Sheriff’s deputies in Adams County arrested a woman on an assault charge at around 4:50-p.m., Wednesday. Authorities say 30-year old Katherine Coleman, of Corning, entered the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and said that her mother was dying at their residence.

Deputies then responded to 406 10th Street in Corning, and upon further investigation, found no one was dying, but that an assault had occurred. Coleman was arrested on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. She was transported to the Adams County Jail and held pending an appearance before the magistrate.

(Radio Iowa) — Parts of southwest Iowa’s Fremont County remain off limits to residents and motorists months after the region was first hit by Missouri River flooding. The Fremont County Board of Supervisors is opting to maintain evacuation orders for several areas. County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Crecelius says many roads damaged by flooding still aren’t suitable for traffic.

“We’ve got places where there’s no roads out there,” Crecelius says. “There’s still some water out there in places. The county doesn’t want to be responsible if they lift the evacuation order and somebody goes out there and gets themselves hurt.” While contractors are continuing their work to fix the roads, Crecelius says those repairs will take more time.

“The road department’s out there in a lot of places north and south of Highway 2 trying to fix the roads,” he says. “They’re hauling a lot of dirt and a lot of sand and a lot of rock out there trying to fill up the holes we’ve had out there, and trying to put roads back where they’re no longer there.” Crecelius knows it’s an inconvenience and he’s asking residents to be patient as the repair work is underway.

“It’s going to take a lot of time and people have got to understand that,” Crecelius says. “They (road crews) can’t be everywhere all the time. We have a limited amount of resources and equipment here, so it’s going to take time, and people need to be patient to let these guys get a chance to get this stuff done.” Likewise, he asks residents who are complaining about the temporary repairs to Missouri River levees to maintain their patience, as well.

“Those temporary repairs are to stop the water from flowing in,” he says. “They’re nothing permanent. However, that temporary repair is the platform from which the Corps of Engineers will be doing the repairs to bring it up the 25-year level by March. That is the same platform they will be using to bring the levee back to its original height prior to the flood.”

As of last week, nine of the 51 damaged levees in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Omaha District have been temporarily repaired. Corps officials recently indicated it could be next spring before every breach in the system is plugged.

(In an update to our earlier report) A student that absconded from the Clarinda Academy earlier today (Wednesday), was captured after a brief foot pursuit at approximately 1-p.m.. The student was apprehended in the commercial business area of 15th & Page Streets. He was taken into custody by Deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Office and the Clarinda Police Department.

The student has been returned to the custody of the Clarinda Academy. A tip from the public was helpful in the apprehension of the absconded student. The Page County Consolidated Comminations Center also assisted with the activation of the Wireless Electronic Notification System (WENS).

(Original story): — Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports a student had absconded from the Clarinda Academy early this (Wednesday) afternoon. Brothers said the individual was a 16-year old white male, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He stands five-feet 10-inches tall, and weighs 160-pounds. He was wearing black shorts with hoodie. The teen ran from the Academy gymnasium, and was last seen running in a westerly direction from the Clarinda Academy Complex. If you a teen matching that description, call 9-1-1 or the Clarinda Police Department at 712-542-2194.

The Clarinda Academy is a residential academic and behavioral health treatment facility for at-risk youth.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports a student had absconded from the Clarinda Academy early this (Wednesday) afternoon. Brothers said the individual was a 16-year old white male, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He stands five-feet 10-inches tall, and weighs 160-pounds. He was wearing black shorts with hoodie. The teen ran from the Academy gymnasium, and was last seen running in a westerly direction from the Clarinda Academy Complex. If you a teen matching that description, call 9-1-1 or the Clarinda Police Department at 712-542-2194.

The Clarinda Academy is a residential academic and behavioral health treatment facility for at-risk youth.