COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A grant from Google will help the Council Bluffs Public Library create a so-called makerspace, where people can make use of high-tech tools like a 3D printer. The library’s foundation recently was awarded the $34,600 grant from the Internet company. The Daily Nonpareil reports the foundation has agreed to match Google’s contribution to help cover costs.

A librarian says details about the project are still being worked out. But he says officials hope to start reconfiguring a room on the library’s second floor to be the new makerspace by next year.

A traffic stop south of Denison this (Monday) morning, resulted in one person being arrested on drug charges. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office reports 42-year old Paul James Burk, of Dow City,was formally charged with Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $1,000.

Authorities say a vehicle Burk was in was pulled over on Highway 59. The Crawford County K-9 “Bayou” was deployed, and detected the odor of illegal drugs.  A search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of Methamphetamine and Drug Paraphernalia, which were seized into evidence.

Auditor of State Mary Mosiman today (Monday) released an agreed-upon procedures report on the
City of Griswold, for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. The agreed-upon procedures engagement was performed pursuant to Chapter 11.6 of the Code of Iowa.

Mosiman recommended the City review its control procedures to obtain the maximum internal control possible. The City should also establish procedures to ensure an independent review of the City’s utility reconciliation is performed and a monthly City Clerk’s report which includes comparison of budgeted to actual receipts and disbursements, including the beginning and ending fund balance of each fund, is provided to the City Council.

In addition, the City should ensure compliance with Chapters in the Code of Iowa which relate to budget amendments and conflicts of interest, respectively. A review of the City’s procedures resulted in numerous recommendations. They include, but are not limited to:

• The segregation of duties among employees to prevent an individual employee from handling duties which are incompatible.
• The City Council or other independent person designated by the City Council should review the reconciliations and monitor delinquent accounts. The review should be documented by the signature or initials of the reviewer and the date of the review.
• To provide better control over budgeted disbursements and the opportunity for timely amendment to the certified budget, the City Clerk’s monthly financial reports to the City Council should include comparisons to the certified budget by function. Also, the monthly reports should include the beginning balance, receipts, disbursements, transfers and ending balance for each fund.
• The petty cash and change fund should be reconciled to the authorized amount. Procedures should be established to ensure all receipts, including miscellaneous fees, are deposited intact and recorded in the financial system.

A copy of the agreed-upon procedures report is available for review in the City Clerk’s Office, in the Office of Auditor of State and on the Auditor of State’s web site at http://auditor.iowa.gov/reports/1421-0130-BL0F.pdf

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County says a Glenwood man was arrested Saturday. 48-year old Tony Martin was arrested on a Mills county warrant for harassment 3rd degree. Martin’s bond was set at $300.

The Sheriff’s Dept. says also, Glenwood Farm Equipment (a Car wash) reported an incident of  Burglary and Theft, on Saturday. No other details were provided.

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Several people were arrested recently, in Creston. Early this (Monday) morning, 46-year old Susan Rae Lemon, of Creston, was arrested for 3rd Degree Theft. Lemon was later released on $2,000 bond. Late Sunday night, 23-year old Bryant Lee McCloud, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was later released on $300 bond.

Early Sunday morning, Creston Police arrested 19-year old Christopher Thomas White, of Chariton, on a charge of OWI/1st Offense, and, 20-year old Shawn Douglas Shimer, of Des Moines, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, for Possession of Marijuana. Shimer and White were later released on $1,000 bond, each.

And, Friday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 40-year old Virginia Jean Keasey, of Adair, on a warrant for Probation Violation. Keasey was taken into custody at the Union County LEC, and transferred to the Ringgold County Jail, where she remained today (Monday), on $10,000 bond.

In other news, Creston Police say Rodney Carlson, of Creston, reported Friday someone had used his money card without permission. The loss was estimated at $842. The incident took place sometime between 8-a.m. and 1-p.m., on Friday.

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A vehicle reported stolen Friday, in Red Oak, was recovered at around 1:50-a.m. today (Monday), in Montgomery County. Sheriff’s officials say the 1997 Chrysler Concorde was found on 270th Street, just west of Q Avenue. The car, belonging to Jessica Cesar, of Red Oak, was towed to Red Oak.

Additional details about the incident were not released.

Authorities in Pottawattamie County are expected to resume their search at 8-a.m. today, for a boater who went missing Sunday afternoon on Lake Manawa, after the canoe he was in capsized at around 1:45-p.m. Sunday, as the unidentified man and 36-year old Bengamin Ferguson, of Omaha, were maneuvering through an area of ice on the southwest side of the lake, near Boy Scout Island. Council Bluffs Police Sgt. Dave Dawson said the search for the missing man was called-off Sunday night due to darkness.  Authorities know who the man is, but were withholding his name until family members have been notified.

Ferguson was able to swim ashore, but the other man tried to hang on to the tipped over canoe, but slipped under the water. At the time of the accident, the water temperature was around 35 degrees.  Ferguson was taken to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs hospital for treatment of hypothermia. He was being held overnight for observation.

Council Bluffs Fire Dept. rescue crews searched the lake until 5:30-p.m. Sunday without finding the missing man.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The city of Waterloo is considering buying the idle former Hostess plant downtown to encourage development. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the City Council will vote today on a plan to spend up to $415,000 on the building that used to serve as a Wonder Bread bakery.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is recovering from a shotgun wound after being shot by a fellow hunter who was trying to hit a moving deer. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said 47-year-old Eric Winkler was hit in the abdomen Saturday by a shotgun slug fired by someone else in his hunting party.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are searching a western Iowa lake for a man who was reported missing after a canoe capsized, and a second man was being treated at a hospital after swimming to shore. Council Bluffs Police Sergeant Darren Budd says the canoe the two men were in capsized around 1:45 p.m. Sunday. The men were not immediately identified Sunday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping an effort to seize nearly $33,000 from an Iowa restaurant owner’s bank account. The New York Times reports the IRS became suspicious of Carole Hinders because of a pattern of cash deposits of less than $10,000. Hinders says the cash came from her Mexican restaurant, Mrs. Lady’s, in Arnold’s Park, Iowa that doesn’t accept credit cards.