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The Red Oak Police Department reports two arrests on Friday night.

At 5:41pm Officers arrested 32-year-old Cody Allen Tunnell of Red Oak in the 200 block of East Grimes Street in Red Oak. He was charged with Simple Assault, a simple misdemeanor. Tunnell was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

At 11:25pm Red Oak Police arrested 48-year-old Charles Edward Heim of Colorado Springs, CO at 106 East Valley Street in Red Oak. Heim was charged with Domestic Assault 1st Offense. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on no bond.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Utilities Board has extended the annual winter ban on shutting off utilities for those customers enrolled in the energy assistance program from Monday to May 13th due to the flooding in some counties. I-U-B spokesperson, Don Tormey, says the Low Income Home Energy Assistance, or LIHEAP program gives some help in dealing with the bigger bills during the cold winter months. “It is a benefit to them but it only pays for a portion of their service,” Tormey explained.

He says those enrolled should be paying what they can on their bill. “The Iowa Utilities board always encourages those customers and all customers to keep paying toward their energy bill even during the winter months — because even though the program guarantees no disconnection it’s not a free ride,” Tormey says. He says the utility companies are willing to work with you and won’t automatically cut off your service when the moratorium ends. But Tormey says you have to reach out to them.

“Those customers who are protected from utility disconnections — if they are protected under the LIHEAP program for energy assistance — they would need to contact both their local utility company to talk about payment arrangements and contact their local community action agency to seek financial assistance,” Tormey says.

Tormey says they utilities can begin disconnecting service when the moratorium ends if the customer has not made arrangements to pay outstanding balances on their utility bill.

(FORT MADISON) – Two staff members were assaulted by an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary on Friday, March 29, 2019 at approximately 4:30 p.m.  Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Corrections say while a staff psychologist was meeting with an inmate in her office located in one of the housing units, the inmate began to physically assault her. A nearby correctional officer heard the assault taking place, and quickly responded to the assault.

The inmate resisted the attempts by the officer to restrain him, and struck the officer several times in the struggle. The officer was able to deploy oleoresin capsicum (pepper spray) to gain control of the inmate until additional officers arrived to restrain the inmate.

The staff and the inmate that were involved in the assault were assessed by institution medical professionals and found to have not suffered any major injuries. The incident remains under investigation.

A traffic stop in Fremont County Friday night, resulted in the arrest on drug charges of three people from the Omaha/Council Bluffs area. Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports deputies with his K9 Unit were conducting a narcotics investigation in Sidney at around 11:30-p.m. Friday, when they stopped a 2016 Volkswagen near the intersection of 120th Street and Highway 275.

Deputies arrested 42-year old Bud Minshall of Omaha, along with 34-year old Crystal Hammers and 23-year old Devin Danker, both of Council Bluffs. All three were arrested for Delivery of Over 5 Grams of Methamphetamine, a Class B Felony.  Danker was also found to be in possession of a loaded handgun.  Additional charges are pending.

The suspects were being held at the Fremont County Jail, pending initial appearance with a Magistrate. The Mills County K9 Unit and Tabor Police Department assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.

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