach was taken into custody for Public Intoxication. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 bond. Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County arrested 26-year old Devon Keith Hale, who is listed as homeless. Hale was arrested in the 300 block of E. Washington Avenue (Belt Auto Center), for Disorderly Conduct associated with three separate incidents, including one at Red Oak Pawn and the Houghton State Bank. He was also charged with Interference with Official Acts, following an incident at the Montgomery County Jail. Hale was being held in the jail on a $300 bond.