Officials with the Creston Police Department report 35-year old Jason Johnson, of Lenox, was arrested just before 6-p.m. Monday. Johnson was taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for Violation of Parole. He was being held in the jail without bond.

And, there were separate theft and vandalism incidents reported to the Creston P-D, Monday. A resident of the 500 block of W. Montgomery Street said that sometime in the last few months, someone stole an intake manifold and carburetor from a vehicle that was parked in the back of a residence. The loss was estimated at $300. A resident of the 1000 block of S. Sumner Street in Creston told police that sometime between 11-p.m. Sunday and 6:30-a.m. Monday, someone keyed his vehicle while it was in a parking lot near the residence. The damage was estimated at $200.

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of killing an Ottumwa teenager is expected to change his plea. Court records say a hearing has been scheduled May 29 for 20-year-old Venhure Tsegay. Authorities say he shot 16-year-old Christian Madueno in the face on Nov. 29, 2016. Authorities say Madueno died nearly a month later. Tsegay has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. The records don’t say what other charges are involved, if any. He’s also been charged with robbery, burglary, assault and a drug crime.

The Exira-Elk Horn/Kimballton School Board is set to meet this evening in the conference room at the Elk Horn building. Their session starts at 6-p.m. Included among the items on their agenda, is a Public Hearing on a Budget Amendment, followed later on in the meeting by approval of a 2017-18 Budget Amendment. Other discussion and action items include: 2018-19 fees; approval of…a carpeting bid for the Elk Horn building, a contract with IWCC for concurrent courses, a new Junior High/High School grading scale, a bid for a school car (Buick), and approval of personnel matters – to include hires, transfers, resignations, etc.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Iowa native Maddie Poppe has won “American Idol.” The singer-songwriter bested Caleb Lee Hutchinson and Gabby Barrett in Monday night’s two-hour finale on ABC. Poppe and Hutchinson announced on the program that they’re dating, surprising judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. They then performed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Poppe called the experience incredible.

Maddie Poppe ABC (file) Photo

Hutchinson took to Twitter to congratulate Poppe. The three judges performed during the finale along with Patti LaBelle, Nick Jonas and Mustard, Bebe Rexha, Darius Rucker, Gary Clark Jr., Yolanda Adams and Kermit the Frog.

SIDNEY, Iowa (AP) — A Louisiana man has been given five years in prison for injuring a bicyclist who was camping after a ride in Iowa. Court records say Danny Cardin, of Homer Louisiana, was sentenced Monday in Fremont County Courthouse in Sidney. He’d been found guilty of causing serious injury by vehicle but not guilty of leaving the scene of a serious injury accident.

An Iowa State Patrol report says James Foley, of Jacksonville, Florida, was sleeping in a tent at the 59er Motel & Campgrounds in Shenandoah on the night of July 17, 2016, when Cardin’s pickup went off the driveway and struck the tent and him. Cardin’s attorney has said the incident was an accident.

Foley had been participating in a statewide biking event known as RAGBRAI.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says an 11-year old was arrested over the Noon hour Monday, at the Enarson Elementary School in Villisca. The unidentified juvenile was charged with three counts of simple assault following an incident where the juvenile allegedly assaulted staff and another student. The 11-year old was transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, processed and then released to the custody of their parent.

And, Red Oak Police report 24-year old Ozzy Ray Hunter, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 3:30-p.m., Monday, for Driving While Barred. Hunter was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.