(Corrects to show accident happened Saturday morning…not Sunday)

An accident late SATURDAY morning in Red Oak involving six vehicles caused a total of $16,200 damage, but no one was injured. Red Oak Police responded to the Fareway Store parking lot in Red Oak, at around 11:05-a.m., Saturday. On the scene they determined 80-year old David Howes, of Red Oak, was attempting to park his 2017 Toyota van, when his foot slipped off the brake pedal and stepped on the accelerator pedal.

The van struck a legally parked, unattended 2009 Mitsubishi owned by Michael Nelson, of Red Oak, damaging the right front quarter panel and wheel. The Toyota then struck an unoccupied, legally parked 2009 Toyota SUV owned by Harvey Birkey, of Red Oak. The impact knocked the SUV out of gear, causing it to roll south through the Fareway parking lot and over the curb into a separate parking lot, where the SUV struck a 1999 Plymouth van on the driver’s side rear. The van was registered to Shari Ann Wheeler, of Hamburg.

The impact forced the van to slide into the driver’s rear side of a 2013 Chevy Equinox SUV registered to Chavis Wise, of Red Oak. At the same time, Howes’ vehicle struck a 1997 Chevy pickup in the rear. That vehicle was registered to Tyler Jenning, of Red Oak. The impact pushed the pickup forward into another, seventh vehicle, which was gone before officers arrived. They were told, however, that the 7th vehicle sustained no damage.

No citations were issued since the accident happened on private property.

UPDATE (1:30-p.m.) – A 17-year old Clarinda teen missing since about 8-p.m. Sunday has been located and returned to the custody of her parents. Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports Brandi Novak is safe, and the Clarinda Police Department thanks the public for their assistance.

Original story:

The Clarinda Police Department is asking for your help in locating a white teenage female who was last seen at around 8-p.m. Sunday at her home in Clarinda. 17-year old Brandi Regina Novak is 5-feet 5-inches tall and weighs about 175-pounds. She has shoulder length black hair, which is usually pulled up, brown eyes and glasses.

Brandi was last seen wearing a gray tank top trimmed in red, and blue jeans. If you know her whereabouts, please contact the Clarinda Police Department at 712-542-2194. Officials say foul play is not suspected.

Brandi Novak

Officials with the Atlantic Community School District report the District is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children up to age 18, without charge and are the same for all children, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. The program runs May 31st through August 1st (they will be closed July 3rd and 4th for the holiday)

Meals will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis at the Schuler Elementary School. Breakfast will be served from 9-until 10-a.m., and lunch from 11-to 12:30-p.m.  Participants are asked to enter through the back door of Schuler, and follow the signs.

The Atlantic School District is also in dire need of volunteers to serve meals for one and a half-hours every day, Monday through Friday. If you’re interested, call the Food Service Department at 243-5369, and ask to speak with DeeAnn.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – University of Iowa biomedical engineering students have helped an 8-year-old boy who was born without most of his right arm to ride a bike. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that Jonny Cole was having difficulty learning to ride because neither he nor his father, Douglas Cole, could figure out how to keep him balanced long enough to move a bike forward.

Douglas, a Ph.D. student in linguistics at the University of Iowa, asked the university’s machine shop last summer to help him design and 3-D print an adaptive device that would help Jonny ride. They referred him to the biomedical engineering program, where four students decided to help.

Alicia Truka says the group developed a “one-jointed arm for his bike.” The handlebar attachment helps him balance and steer.

The Atlantic Police Department reports three arrests and  two accidents took place over the past few days. Saturday afternoon, a vehicle driven by Erica Klever, of Atlantic, was traveling north at the stop light from the Wal-Mart parking lot, waiting to turn left onto 7th Street. A vehicle driven by Jackson Heithoff, of Anita, was traveling east on 7th Street and failed to obey the stop light before striking Klever’s vehicle. Klever was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Damage to the vehicles amounted to $14,000.

No serious injuries were reported following an accident Friday morning at the intersection of Highway 6 (7th Street) and 22nd Street. Officials say a vehicle driven by Richard Anstey, of Cumberland, was traveling south on Highway 6 at around 8-a.m., and yielding to northbound traffic to make a left turn onto 22nd Street, when his vehicle was struck from behind. The driver of the other vehicle was identified as Edward Burton, of Littleton, CO. Burton was cited for Failure to Maintain a Reasonable and Proper Speed. Damage from the collision amounted to $8,000.

Atlantic Police arrested 48-year old Kevin Scott, of Madisonville, KY, Saturday. Scott was taken into custody on a Kentucky warrant for Failure to Appear. He was booked into the Cass County Jail. 21-year old Angel Knowles, of Atlantic, was arrested Friday, in Atlantic. Knowles was taken into custody on a Cass County warrant for OWI and booked into the Cass County Jail. And, 47-year old Craig Griffin, of Atlantic, was arrested April 26th in Atlantic, on a Cass County warrant for Failure to Appear in Court in a Child Support matter. He was also booked into the Cass County Jail.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports 33-year old Daniel Eugene Long, Sr., of Atlantic, was arrested Thursday, on three District Court warrants for Failure to Appear. Long was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $15,000 bond.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says one person was injured during one of two accidents that took place on Friday. An unidentified passenger in a 1998 Buick LeSabre was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Anita Rescue, after the car was struck from behind by a 1997 Dodge pickup. The accident happened at around 5:13-p.m., Friday, at the intersection of 710th Street and White Pole Road. The impact caused the  car to strike a concrete culvert.

The driver of the pickup was identified as 30-year old Myles Daniel McDermott, of Atlantic, while the car’s driver was identified as 68-year old Ronald John Kelly, of Wiota. Damage from the crash amounted to $3,250. Deputies cited McDermott for Following Too Close.

The second accident happened at around 8:45-a.m., Friday, in the parking lot of the Cumberland Baptist Church. Officials say a2013 Chevy Silverado owned by Black Hills Energy was parked in the lot when it was struck sometime between 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. in the right front fender. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $1,000.