A Sheriff’s Deputy in Pottawattamie County arrested a Council Bluffs man Tuesday afternoon, at the Pott. County Courthouse. 21-year old Dillon Michael Palen was taken into custody on a valid State of Iowa warrant for Conspiracy to Commit a Non-forcible Felony. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on a $5,000 bond.

There were also several prisoner transfers to the Pottawattamie County Jail from other correctional institutions, Tuesday, for persons who needed to address warrants in the County.

• 25-year old Andrew Allen Ross, of Council Bluffs, was wanted for Probation Violation.
• 20-year old Tyler Michael Markey, of Omaha, was wanted for Violation of Probation.
• 63-year old Dennis L. Morlan, was wanted on warrants for Absence from Custody and Forgery. His bond was set at $1,000 for the Absence charge, which was a 2nd offense.
• 55-year old Shawn Joseph Horton, was wanted on Pott. County warrants for OWI/3rd or subsequent offense – a felony; Violation of Probation and Willful Failure to Stop for Law Enforcement. He was being held on a total of $6,000 bond.
• And, 25-year old Dennis Eugene Combs, Jr., was transported to the Pott. County Jail to address a warrant for Forgery and Theft in the 5th degree.

The CAM School District’s Board of Education will hold a Special, closed session 12:30-p.m. Thursday, in the Nodaway Valley High School Media Center. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct formal interviews with three finalists for the shared Superintendent’s job. When the Board returns to open session, they may take action on offering a contract for the position prior to adjournment. As previously mentioned, the candidate finalists include: IKM-Manning High School Principal Brian Wall; East Mills-Essex School District Shared Superintendent Paul Croghan; and Woodward-Granger Superintendent Brad Anderson. Whomever is selected will begin their duties on July 1st.

The Board will also meet 6:30-p.m. Thursday at the same location, to consider approval of contracts.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a food pantry that serves more than 5,000 people a month in Sioux City is being evicted because the building it operates from has been sold. The Midtown Family Community Center houses the food pantry, a free Saturday meal and a 4-H program. Janet Reynolds of the Jones Street Neighborhood Coalition says the center’s closure will be a “huge loss for the community.”

Boys and Girls Home Inc. owns the building and had allowed the community center to use the building rent-free. But the building was sold last month. Boys and Girls Home is moving its programs to a centralized campus at the site of the former Indian Hills shopping center.

Reynolds says the grant funding the center receives provides only food for the pantry and Saturday meal. She says officials are looking for another neighborhood space to reopen.

Four people were arrested on separate charges Tuesday, in Creston. Authorities say 30-year old Travis Moran, of Eaton Rapids, MI, was arrested at a residence in the 800 block of W. Taylor Street, on charges of Possession of Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st Offense. Moran was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond. 19-year old Brandon Kinkennon, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

22-year old Tyler Ray, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday on an Iowa Department of Criminal Investigations Warrant for a Controlled Substance Violation. He was being held on a $5,000 bond. And, 59-year old Michael Alan Fry, of Creston, was arrested on charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or Subsequent Offense, Possession of Paraphernalia, Failure to Affix Drug Tax Stamp and Possession of Controlled Substance on Certain Property (within 1000 feet of a Public Park). He was being held in the Union County Jail awaiting a bond hearing.

And, a Creston man reported to Police Tuesday morning, that sometime between May 30th and 31st, someone took his wallet out of his vehicle that was parked at his residence. The loss was estimated at $20

(Radio Iowa) — With another school year wrapped up, low-income Iowa youngsters who got many of their meals at school won’t go hungry, thanks to the Summer Food Service Program which started this week. Dylan Lampe, a spokesman for the Food Bank of Iowa, explains why the program is so important. “Throughout the school year, we put together about 5,000 backpacks that get shipped out across 55 counties that go into the hands of students in need,” Lampe says. “When it’s summertime, those backpacks don’t go out, so these kids have to find somewhere else to get a consistent source of food.”

Lampe says many thousands of Iowa kids qualify for the program, though they likely will be going somewhere other than their schools for the meals. “It depends on the different spots and where they’re going,” he says. “In each community, every one is different. It’s open to low-income teens and kids in the area.” The program is under the U-S-D-A umbrella but it involves dozens of local agencies. “It’s a federally funded program and it’s administered through the state,” he says. “The Summer Food Service Program reimburses providers who serve these healthy meals to children and teens in the low-income areas.”

School food service staff employees and volunteers help with preparing the meals for the youngsters. For more information, contact your local school district or visit the Food Bank of Iowa website at www.foodbankofiowa.org.