(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.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests occurred between July 13th and 18th. On July 13th, deputies arrested 20-year old Korey Linn Cassady, of Panora, on a Cass County District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Cassady was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on $5,000 bond.

The following day, 55-year old Ronnie Robert Larkin, of Marne, was arrested on a Cass County Sheriff’s Office warrant for Sex Offender Registry Violation. Larkin was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance. On July 15th, Cass County deputies arrested 40-year old Michael Shane Trotter, of Atlantic, on Felony charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine (B Felony) and Drug Tax Stamp Violation (D Felony). Trotter was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $30,000 bond.

And, on July 18th, 41-year old Atier Lawes Yak, of Des Moines, was arrested on a District Court warrant for Violation of Probation. Yak was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $2,000 bond.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have release the names of two people whose bodies were found in a Burlington apartment. A Burlington Police Department news release identified them as 59-year-old Kevin Shavers, who lived in the apartment, and 33-year-old Marlo Pilkington, who lived in Fort Madison. The release did not describe the nature of their relationship.

Police also didn’t disclose the causes of the deaths, saying toxicology test results have not yet been received. The news release did say the department doesn’t think there is any ongoing risk to the community. Neighbors called police July 17 to report that they’d not seen the man for several days.

(Radio Iowa) — A Carroll man who was arrested during a home invasion in Storm Lake on Sunday morning has now been linked to another incident in June. The Storm Lake Police Department reports they were notified by a clerk at a local convenience store that on June 4, at around 3:50 a.m., a vehicle approached the drive-up window and an occupant in the back seat brandished a handgun. Video camera footage and interviews led authorities to believe the vehicle and its occupants were from the Carroll area. Eighteen-year-old Boumkouth Lol was identified as a person of interest. During the Sunday, July 21 incident, Lol, 21-year-old Rebecca Yalle and a 15-year-old female committed a home invasion, attacking the occupants inside. Lol and a male resident ended up fighting in the apartment complex hallway, eventually crashed through a neighboring door.

During the incident, Lol was found to have been armed with a 9mm handgun, and additional information received following his arrest has led authorities to believe this was the same one used in June. Lol remains in custody at the Buena Vista County jail. In addition to felony assault and burglary, Lol is charged with carrying weapons and assault while displaying a weapon.