The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Sunday, of 22-year-old James Corey Dolph. The Red Oak man was taken into custody on a warrant out of Montgomery County for a probation violation. Dolph also faces a charge of assault with the intent to injure, a peace officer. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $25,000 cash bond.

On Saturday, Red Oak Police arrested Tanya Michelle Danick. The 38-year old Red Oak woman was being held in the Montgomery County jail after being stopped just before midnight, Saturday, and taken into custody for driving while revoked and failure to provide proof of insurance. Her bond was set at $1,000.

And, the Red Oak P-D says three teens were cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age. The three were identified as 18-year-old Torri Huerta, of Griswold, 18-year-old Cody Benjamin Johnson, of Stanton, and Brent Edward Hanson, of Villisca.

All three were cited and released.

Police in Clarinda are investigating an incident of vandalism, which was reported to authorities on Friday. Officials say Barker Implement reported windows had been broken out of two combines that were on the dealership’s property, for servicing and repair. A dollar amount of the damage was not available, and no arrests have been made.

The Clarinda Police Department reported this past weekend, the arrest last week of a Bedford man on a sexual assault charge, and the arrest of a Clarinda man on a separate charge of assault.

On Monday, Dec. 31st,. authorities charged 18-year old Keven Daniel Harris, of Bedford, with one count of felony sexual abuse of a child. The charge stems from an investigation that began in April 2012, during which it was alleged Harris had inappropriate sexual contact with a nine-year old female. Harris was taken into custody by officers with the Bedford Police Department, following the issuance of an arrest warrant. Harris was being held without bond in the Page County Jail pending an appearance before the magistrate. His preliminary hearing was set for 1:30-p.m. Wed., Jan. 9th.

And, last Friday, Jan. 4th, 18-year old Jason Lovell Congress, of Clarinda, was charged with misdemeanor assault resulting in bodily injury. The teen was taken into custody at the Clarinda Academy, following an investigation into the assault of a 16-year old student, who suffered a broken jaw during the incident. Congress was being held in the Page County Jail on $1,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before the magistrate.

An investigation into a theft from a farm east of Hamburg has resulted in two arrests. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday, 33-year old Christopher Lynn Rakes, of Riverton, and 46-year old David Mark Hilgerson, of Shenandoah, were both taken into custody on charges of 1st degree theft.The men were being held in the Fremont County Jail on $10,000 bond each.

The charges stem from an investigation into the October theft of grain bin fan motors from the Mike Stenzel farm at 3263 300th Street, in Fremont County. 12 electric motors, and 12 aluminum fan blades, valued at $11,000 altogether, were taken.

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The Page County Sheriff’s Office says a woman from Coin reported Friday (Today), the theft of her purse. The purse, which contained money and personal items, was stolen from the 27-year old woman’s 1999 Buick LeSabre, parked near her residence in the 200 block of Church Street, in Coin. The theft took place sometime between 7-p.m. Thursday and 7:30-a.m. Friday. A dollar amount of the loss was not available Friday afternoon, and no arrests have been made.

EARLY, Iowa (AP) – A man arrested in western Iowa on charges of assault and kidnapping had been released from prison just two days earlier.  Sac County Sheriff Ken McClure said his office received a call about 8 a.m. Thursday after someone encountered a 21-year-old Storm Lake woman who claimed she had been kidnapped. After talking with the woman, officers searched the area and found 21-year-old Kirk Riley Levin hiding in a barn.

Levin is in the Sac County Jail on charges of assault and kidnapping.  While investigating the kidnapping, officers found a woman’s body at the rural Early farmhouse where Levin lived and are investigating how she died. McClure says her death is suspicious.  The Iowa Department of Corrections says Levin was released from prison on Tuesday after serving a sentence or burglary.

By this time in 2014, all Iowans who take the G-E-D to complete their high school education will be taking it on a computer. Three Iowa community colleges have launched a pilot project to test and implement the new technology. Rick Carpenter, director of program development for the Des Moines Area Community College, says five students were the first in Iowa to take the computerized G-E-D tests. It happened a month ago, on December 3rd, at a  classroom in Des Moines.  “In the year’s past, we’ve been doing the tests just by paper, but we have transformed over to computer-based testing and for all new students who take the GED, it will be on the computer,” Carpenter says.

Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs and Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa are joining D-MACC in the first wave of converting to computerized G-E-D tests. Classes for students who want to get a G-E-D — which stands for General Education Degree — are held at the state’s 15 area community colleges and the tests are taken on the community college campuses. It takes up to 10 weeks for a student to find out if they’ve passed the G-E-D when they take the paper exam. Carpenter says there’s a much quicker turn-around for the computer exams. “The students instantly get their feedback results when it’s on computer-based testing,” Pennington says.

The state’s 15 area community colleges have been administering G-E-D tests since 1966. The G-E-D test was first devised in 1942 to help returning World War II veterans finish high school, without having to go back to classes inside a high school. Five years later the state of New York began offering the G-E-D as an alternative method of earning a high school education. In 2009, 99 percent of the Iowans who took the G-E-D exams passed and almost four-thousand adults earned an Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma.

(Radio Iowa)