The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports three recent arrests. 26-year old Tarayia Shilon Brooks, of Des Moines, was arrested Friday night, on an Adair County warrant for Driving While Barred. Brooks was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $2,000 cash only bond. 53-year old Kim Lavere Hester, of Casey, was arrested Friday afternoon, for Driving While License Denied or Revoked for OWI-related. Hester was also cited for Operating a vehicle without a registration card or plate, No Insurance, and Open Container. She was released Saturday afternoon on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

32-year old Jason William Holsinger, of Des Moines, was arrested Feb. 28th in Adair County, by an Iowa State Patrol Trooper, after the Trooper clocked Holsigner allegedly speeding on Highway 25 near 180th Street. His Preliminary Breath Test revealed a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of .164%. A later Blood Alcohol Test determined his BAC was .132%. Holsinger was later released on $1,000 bond.

Sheriff’s officials in Pottaawattamie County are investigating the theft of a 2007 H&H tandem axle enclosed trailer and items stored inside the trailer. The incident was reported Friday afternoon, by a woman from rural Honey Creek. The trailer was stolen from a property in the 31,100-block of 170th Street. A dollar amount of the loss was not immediately known.

A pickup truck stuck in the mud resulted in a Nebraska man’s arrest Saturday evening in Pott. County. Authorities say 35-year old James P. Griese, Jr., of Omaha, was arrested at around at around 5-p.m. for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He arrest occurred after a Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a request for assistance by a Pott. County Conservation Officer, who was out with a 2008 Honda Ridgeline, that had become stuck in the mud in the area of 152nd and Liberty Lane. A man he made contact with (later identified as Griese), was allegedly acting “very suspiciously.” Authorities at the scene seized 13.9 grams of marijuana in a blue container and a red glass pipe containing marijuana residue.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also a man from Shelby County was arrested Saturday evening for Driving While Barred and Interference with official acts. 35-year old Joseph Allen Schoemann, of Portsmouth, was arrested at around 5:50-p.m., after he allegedly attempted to elude a deputy while on foot, after a license plate check showed he had a suspended license.

A gas drive-off from the Kum and Go Store in Walnut Friday night, resulted in the arrests of a Council Bluffs man. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office says an Iowa State Patrol Trooper stopped the 2006 Ford van on an unrelated traffic offense and upon further checking, arrested 30-year old Robert Allen Henry, of Council Bluffs, for Theft in the 5th degree. Henry allegedly pumped nearly $32 in gas which he did not pay for. And, a Council Bluffs man was arrested a little after 1-a.m. Sunday, for OWI/2nd offense, and interference with Officials Acts, after a Deputy responded to the Casey’s Store on Virginia Hills Road, for a report of a vehicle in the ditch. When the deputy arrived, 24-year old Julian Otto Brayman was attempted to drive the 2001 Hyundai Elantra out of the ditch. He was arrested on the charges mentioned and brought to the Pott. County Jail.

Authorities in central Iowa are releasing the name of the woman who was found dead in a wrecked car over the weekend. A bicyclist on a bike trail northeast of Des Moines spotted the four-door sedan on its top in Fourmile Creek on Sunday morning and called 911. Polk County deputies arrived and found the car submerged in about three feet of water and the woman’s body inside. 46–year-old Jody Ponxs of Des Moines was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s unclear how long the vehicle had been there as it wasn’t visible from the nearest road. An autopsy is planned.

(Radio Iowa)

Sheriff’s officials in Cass County say no injuries were reported following a single-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon. Authorities said a 1996 Jeep Cherokee owned and driven by 28-year old Rebecca Lynn Drake, of Elliott, was southbound on Highway 6 when the vehicle entered the west ditch and hit a utility pole. The accident happened at around 12:40 p.m., Saturday.

Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $500.

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Officials with the Creston Police Department are reporting three, recent arrests. Saturday morning, 35-year old Joshua Armstrong, of Creston, was arrested for Domestic Assault. He was later released on $300 bond.

Friday afternoon, 22-year old Nicholas Weckman, of Creston, was arrested at the Probation Office on a Union County warrant for Violation of Probation on an original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance. Weckman was being held in the Union County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

And, Friday morning, 75-year old Charles Blakeslee, of Afton, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County warrant for Fraudulent Practice in the 1st Degree, and Tampering with Records. He was later released on a $10,000 bond.

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The Shelby County Local Fire Danger rating will be EXTREME this week, due to low humidity, strong winds and the availability of available fuels (dry grass/field stubble and brittle timber). Fires that begin in these conditions will spread rapidly and tend to resist firefighting efforts. NO OUTDOOR BURNING is allowed in Shelby County until further notice.

A wind advisory is in effect for the area until 2-p.m., followed by a RED FLAG WARNING for dangerous fire conditions until 8-p.m. today (Monday).

Cass County will host a National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Spotter Training Class to be held on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 in the Courtroom of the Cass County Courthouse at 7:00 pm. Course Instructors are NWS Meteorologists who present information about identifying & reporting severe weather, spotter safety, severe weather climatology in Iowa, thunderstorm structure and threats, and more. Questions and comments directed toward these weather experts are encouraged and welcome.

This type of training has not occurred in Cass County for a couple of years. It’s FREE, requires NO REGISTRATION and is OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports two women were arrested on separate drug charges following traffic stops by the Fremont County K9 Unit over the weekend. 33-year old Crystal Brayman, of Sidney, was pulled over for speeding at around 9:15-p.m. Saturday in Sidney. During the stop, deputies observed drug paraphernalia in plain-view inside the vehicle. Brayman was placed under arrest for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and later released on $300 bond

And, at around 12:25-a.m. Sunday, 29-year old Gina Campbell, of Bellingham, Washington, was pulled over for speeding near the intersection of 195th Ave and Hwy 2 in Fremont County. During the stop, K9 “Roby” was deployed on the vehicle, and alerted to the presence controlled substances in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle revealed methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and a handgun concealed inside the vehicle.

Campbell was placed under arrest for Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and a traffic offense. Other charges are pending.  Campbell was subsequently released on $1,300.00 bond.

K9 Roby was put in service with the Sheriff’s Office on February 28th, 2017.

Gina Campbell