Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department report their offices will be closed to the public today (Monday) through Tuesday (Tomorrow), as the Department relocates to the new station at 1 Ezra Jackson Way. The new police building will be open to the public for business beginning 7-a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19th.

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While the current law enforcement center will be closed today and tomorrow, the Department’s Telephone Reporting Service and Police Records lines will still be functional. The move will have no effect on Pottawattamie County 9-1-1 Communications, and police officers will still respond to calls for service.

The building’s closure means no walk-in traffic will be permitted. If you need to speak with an officer or report a crime, call 9-1-1 for an emergency, or, for non-emergencies, call (712)-328-5737. Authorities say they are working to minimize any disruption to the public as they complete the move.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo plans to move its skateboard park to higher ground, away from floodwaters. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Riverside Skatepark sustained heavy damage in the 2008 Cedar River flood. It was repaired before being damaged again during floods in September 2016. City officials have been unsuccessful in trying to get the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help cover the estimated $90,000 in damage.

The new site is just a half-mile east of its current spot but out of the flood plain. A trail system there connects to downtown, and there’s a public bathroom at the site. City Leisure Services officials intend to ask the City Council’s finance committee today (Monday), to approve $5,000 for a conceptual plan for the new skate park.

The Creston Police Department reports two people were arrested on separate drug-related charges over the weekend. Sunday afternoon, 27-year old Brady Salberg, of Lucas, was arrested in Creston for Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense. His bond at the Union County Jail was set at $2,000. And, Friday morning, 24-year old Jessica Larkin, of Creston was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance, as well as Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was later released on a $1,300 bond.

A woman from Oakville was arrested Friday afternoon in Creston. 27-year old June Quigley was arrested on a Washington County warrant for Violation of Probation. Quigley was released to Washington County authorities.

Late Friday morning, 31-year old Waymond Foster, Sr., of Afton, was arrested for Violation of Protective Order. He was later released on a $300 bond. And, a resident of the 600 block of N. Maple Street in Creston reported to police Friday afternoon, that sometime between 3-p.m. Thursday and 5:30-a.m. Friday, someone broke-off the driver’s side mirror on his vehicle, which was parked behind his residence. The damage was estimated at $100.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman injured in a Cedar Rapids apartment fire has died. A Cedar Rapids news release says 43-year-old Sharon Garnett died Saturday afternoon at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City. Firefighters sent to battle the blaze Friday afternoon had found Garnett in her bedroom. Authorities say a medical condition made it difficult for Garnett to escape.
Investigators think the fire started atop the stove in the kitchen.

(Radio Iowa) — A fire Sunday morning at the Hamilton County Maintenance Shed in Webster City destroyed thousands of dollars worth of equipment and leaves the county short of available snowplows. Webster City firefighters were called out at 5:15 a-m Sunday and were joined by firefighters from Duncombe, Stanhope and Woolstock as they worked at the scene for much of the day Sunday.

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Hamilton County Engineer Nikki Stinn inspected the damage Sunday morning. She says the heating and air conditioning and half the building was lost along with two plow trucks, seven pickups, and a lot of other equipment.
Stinn says the two plow trucks are worth around 200-thousand dollars each and the seven pickups are worth around 30-thousand each. They are still figuring out the cost of the lost building and other equipment.

Stinn says the fire leaves them short of equipment if there is any winter weather — but they will adjust. “If we have to we’ll start our guys a little earlier and a few of them will have to make bigger rounds,” according to Stinn. “We generally do have just a spare truck or two — so we’ll be able to kind of pull equipment together and get everything covered if we do have some weather happening.” She says they could use road graders that normally work on gravel on the paved streets if they need to plow snow. “We will get it covered if we have events — it just might be a hair slower than normal,” Stinn says.

The State Fire Marshal has been called to help the Webster City fire department find the cause of the fire. No one was injured in the fire.

Police in Red Oak report 42-year old Nichole Suzanne Brayton, of Red Oak, was arrested just before 6-p.m. Sunday. Brayton was taken into custody in the 1000 block of E. Coolbaugh Street, for Domestic Abuse Asssault. She was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, pending an initial court appearance.