Afton Police Chief John Coulter reports a 17-year old, Kayden Witt,  from Creston, was referred to Juvenile Authorities, May 5th, on a charge of Willful Injury. The charge was the result of an incident that took place during an East Union School outing.

Coulter also reminds residents about a Publisher’s Clearing House phone call scam. The Chief says residents continue to receive calls from people claiming to be from the Marketing Company, and that the caller claims the resident has won a prize. They will also say PCH staff are waiting for the resident in another, nearby town to deliver their money.

Coulter warns “This is a scam, and people should hang-up and not provide any personal or financial information to the caller.”

A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy responding Saturday evening to a residence in Oakland to investigate a road rage incident at Highway 6 and 370th Street, arrested a man for Violation of an Order/Contempt of Court. 40-year old Timothy Lee Anderson, of Henderson, was arrested at around 8-p.m. and brought to the Pott. County Jail.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also, 25-year old Cory David Kuehl, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 4:30-a.m. Sunday, for Probation Violation. Kuehl was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver was arrested for OWI. And, 27-year old Stephanie Rae Tuttle, of Council Bluffs, was arrested early Sunday morning for OWI/1st offense after a deputy observed what was termed “Suspicious driving behavior.”

Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports ballots for the June 27th, 2017 SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION for the Griswold Community School District public
measure, are now available at the Cass County Auditor’s office. If you are a resident of the Griswold Community School District and you will be unable to go to the voting center on June 27th, or you choose to vote early, you may vote by mail by sending a request for an absentee ballot to the Cass County Auditor’s office. As an option, you may stop and vote at the County Auditor’s office during office hours: 8 a.m. thru 4:30
p.m., Monday thru Friday.

PUBLIC MEASURE A on the ballot will ask the question: “Shall the Board of Directors of the Griswold Community School District in the Counties of Adams, Cass,
Montgomery, and Pottawattamie, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $9,900,000 to provide funds to remodel, repair, improve, furnish and equip the Middle School/High School facility; to build, furnish, and equip an elementary addition to that facility; and to improve the site?”

As we’ve mentioned, there are three voting centers plus the Absentee voting site, for the upcoming election:

• LEWIS VOTING CENTER, Voters residing in Griswold Director District 1, will vote at the LEWIS LIBRARY (412 West Main St).
• ELLIOTT VOTING CENTER: Voters residing in Griswold Director District 3 will vote at the ELLIOTT COMMUNITY BUILDING (403 Main St, Elliott).
• GRISWOLD VOTING CENTER: Voters residing in Griswold Director District 2 and 4 will vote at the GRISWOLD COMMUNITY BUILDING (601 2nd St, Griswold).
• The ABSENTEE VOTING CENTER is:
  AUDITOR’S OFFICE, CASS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, IN ATLANTIC.

Sheriff’s officials in Guthrie County report a residential fire early this (Monday) morning in Guthrie Center has resulted in critical injuries to at least one person. The blaze at 1005 Main Street was reported at around 12:27-a.m.

Firefighters from Guthrie Center were assisted at the scene by personnel with the Panora Fire Department, Panora Ambulance and Guthrie County Sheriff’s Department. The person who was injured was flown to a hospital in Nebraska.

The blaze remains under investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. No other details are currently available.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department say a truck driver from Canada was cited following a rollover accident at mile marker 5 of Interstate 80 westbound. The accident happened at around 4:15-a.m., when the driver dropped his cellphone, reached down to grab it and lost control of the semi.

The rig  flipped onto its side, blocking interstate traffic. I-80 Westbound was shut down and traffic was diverted until just before 6-a.m.  The 36-year old driver (Sentheepan Thirunavukkarasu), from Ontario, CN, suffered minor injuries but refused treatment. He was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.