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The Atlantic Police Department has released details on a two-vehicle accident that occurred Wednesday morning in Atlantic. At 10:48am two vehicles were eastbound on 7th Street traveling side by side when one vehicle attempted a right hand turn onto Park Drive from the inside lane. That vehicle driven my Madison Mace of Elliott forced the other vehicle driven by Shane Smith of Anita to jump the curb and onto the lawn taking out a street and stop sign. No injuries were reported. Damage was estimated at $5,000 to the Mace vehicle and $3,000 to the Smith vehicle.
In an update to our earlier report, officials with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office say one-person died in a rollover accident this (Thursday) morning, one-half mile south of Lake Anita State Park. The crash was reported at 6:39-a.m. Initial dispatch reports indicated one person was trapped in the vehicle.
No other information is currently available.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three recent arrests.
On Monday, September 21st Deputies arrested 39-year-old Amy Lynn Vanscoy of Ellston, IA for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was arrested on Highway 34 at 7:48pm and later booked in on $300 bond.
On Tuesday, September 22nd Deputies arrested 25-year-old Adam James Houchin of Glenwood on a Warrant for Violation of Probation. Houchin was arrested at 11:55am at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office and booked in on $10,000 bond.
Also on Tuesday 28-year-old Amanda Lee Flowers of Hamburg was arrested on Main Street in Tabor on a Warrant for Forgery. Flowers was arrested at 5:19pm and held on $5,000 bond.
The Creston Police Department reports one arrest early Thursday morning. At 6:00am 19-year-old Keegan Williams of Creston was arrested and charged with Trespass. He is being held at the Union County Jail awaiting bond.
A vehicle theft was also reported to Creston Police early Thursday. A Creston man reported at 5:40am that his truck was stolen from his residence sometime between 9:45pm Wednesday and 5:00am Thursday. The truck is a blue 2006 Chevy Silverado with Iowa License plates PAK1. The loss is estimated at $15,000.
(Updated 6:50-a.m.) —
Rescue crews from Anita and Wiota along with Medivac Ambulance were called to the scene of a rollover accident with entrapment, one-half mile south of the entrance to Lake Anita State Park. The accident was reported at 6:39-a.m. One occupant of the vehicle was said to be trapped inside, but it’s unclear if there were any injuries.
Fire and Rescue personnel were told to disregard at 6:50-a.m. No further details are available at this time.
The Red Oak Police department reports an early morning arrest of a Red Oak man. At 3:03am Officers arrested 54-year-old David Leroy Bentson of Red Oak for Simple Assault on East Market Street in Red Oak. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.
One of the heaviest rains in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area in 144 years of record-keeping flooded large parts of Council Bluffs on Wednesday but caused fewer problems in Omaha, where less rain fell. Council Bluffs Public Works Director Greg Reeder told the Omaha World-Herald residences have experience the collapse of basement walls, sewer backups and basement flooding.
As of late Wednesday evening, 5.28 inches of inches of rain had been recorded at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, shattering the record of 1.97 inches for the date and ranking as the sixth-greatest amount of daily rain since record-keeping began in 1871, according to the National Weather Service.
The official rain total at the Council Bluffs airport was 2.39 inches, but officials said parts of the Bluffs received 6 to 8 inches of rain Wednesday morning. Much of the western and southern parts of the city had “extreme surface flooding.” In some areas, that meant water as high as the handles on cars.
Rainfall began in the pre-dawn hours, and by the morning commute, street flooding was well underway. Council Bluffs public schools, St. Albert Catholic schools and Heartland Christian School in the Bluffs closed for the day because of street flooding. Officials wanted to keep as much traffic off the streets as possible. Dozens of vehicles became stranded in the Bluffs as a result of people trying to get to work or run errands.
