An Adair man has been arrested by the Audubon County Sheriff’s Office on a valid Audubon County Warrant for Violation of Probation.  An application was filed to revoke the probation of 19-year-old Matthew Henry Paulsen after he allegedly violated probation terms.  Paulsen plead guilty in March of 2015 to Credit Card Fraud and was sentenced to 2 years in prison.  His sentence was suspended and he was placed on formal probation for one year.  Paulsen was taken to the Audubon County Jail and is being held on $5,000 bond.

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Two separate convenience store robberies occurred overnight in Council Bluffs.

At approximately 1:27 am Council Bluffs Police were called to the Kum & Go store at 2024 5th Avenue in Council Bluffs in reference to a Robbery. The clerk reported a man entered the store from the east wearing a mask and gloves. He went behind the counter, displayed a machete and demanded money from the register. The suspect then fled the store east bound on foot through the alley with an undisclosed amount of cash. Officers searched the area but were unsuccessful in locating the suspect who is described as being a white or Hispanic male with a dark complexion, approximately 6’ 1” tall and 18-25 years old.

Then at approximately 3:33 am Council Bluffs Police were called to a Kwik Shop store at 1602 Ave G for a report of a robbery. The clerk reports a white or Hispanic male with a light brown complexion entered the store wearing a mask and gloves and displayed a knife while demanding money from the register. The suspect then left the store west bound on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect.

The two robberies are not believed to be related. If you have any information regarding either incident you are asked to please contact Crime Stoppers at (712) 328- STOP(7867).

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Department of Transportation employees have started testing a mobile driver’s license app as part of a new pilot program.

MorphoTrust USA, the company providing the software for the app, announced the start of testing Wednesday. The pilot program involves state employees testing the app in various settings.

According to department director Paul Trombino, the agency is not ready to release the app for customer use. There is not set date for when the app could be released to the public.

The company says the Iowa department employees are the first in the nation to use its mobile driver’s license software.

PANORA, Iowa (AP) – Officials say they’re investigating the cause of a wastewater discharge that entered Lake Panorama in central Iowa.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it’s unclear what caused a pump to fail Saturday night at a lift station managed by the South Panorama Sanitary District. Officials reported the problem Sunday morning, around the time officials believe the discharge ended.

DNR officials say it wasn’t clear to the agency that there was a wastewater discharge until Monday night. The sanitary district believes it was likely a small discharge.

It’s unclear what caused a pump to fail, since all pumps at the lift station appear to be functional.

Officials for the sanitary district are considering the construction of a new lift station, where discharges would be less likely to reach the lake.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa’s top insurance regulator has approved rate increases for several health providers in the state.

Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart announced Wednesday that he approved increases on individual insurance plans provided by Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Coventry Health Care and Gundersen Health Insurance. The changes go into effect in January.

The Des Moines Register reports the rate increases include between 17.6 percent and 28.7 percent on average for plans by Wellmark, 19.8 percent on average for plans by Coventry and 9.4 percent on average for plans by Gundersen.

The newspaper reports some residents who attended a hearing earlier this year on the proposed increases criticized it. Officials for at least two of the providers say the increases were needed because of unexpected health care costs.

On Monday, August 24th Stuart Police officers recovered approximately 25 grams of methamphetamine from a Creston man after he was arrested in the 700 block of S. Division St. He was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Deliver. He was also found to be in possession of hundreds of illegal prescription pills which he was also charged with.

This drug seizure was one of several over the last 2 weeks by Stuart Officers. In the last 10 days alone Stuart Officers have seized approximately $6,000 worth of methamphetamine, approximately $1,500 of illegal prescription pills, and approximately $1,000 worth of marijuana.

The Red Oak Police released details on two arrests in the past 24 hours.

On Wednesday, August 26th officers arrested 21-year-old Jesse Dean Uhlmann of Red Oak on a Montgomery County Warrant for Revocation of Probation.  Uhlmann was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $10,000 cash bond.

Early this (Thursday) morning at 12:45am officers arrested 45-year-old Teri Ann Nelson of Red Oak for Domestic Abuse Assault Second Offense (An Aggravated Misdemeanor).  Nelson was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on no bond until seen by a Magistrate.

Clarinda Police report that on Monday, August 24th at approximately 8:30 p.m. officers arrested 44-year-old Julie Kay Hillhouse of Clarinda on a valid warrant. The warrant alleged that Hillhouse committed six felony counts of forgery and theft at various businesses in Clarinda during the early part of August.

The warrant was issued after an investigation into the fraudulent activities. Hillhouse was arrested at her apartment located at the Parkview Apartment Complex, 1001 E. Main Street in Clarinda without incident. Hillhouse was booked into the Page County Jail on $5,000 bail pending an initial appearance before a magistrate.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A 54-year-old Iowa man has been convicted in the April 2013 death of a woman he shot nearly two years earlier.

A Pottawattamie County jury found Craig Finney guilty on Tuesday of second-degree murder.

He was convicted of shooting 48-year-old Patricia Harker, his former girlfriend, on June 17, 2011, during an incident at Harker’s home in Minden. She survived, and Finney later pleaded guilty to attempted murder. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Harker died on April 25, 2013. Prosecutors then filed first-degree murder charges against Finney, saying Harker died from complications caused by the gunshot wound.

The jury convicted Finney on the lesser charge of second-degree murder. He faces up to 50 years in prison when he’s sentenced on Oct. 6.