(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood say a man from Omaha was arrested today (Wednesday), on an OWI charge. 44-year-old Joseph Dueling, III, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, with bond set at $1,000.

(Radio Iowa) – A southwest Iowan who graduated from high school last month has won a competitive primary for a seat on the Mills County Board of Supervisors. Eighteen year old Jack Sayers is one of three Republicans seeking two at-large positions on the board. Unofficial results in Mills County show he got nearly 37 percent of the vote, finishing ahead of two incumbents.

Sayers grew up on a farm near Malvern, a town of a thousand residents that’s about 20 miles west of Red Oak. Sayers graduated from East Mills High School on May 19th. He worked as a page in the Iowa House during the 2023 and 2024 legislative sessions and did a one month stint as a U-S Senate intern last summer.

Jack Sayers of Malvern won 884 votes in the GOP Primary for two at-large seats on the Mills County Board of Supervisors. (KMA photo)

Sayers says his county’s board of supervisors needs to live-stream its meetings so Mills County residents can find out how their tax dollars are being spent.

Sayers finished more than 100 votes ahead of a Mills County Supervisor who’s been on the board for over 11 years. Another incumbent who was first elected in 2016 was in third place. It’s likely Sayers’ victory in Tuesday’s Primary means he’s secured a seat on the Mills County Board of Supervisors. Nearly 61 percent of registered voters in the county are Republicans and no Democrat ran in the primary for a seat on the board.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were arrested on separate warrants Tuesday. 25-year-old Morgan Christine Hamling (No known address), was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, on a Mills County warrant for Failure to Appear (in court). Her bond was set at $300. And, 36-year-old Clayton Shane Geick, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office, on a Mills County warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $1,000.

Sheriff’s officials report also, 44-year-old Joseph Arthur Dueling, III, of Omaha, was arrested at around 1:25-a.m. Wednesday (June 5th), following a traffic stop on I-29 in Mills County. Dueling was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Unlawful Possession of a Prescription Drug. His bond was set at $2,000.

(Radio Iowa) – Just eight percent of registered Iowa voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s Primary Elections. Secretary of State Paul Pate is Iowa’s top election official. “It’s a quiet election and we’ll be analyzing that for some time to figure out: ‘What was that about?’ Is it voter fatigue? Is it because there wasn’t some big statewide primary?” 2012 was the last time there was no statewide race in Iowa’s Primary Elections and about nine percent of eligible voters participated. For this week’s primaries, nearly 184-thousand Iowans cast ballots — out of more than two-point-two MILLION registered voters. “I’m going to be looking at those numbers personally just to see if the base vote is out there for Republicans and Democrats,” Pate says, “because it’ll translate into what happens this November.”

Pate says primary results give the winning candidates insight into what worked and what didn’t. “How did our yard signs go going out? How did our phone calls go getting the vote out? Did we get the number we thought we were going to get in turnout? That is your rehearsal,” Pate says. “Even if you don’t have anybody running against you in a primary, it is a rehearsal.” There were three competitive congressional primaries on Tuesday’s ballot.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate speaking to a West Des Moines Valley High School class about registering to vote. (RI file photo)

In the first congressional district, incumbent Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks won by 12 points. Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra finished 20 percent ahead of his primary challenger in the fourth congressional district. In the third district, Democrat Lanon Baccam won 84 percent of that primary’s vote and will challenge Republican Congressman Zach Nunn in the General Election — which is 153 days away.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, today (Wednesday), passed a resolution updating the Sheriff’s Schedule of Inmate Fees at the Jail. The new schedule is as follows:

• Inmate Room and Board/Work Release: $60 per day
• Report requests: $10 per request
• Fingerprints: $20 for the 1st request, & $10 for each additional request
• Sheriff’s sale postponements/cancellations/rescheduling requests: $100 fee to cover administrative costs of rescheduling.

Sheriff Jon Spunaugle – who is on the Montgomery County RAGBRAI Committee, discussed RAGBRAI® camping on the Law Enforcement Center property. He said he expects about 30-to 40 tents to be located on the lawn, and there will be some restrictions in-place

Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meeting (6-5-24) via Zoom

The Board gave its blessing to allowing the use of the lawn for camping during the night of July 21st. In other business, the Montgomery County Supervisors received a regular report from County Engineer Karen Albert.

She also reminded the citizens of Montgomery County about current road closures.

And, Karen Albert was thrilled to report the 250th Street bridge road is open after flooding in 2019 caused heavy damage.

The Board also heard from Marielle Anne Alipio, with the U-S Small Business Administration, with regard to Disaster Recovery/Assistance for the May 20-21, 2024 severe storms that hit Montgomery County.

The Board’s next meeting is on Tuesday, June 11th, at 8:30-a.m.