A traffic stop early this (Sunday) morning near the Stringtown Cemetery in rural Adams County, resulted in the arrest of a Lenox man on an OWI charge. Adams County Sheriff’s officials say 27-year old Christopher David Mackey, of Lenox, was pulled over at around 1:40-a.m. near the intersection of Highway 34 and Sycamore Avenue, and subsequently placed under arrest for OWI/1st offense after failing Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. Mackey was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.

A traffic stop Saturday night in Red Oak resulted in men from Cass and Montgomery Counties being issued citations for Possession of Alcohol under the legal age. Red Oak Police say officers conducted a traffic stop for an equipment violation at around 11:30-p.m. at the Cubby’s parking lot. Officers discovered alcohol inside the vehicle.

As a result, 18-year old Jerry Carr, of Anita, and 19-year old Elias Guerra, of Red Oak, were cited for Possession of Alcohol under the age of 21. Both men were released with their citations.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Montgomery County office will host an Aquatic, Forest and Right-of-Way Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, Oct. 19th, 2016. The program can be seen at office locations across Iowa through the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) team.

The local attendance site for the Oct. 19th CIC is the Montgomery County Extension and Outreach office located at 400 Bridge St. Red Oak, Iowa. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by sessions from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The registration fee is $35 on or before Oct. 12 and $45 after Oct. 12. To register or to obtain additional information about the CIC, contact Angela Silva at the ISU Extension and Outreach Montgomery County office at 712-623-2592.

The course will provide continuing instruction credits for commercial and public pesticide applicators certified in categories 2 (Forest Pest Control), 5 (Aquatic Pest Control), 6 (Right-of-Way Pest Control) and 10 (Research and Demonstration). Topics to be covered are: recognition of sensitive areas impacted by pesticide applications; restricted entry intervals; pesticide labels for aquatic, forest, and right-of-way products; controlling honeysuckle; poisonous weeds; and long-term thistle management.

Additional information and registration forms for this and other courses offered through the PSEP Program can be accessed at www.extension.iastate.edu/PSEP.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:24 a.m. CDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa firm has won a $1.9 million contract for work on a section of the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the contract for work in Nemaha County.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Fitting tribute to Iowa football or Hawk-eyesore? That’s what a judge must decide. Angry neighbors have filed a lawsuit against the Iowa City Board of Adjustment for allowing a couple to proceed with their plan to build a 7,500-square-foot home that will resemble the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the lawsuit was filed Wednesday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The trial of a man accused in shooting death of an Iowa City landlord will not move forward until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether the case should be reviewed. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that District Judge Sean McPartland granted a stay Friday in Justin Marshall’s trial. Marshall was convicted in the 2009 shooting death of Iowa City landlord John Versypt, but his conviction was overturned and a new trial ordered.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — North Liberty police say a 25-year-old man has been charged with animal torture, accused of hurting a cat. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that Gibson Neblett was released Friday from the Johnson County Jail. Police say Neblett abused a cat named Melvin in August and September. An Iowa City phone number listed for him appeared not to be working Saturday.

A man serving a 17-year sentence out of Polk County for Conspiracy to Commit a Forcible Felony, Assault while participating in a Felony, and Carrying Weapons, was listed as escaped Saturday from the Ft. Des Moines Work Release Facility. Iowa Dept. of Corrections spokesman Fred Scaletta says 26-year old Nattiel Jay Wright was placed on escape status after he failed to return to the facility following an authorized furlough.

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Wright was transferred to work release on July 15th. His sentence began Jan. 15th, 2010. He’s described as being African American, 5-feet 9-inches tall, with black hair, brown eyes, and weighing 224 pounds. Wright has tattoos on his upper right arm, left and right forearms, chest, neck, and right hand. He also has scars on his left calf, right knee, and left forearm. Wright also has piercings in the left and right ears.

If you know where he is, call the Des Moines Police Department or Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City man has been found guilty of attempted murder and other counts in the shooting of a police officer. The Sioux City Journal reports that a Woodbury County jury found 19-year-old Isaiah Mothershed guilty Friday of two counts of attempted murder and four counts of first-degree robbery.

Authorities say Mothershed pulled a gun from a couch while his hands were handcuffed behind his back and shot Officer Ryan Moritz in a leg while being arrested Feb. 7. Police say that as officers struggled with Mothershed, the gun fired again, wounding Mothershed in a leg. Both have since recovered.

Prosecutors also presented evidence that Mothershed carried out several robberies and break-ins and fired a shot at a homeowner who interrupted a break-in. Mothershed’s sentencing date is pending.

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) – The western Iowa city of Missouri Valley is looking annex dozens of parcels of land, including some where the city plans to build a new city hall and fire station. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the city is looking at annexing a portion of land east of the Harrison County town along U.S. Highway 30.

The area is mostly cropland, with some houses, and land owned by CHI Health that could be the site of a new hospital. It also includes land owned by the city were city hall and the station are planned. In all, City Clerk Rita Miller says, the proposed area includes 63 parcels of land.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – An Iowa firm has won a $1.9 million contract to complete work on a section of the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the contract to Western Contracting Corporation of Sioux City, Iowa.

The contract calls for widening out the top of the river to create an area about 200 feet wide. Sixteen new concrete structures will be built along river as well. The work is expected to begin this fall and be competed in the fall of 2017.

Fire Prevention Week across the nation is being observed from Sunday, Oct. 9^th through Saturday, Oct. 15^th. The theme for this year’s event is “Check the Date! Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years.” The Atlantic Volunteer Fire Department kicks off the annual observance with a free-will donation breakfast Sunday morning at the fire station. Fire Captain Tom Cappel says the event runs from 7-a.m. until Noon. (Click on the left side of the audio bars below to listen)

(Cappel says they’ll be serving eggs, sausage, pancakes, juice and coffee. Then at 10-a.m. the Midwest Med-Air helicopter will land at the fire station. Everyone is welcome to check out the chopper and equipment at the fire station.)

The donation breakfast helps with Fire Prevention and Education efforts at schools and elsewhere, and ties in with this year’s theme of Fire Prevention Week, which reminds you to replace your smoke alarms every 10 years.

Firefighters will of course, be on-hand to show off their equipment and answer questions. Cappel says the department’s members are always training for safety and certification.

The big event coming-up at the end of the week is the Annual Fireman’s Picnic and Parade, on Oct. 15^th in downtown Atlantic. A picnic in the Atlantic City Park starts at 4-p.m. and includes clowns, face painters, bounce houses, a photo booth and much more. LifeNet will land at 5-p.m., as well. In addition the Sheltered Reality Drum Corps and Pleasant Green Baptist Church Marching Saints will perform.

A meal will be available for $7 in the park, and the parade starts at 6-p.m. For more information, contact the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce or any Atlantic Firefighter.