The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of 31-year-old Sara Sue Batten of Red Oak on a valid Montgomery County warrant for Failure to Appear and Resisting a Court Order. Batten was arrested at 11:19am in the 800 block of East Washington Avenue. She was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $100 cash bond.

Authorities say an investigation by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office into multiple burglaries occurring in the City of Walnut has resulted in an arrest.  38-year old Jason W. Anderson, of Walnut, was arrested on the following charges: Ongoing Criminal Conduct; 9 counts of Burglary in the 3rd degree;   Attempted Burglary; 3 counts of Theft in the 4th degree; 2 counts of 5th degree Theft; and 2 counts of Criminal Mischief.

Anderson is alleged to have committed burglaries at the following locations: Peace United Church of Christ; First Presbyterian Church; St. Patrick’s Catholic Church; Calvary Baptist Church; The Village Blacksmith Mall; Rusty Farm Girls Primitives; Mabel’s Old-Fashioned Rose, and Forget-Me-Nots (2 counts)

After receiving tips from the community, searches were conducted in the City of Walnut, City of Avoca and the City of Harlan.  The tips led to the recovery of property taken during the burglaries. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the incidents to determine if any further charges will be filed. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office was assisted in their investigation, by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Harlan Police Department.

Jason W. Anderson

Sheriff’s Deputies in Shelby County, Monday afternoon, arrested 26 year old Zachary David Snethen, of Portsmouth, after deputies were called to a residence in Portsmouth. Snethen was charged with Public Intoxication/2nd offense – a Serious Misdemeanor. He was brought to the Shelby County Jail without incident where he awaits an initial appearance before a magistrate.

Zachary Snethen

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) – A popular boat-based food vendor has sunk after hitting a submerged barrier in the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa. Sonya Carey-Otte is co-owner of MiMi’s Burger Boat. She tells the Quad-City Times that the boat was traveling about 5 mph toward the Fulton Marina Sunday when it collided with a barrier that ripped a hole in the front of the ship. Carey-Otte says following a three-hour wait everyone on the boat was rescued by authorities.

The boat remains partially submerged in the river. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman says the owners are responsible for removing the boat from the water. Carey-Otte reached out to Chad Pregracke of Living Lands & Waters. Pregracke says it will likely take a couple days to lift the heavy steel boat from the water.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he got an earful during his town hall meetings over the weekend from plenty of Iowans who are upset about the nation’s health care situation. Grassley, a Republican, says he’s upset, too, because his party controls both chambers of Congress and the White House, but can’t seem to find a solution to this important issue. Grassley says, “It’s going to be difficult for me to answer because all weekend in Iowa I got, ‘Well, what’s next?’ and I had to tell people I’m embarrassed that we didn’t get the job done in the first place and I’m embarrassed that I can’t tell you what we’re going to do next.”

Republicans have been pushing to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but those efforts have all fallen short. Grassley says he’s disappointed on a couple of levels. “Disappointed from a standpoint of the collective responsibility of Republicans,” Grassley says. “After seven years, having all sorts of excuses until now, when we have the House, Senate and the presidency, and not being able to deliver.”

Grassley says he’s perturbed that the repeal-and-replace process is even necessary and he faults Democrats for that. “Disappointed from the standpoint of the failure of Obamacare because of the broken promises, like, if you like your doctor, you can keep it, if you like your insurance, you can keep it, your premiums are going to go down,” Grassley says. “Everything has been the opposite of what they had promised back in 2010.”

Grassley says Republicans are “supposed to pick up the pieces” and they’ve been given a “mandate” by the nation’s voters to do so, yet they’re failing to deliver.

(Radio Iowa)