Six people were arrested over the Labor Day weekend, in Creston. Late Friday night, 28-year old Spencer Leitzel, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on three Union County warrants for: Failure to Appear (in court) on an original charge of Violation of a No Contact/Protection Order; Failure to Appear on an original charge of Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding air/blood flow, and Failure to Appear on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. Leitzel was being held in the Union County Jail on a $15,000 bond.

Saturday afternoon, 27-year old William Force, and 25-year old Tori Force, both of Creston, were each arrested for Violation of Protective Order. Both were later released from custody on their Own Recognizance. Also arrested Saturday, was 52-year old Douglas Ringgenberg, of Osceola. He was charged with OWI/3rd offense, and Eluding. Ringgenberg was being held on a $10,000 bond in the Union County Jail.

At around 3:35-a.m. Sunday, an unknown female was arrested in Creston for Providing False Identification Information to law enforcement. The woman was being held in the Adams County Jail, pending a bond hearing. And, Sunday afternoon, 51-year old Joel Weeks, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Barred. He was later released on a $2,000 bond.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man and woman were injured when their elevated deck collapsed at their home in northeast Des Moines while they were grilling food. The Des Moines Register reports the incident occurred just after 5 p.m. Monday. Des Moines Police Sgt. Tina Kalar says rotted wood may have allowed the deck to fall away from the house. The 72-year-old woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of burns from the grill’s contents. Her 69-year-old husband was treated at an urgent care center.

Audubon School District Superintendent Brett Gibbs reports the Audubon School Board will hold a Work Session 6:30-p.m., Wednesday (Sept. 5), in their Board Room at the High School. Their tentative agenda calls for discussion “On present and future administrative staffing.” The next Regular Audubon School Board meeting is 7-p.m. Sept. 17th, also in the Board Room at the High School.

A flash flood warning has been issued for northeast Iowa. The National Weather Service said Tuesday morning that a radar reading shows rainfall of up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) have fallen since midnight.
Some flooding is expected in several communities, including Elkader and Postville. Flood watches also have been posted for much of northeast and eastern Iowa.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly survey report suggests economic conditions in nine Midwest and Plains states took a leap forward last month. The report released Tuesday says the Mid-America Business Conditions Index jumped to 61.1 in August, compared with 57.0 in July. It’s the 21st straight month that the index remained above growth neutral 50.0.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says the region’s manufacturing growth of 3.1 percent over the past 12 months exceeds the U.S. growth rate of 2.6 percent.

The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth. A score below that suggests decline. The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

(Radio Iowa) — Construction on the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s Prairie Flower casino in Carter Lake, Iowa is moving along on schedule, and the casino will soon start filling out the remaining available jobs. Ponca Tribe chairman Larry Wright Junior says they recently had a job fair for tribal members to fill some spots. “We have several positions already filled now and now we are going to be opening it up her in the next week or so or couple of weeks to the public as a whole. And so we’re going to invite people in the metro area or people looking for a job in the metro area to come to the fair,” Wright says.

The casino expects to have around 100 employees. Wright says another issue they will discuss is whether members of the tribe receive some sort of payment from the casino proceeds. “That will be a decision for our tribal people to decide, and we continue to work on that item specifically,” Wright says. “But we want to be sure we had other issues addressed first before we start spending money.” Wright says the majority of the tribe backed building the casino because of the jobs and other benefits it would bring. He says they need to know that that can take care of all the needs before moving ahead with anything else. “There’s lots of things to consider. We offer a lot of programs and services to our people — education, housing, health care — just to name a few,” Wright says. “We look at bolstering those programs to help our people become less dependent on those things.”

Wright says they want to be able to present the issue with all the information they can. “We’ll look at all avenues and give our people as much information so they can make an educated decision,” he says. The Ponca Tribe has some 43-hundred members in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The 95-hundred square foot casino with 200 slot machines is expected to be opened sometime in late October.