Cass County Deputy Auditor Sheri Karns reports four candidates for offices in Cumberland and Massena have filed nomination papers for the Nov. 5th City Elections in Cass County:

• N. Virginia Coughlin (incumbent) for Mayor in Cumberland
• Micah Lee – (Incumbent) Massena City Council
• Sandra Eversole and Scott W. Becker,( incumbents) for Cumberland City Council.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A man has testified that he saw a woman now on trial for murder burn what he says were bloody clothes a day or two after the eastern Iowa slaying in 1992. The Muscatine Journal reports that Scott Payne told a jury Thursday that Annette Cahill said the clothes were covered with paint. He says he believed otherwise, because he knew the difference between red paint and blood from his days working in a pig slaughterhouse.

Cahill, now 56, was charged in May 2018 with first-degree murder in the beating death of her former boyfriend Corey Wieneke. Her first trial ended in a mistrial because jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. Payne didn’t testify about the clothes at the first trial, and he told a prosecutor that he didn’t report what he saw because he tried to avoid police, owing to what he says was his use of drugs and illegal driving.

Testimony is expected to resume today (Friday).

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County report a woman from Hastings turned herself-in to authorities, Thursday morning. 29-year old Davionna Elizabeth Marie Christensen was wanted on warrants out of Pott. County, for Driving While Barred and Failure to Appear. Once the warrants were confirmed, Christensen was transported to the Pott. County Jail, and booked-in. Her bond was set at $2,000.

Thursday afternoon, 38-year old Robert Edward Benedict, of Council Bluffs, was transported from the Sarpy County, Nebraska Jail to the Pottawattamie County Jail. Benedict was wanted on charges and/or warrants for: Credit card fraud (under $1,500), Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense; Theft in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th degrees. His bond was set at $12,000.

And, 44-year old Steven L. Schrawyer was transported from the Saunders County, NE. Jail to the Pott. County Jail Thursday afternoon. He was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Violation of Probation.

(8-a.m. News) — Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports that at around 10-p.m. Thursday, September 12th, officers responded to a shots fired call at a Clarinda business. Investigation revealed that 46-year old Robert Christopher Cook, of Casper, Wyoming, allegedly shoved and directed racial and ethnic slurs at 25-year old Luis David Ramos, of Denison. Ramos retaliated and struck Cook in the face with a closed fist.

Cook then retrieved a Glock .45 caliber pistol from his room, and allegedly brandished the pistol in a threatening manner before firing a shot into the air. Cook then began chasing Ramos, who was able to retreat to safety until police arrived. Cook suffered injuries to his face, and was transported to Clarinda Regional Health Center for treatment. He was later released from the hospital and transported to the Page County Jail, where he was being held on charges that include for going armed with intent, aggravated assault and reckless use of a firearm.

A charge of assault resulting in bodily injury is pending against Ramos. Reports concerning the incident have been submitted to the Page County Attorney’s Office for review regarding the filing of formal charges.