The Adair County Board of Supervisors are set to meet 9-a.m. Wednesday in the Adair County Boardroom at the Courthouse, in Greenfield. During the session, the Board will discuss and/or act on the following items: The Zion Fiscal Year 2017 annual report; Manure Management Plan (MMP) updates; Township Clerk wages, and Approval of a New Sheriff Reserve Officer.

Soon thereafter, the Board will hear from Sawyer Hansen, Assistant to the County Engineer, with regard to the signing of materials contracts with Oden Enterprises, as they pertain to a Secondary Roads project. Hospital Board spokesman Willard Olesen will discuss a Health Care Services Resolution. And, Jane Ernst along with Marcia Hendricks, with Adair County Health System CE, will talk about changes in Public Health and Home care, to be followed by discussion.

(UPDATE 10/4/17–  The truck was found by a Clearfield resident. It is no longer missing. Thanks for keeping an eye out!)

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a Creston man’s pickup was stolen sometime between 8-p.m. Monday and 6-a.m. today (Tuesday). The red, 2011 Ford Ranger pickup with Iowa license plate 023 YXL was taken while it was parked at the man’s residence located in the 2300 block of High & Dry Road, in Creston. The pickup has a silver toolbox mounted in the bed. The loss was estimated at $10, 500. If anyone has any information with regard to the theft or location of the vehicle, please call the Union County Sheriff’s Office at 1-641-782-8402, or your local law enforcement agency.

This is the truck that was stolen.

A vehicle ended-up in a Union County Lake Monday night, after the driver, who authorities say was speeding and operating in a reckless or careless manner, lost control of the vehicle he was driving. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened at around 11:17-p.m., Monday, as 20-year old Darian Scott Stone, of Davenport, was driving a 2004 Ford Taurus.  Stone was traveling around the McKinley Lake gravel spillway in Creston, when he lost control of the car, which entered the lake on the west side. Stone, and his passenger were not injured during the incident. Damage to the car was estimated at $5,000. Stone was cited for Failure to have a valid driver’s license.

A traffic stop on a speeding SUV Sunday morning in Pottawattamie County, resulted in the arrest of a Minnesota man on a drug charges. A Sheriff’s Deputy stopped the SUV on Interstate 80 eastbound a little after 9-a.m. Sunday, near Council Bluffs. Authorities say a “free air sniff” by a Police Service Dog around the vehicle, resulted in the animal alerting to the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle. A search was conducted, during which 10.8-pounds of marijuana was found in the cargo area of the SUV. The weed was in several containers located in a black duffle bag. The driver of the vehicle, 47-year old Michael Steve Gudowski, of New Hope, MN., was placed under arrest for Possession with the Intent to Deliver or Distribute, Marijuana.

And, a man from Oakland was arrested at around 9:15-a.m. Monday, after Deputies investigated a reported Theft from the Casey’s Store, in Oakland. 18-year old Tristan Michael Herrera allegedly took a can or dispenser of Butane valued at $2.39. Herrera was arrested for Theft in the 5th Degree.