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Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a Glenwood woman was arrested Sunday on drug charges, following a traffic stop at around 8:20-p.m.  24-year old Brooke Weaver was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of multiple pieces of drug paraphernalia. She was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $1,000 cash bond.

And, police in Red Oak report the arrest Sunday night, of 35-year old Timothy Orville Welch, of Red Oak. Welch was arrested at around 9:05-p.m. in the 500 block of North 6th Street. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and charged with Public Intoxication before being released later on $300 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Educators, parents and students will gather today (Monday) for Gov. Terry Branstad’s second summit on bullying prevention. The event will be held in Des Moines. This year’s theme is “Mission Possible: Stepping Up the Response,” and is a follow-up to last year’s summit, which drew about 1,100 people.

The summit’s keynote speaker is Emily Bazelon, author of the book “Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy.” During the summit, there will be sessions on how students and adults can make a difference. Participants will explore good legal policy and support schools may need to better deal with bullying.

The governor’s push for anti-bullying legislation meant to help school districts combat harassment on social media sites failed during the last legislative session.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Catholics in Waterloo are preparing to lose one of their four priests in reorganization but all four parishes should remain open. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the change will be made whenever an opening is creating by a retiring or reassigned priest. Monsignor Lyle Wilgenbusch says the Archdiocese of Dubuque hasn’t been able to attract enough new priests to replace retiring ones.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 26-year-old man remained in a medically induced coma yesterday as authorities investigated the assault that injured him. The Des Moines Register reports the Urbandale man was beaten severely outside a Des Moines sports bar early Sunday morning. Witnesses told police the victim had been arguing with a group of men inside the bar before the assault. Police identified a suspect in the case with the help of a tip from the public, but the suspect wasn’t immediately identified Sunday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating an off-road motorcycle crash that killed one person in eastern Iowa. The Linn County Sheriff’s office says the accident happened around 11:30 a.m. yesterday near Troy Mills.

MORAVIA, Iowa (AP) — A golf course at Honey Creek Resort State Park has received an environmental designation. The state Department of Natural Resources says The Preserve on Rathbun Lake was recently given designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. Officials say it is one of only six golf courses in Iowa with the designation.

Three people were injured during an accident west of Atlantic Sunday night. According to dispatch reports, the crash happened about a mile west of the Atlantic Municipal Airport at the T-intersection of 585th Street and Highland Road (Cass County Road G-30), at around 9:40-p.m. One of the victims reportedly suffered from head trauma.

Photo courtesy Mike Kennon, Cass County Emergency Mgmt. Agency

Sheriff’s officials say the vehicle was headed north on 585th Street when it went through the T-intersection and crashed into an embankment. Speed was considered to be a contributing factor in the crash. Two of the victims were transported by private vehicle to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, while the third was transported by Medivac Ambulance. The names of the victims and other details is currently not available.

A coughing spell is to blame fora three-vehicle, non-injury accident Sunday afternoon, in Red Oak. According to the Red Oak P-D, vehicles driven by 60-year old James Abbott, of Glenwood, and 24-year old Samantha Ranney, of Red Oak, were stopped at the intersection of North Broadway and West Coolbaugh Streets, waiting for the traffic light to change. A vehicle driven by 25-year old Michael Richards, of Red Oak, was in line behind the other two vehicles, when Richards began to cough and accidentally stepped on the accelerator.

Richards’ 1992 Ford Ranger pickup hit the rear of Ranney’s 1996 Honda Accord,  which then launched forward and hit Abbott’s 2004 Dodge Ram 1600 pickup. A passenger in Ranney’s car complained of pain in her ribs, but refused medical treatment. The accident happened at around 12:35-p.m.

Damage from the collision amounted to $2,300. Authorities say Richards was cited for Failure to Maintain Control and Reduce Speed as Necessary.

Deputies in Montgomery County arrest two people Saturday. Officials say at around 8:30-a.m., 23-year old Lawrence August the Third, of Audubon, was arrested on a valid warrant for a probation violation. August was transported from Sac County to Montgomery County Corrections, where he was being held on $7,500 cash bond. And, taken into custody at around 5:30-p.m. Saturday, was 30-year old Matthew Lee Gusman, of Red Oak. Gusman was charged with Driving While Barred. He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and later released on $2,000 cash bond.

Police in Red Oak report the arrest Sunday morning, of 46-year old Terry Gene Coddington. Coddington, who’s from Red Oak, was taken into custody in the 100 block of East Maple Street at around 1:25-a.m., and charged with Driving While Revoked. He later posted a cash bond amounting to a little more than $566.

Firefighters in Atlantic were called to the scene of a storage shed fire Saturday evening. The call was dispatched at 6:21-p.m. for an unknown-type fire in the alley just south of the Post Office, between 5th and 6th Streets.

Storage Shed fire in Atlantic (11/2/13) – Ric Hanson photo.

First Assistant Fire Chief Russell Peck told KJAN News when they arrived, there was a lot of thick, black smoke coming out of the second of six storage units on the north side of the structure. Inside the unit was several oil cans other such materials that apparently created the thickness of the smoke.

Peck said the back window to that unit was broken and flames were shooting out. Firefighters entered the unit and knocked down  the flames within about 20-minutes, and began clean-up duties while making sure there were no other hot spots.

Peck said the cause of the fire remains undetermined, and investigators will be on the scene Sunday morning when there is more available light, to try and narrow down the cause. However, Peck said that because there was no electricity to the building, an electrical fire could be ruled out.

334 PM CDT SAT NOV 2 2013

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD

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