Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, late Sunday morning, arrested 49-year old Steven William Wells, of College Springs. Wells was arrested for Driving while license is barred, following a traffic stop at the intersection of Iowa Avenue and Spruce Street in College Springs.

He was transported to the Page County Jail and later posted a $2,000 bond. He was released pending future court proceedings.

ATLANTIC, IA – Hannah Denning has been awarded the Cass County Health System 2019 Scholarship.  Hannah is a 2017 graduate of AHSTW. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

Pictured left to right: Denise Coder, CCHS Chief Human Resources Officer, and Hannah Denning, 2019 CCHS Scholarship recipient ({Photo courtesy CCHS)

Remembering Our Fallen a photographic war memorial that honors our country’s military Fallen from The War on Terror (9/11/2001 – Present), will stop in Historic Downtown Red Oak, from Thursday, June 27th to Sunday, June 30th during Junction Days 2019. Unlike brick and mortar memorials, Remembering Our Fallen is designed to travel and includes both military and personal photos. Remembering Our Fallen, on its national tour, is designed to remind Americans of the ultimate sacrifice made by those who died from wounds suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan while wearing our country’s uniform.

Photos from Patrioticproductions.org

The memorial includes 31 Tribute Towers with military and personal photos of over 5,000 of our nation’s Fallen since 9/11/2001. The memorial was unveiled nationally at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, September 7, 2017. Organizers are still asking for help in contacting Gold Star families to include every single American who has died since 9-11-2001 in The War on Terror. There is no fee to families. They are asked to visit the web site www.PatrioticProductions.org, and provide basic information and two photos for their Fallen loved one.

The national memorial also includes a Tribute Tower to recognize our service men and women who died from training accidents or attacks while stationed stateside or on our overseas bases. And those who return from war with the invisible wounds of PTSD and succumb to suicide are included on a Tribute Tower to recognize the tragedy of PTSD. A Directory of the Fallen, along with the tour schedule and additional information, are available, also at www.PatrioticProductions.org

Patriotic Productions is a 501 c. 3. non-profit organization based in Omaha, Nebraska, with a mission of honoring our military. Remembering Our Fallen is the primary focus, however, Patriotic Productions has also taken almost 3,500 veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam on eleven Honor Flights to Washington, D.C. since 2008.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to five drug store robberies in Iowa. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa says 19-year-old Rontel Nijae Mial was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty last September to five counts of robbery.

Mial was arrested the morning of Dec. 16, 2017, after displaying a gun in a Walgreens store in Davenport and demanding a pharmacist give him drugs. A car was waiting for Mial, and they then drove away but were tracked by a GPS device included among the pill bottles.

Mial and another man were arrested after crashing into a patrol car and trying to drive through a yard. Mial acknowledged also robbing other Walgreens robberies in Davenport, Des Moines and Iowa City.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa is joining 29 states in creating some basic rules of the road for vehicles without a human behind the wheel. Representative Ashley Hinson of Marion says although it may be years before driverless or fully “autonomous” vehicles are in use, it’s time to start planning. “The wheels of technology are turning fast, moving forward and vehicle safety is definitely in question for the future and this bill speaks to many of those things,” Hinson says.

The new law will require driverless cars and trucks to carry liability insurance. The manufacturer must certify that all applicable federal safety standards have been met on the vehicle, unless an exception has been granted. Hinson predicts lawmakers will have to address other issues surrounding driverless vehicles. “We’re going to have to talk about lane striping, work zones, data sharing practices, education and outreach because, let’s face it, there is a lot of that that needs to happen before these vehicles are on the road,” Hinson says. “And I would anticipate there will be some further conversations about liability as these vehicles come to fruition.”

The new law, which goes into effect July 1st, specifies that driverless public buses will authorized — when the technology is ready for the public streets and roads. The governor approved the new law last Friday.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Iowa transportation officials have approved $16 million to pay for nighttime work on the Interstate 74 bridge over the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities because of delays blamed on an icy winter followed by spring flooding. The Quad-City Times reports the Iowa Department of Transportation allocated the money to fund overtime needed to ensure the westbound bridge is finished in the first half of 2020. Danielle Alvarez, the Iowa agency’s project manager, says the $16 million will pay for additional labor and second-shift work.

Alvarez says a cold winter followed by flooding have made it unsafe to use extra-high cranes needed to install basket-handle style arches on the bridge connecting Iowa and Illinois. Despite the extra cost, the bridge is expected to cost less than the budgeted $1.2 billion.

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy says it has been notified of fraudulent prescriptions being CALLED into pharmacies. The caller(s) appear to be targeting pharmacies in Northwest Iowa and are calling in prescriptions for antibiotics and promethazine with codeine.  The Board urges pharmacists to exercise due diligence when presented with prescriptions for controlled substances. If prescription fraud is suspected, you should contact your local authorities.