Fire officials said in a handful of cases Wednesday, the Council Bluffs Fire Department was called to retrieve people from their vehicles, and some families were evacuated from their homes. No injuries were reported.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in Colorado in connection with a homicide in central Iowa. Des Moines police say the man arrested in Aurora, Colorado, is awaiting extradition to Des Moines, where he will be formally charged with first-degree murder in the death of Matthew Cizek. He was shot and killed near his home on September 11th.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An auto shop owner in Waterloo has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of another man. Forty-four-year-old Anthony Tronca was found guilty on Wednesday. Tronca was accused of shooting 44-year-old Ronald Randall in September 2014. His body was found days later in a rural area.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa State basketball player’s lawsuit against a woman who accused him of sexual abuse has been settled. A Des Moines law firm says Bubu Palo’s lawsuit was “resolved to the mutual satisfaction of both parties.” Palo had sued the woman and her mother in May 2014, saying his reputation had been damaged.
BOONE, Iowa (AP) — The family of a central Iowa car collector is auctioning off dozens of antique vehicles he purchased over at least six decades. Grant Quam had amassed 85 antique cars by the time he died in 2007 at age 91. Quam’s children will auction off 54 cards on Saturday at the Central Iowa Expo Center in Boone.
Members of the Cass County Conference Board met during a special session Wednesday evening at the Courthouse in Atlantic, to act on an order to rescind their Sept. 3rd vote against appointing County Assessor Brenda Nelson for another six years.
After 90-minutes of discussion and public input, the Conference Board votes were tabulated and announced. Cass County Attorney Dave Wiederstein said the vote was 3-0 in favor of reappointing Nelson. The announcement was met was thunderous applause and tears from Nelson, as well as her supporters, who hugged her after the decision was announced.
Brenda Nelson gets a hug after the 3-0 decision to reappoint, from Kenner Baxter, who serves on the Cass County Board of Review.
The decision means the board reversed its Sept. 3rd decision not to reappoint her. The action followed the tabulation of a roll call vote of each member of the three entities which comprise the Board (Schools, Mayors and Board of Supervisors), and during which a vast majority were in favor of reappointment. All three school board representatives, and all but two of the Mayors (Reinke, of Massena, and Coughlin, of Cumberland) as well as Supervisors Rieken, Wedemeyer, and Schelling, voted in favor of reappointment for their respective representing entities, with Supervisors McFadden and Frank Waters, voted against.
Even Supervisors Mark Wedemeyer and Chuck Rieken changed their minds. Rieken said it was because Nelson agreed to work with the Conference Board to keep open the lines of communication, which many agreed was sorely lacking among each of the entities involved in the process. Wedemeyer changed his mind after it was made clear Nelson could NOT reapply for her position, according to Iowa Code. She could only be reappointed. Wedemeyer said his original vote on Sept. 3rd was with the understanding she COULD reapply for her job.
Nelson had a cadre of supporters during the meeting, including County Assessors from around southwest Iowa, local realtors and land appraisers, and others. But there were also a handful of people who packed the Courthouse conference room Wednesday evening, who were not in her corner. They included two people whose case against her office’ appraisal is in litigation. Others, including Ardelle McCunn, of Massena, said Nelson’s office staff showed what amounted to a lack respect.
The Board, in its deliberations, agreed part of the problem with its oversight of Nelsons office, whether it be with regard to how the public is treated, budgetary reports and concerns, and other matters, is the how few times each year they actually meet, to receive complaints and ask questions of her. To remedy that, they agreed to begin meeting quarterly. All parties involved seemed to agree there were numerous instances of breakdown in communication, which could have headed-off action taken Sept. 3rd. Nelson said after the meeting, that she was glad the “emotional rollercoaster” of the last three weeks not knowing her future, was finally over. And, she agreed to address the concerns brought up during the meeting.
She said the proposed quarterly Conference Board meetings will help, but also “If there is a problem, it needs to be taken care of immediately. And I think the Conference Board needs to be aware of it immediately, and so if there’s something I can do, that it can be addressed before another quarter goes by.”