The Iowa State Patrol reports two people were injured during a crash Monday afternoon north of Corning, in Adams County, including the County‘s Sheriff. 45-year old Alan Johannes, of Bridgewater, and 47-year old Gregory Carlson, of Corning, were transported by Adams County Rescue to Alegent Hospital in Corning, following the crash at around 4:45-p.m.

Officials say Sheriff Johannes was responding to a call while traveling eastbound on 200th Street as Carlson was traveling north on Kale Avenue. As the 2011 Ford F-150 pickup Johannes was driving topped a small hill, he saw Carlson’s 2008 Ford SUV entering the intersection. The Sheriff tried to stop, but his pickup slid on the gravel, and collided with the SUV.

Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest in a ditch. Johannes was treated for minor injuries at the hospital, and released. There was no word on Carlson’s condition.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following a two-vehicle accident Monday, on the Hamburg Road. Officials say vehicles driven by 38-year old Shauna Dorine Holaday, of Massena, and 22-year old Brett Alan Westfall, of Adair, collided at the crest of a hill.

Holaday’s 2003 Kia Sedona sustained an estimated $6,000 damage, while the damage to Westfall’s 1999 Ford pickup was estimated at $5,000. The Sheriff’s Department says Westfall was cited for Driving Under Suspension, No Valid License, and Failure to Yield One Half of Roadway.

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) – A judge has set bond at $1 million for a woman charged with fatally shooting a man in her western Iowa home nearly a decade ago. Tracey Ann Richter-Roberts is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Dustin Wehde in December 2001. She was arrested last month in Omaha, Neb. and brought to Iowa, where she had been held without bond in the Sac County jail.

A bond hearing was held last week. Judge Gary McMinimee set her bond today (Tuesday). Richter-Roberts claimed she shot Wehde in self-defense after he and another man broke into her house in Early. No charges were brought against her at the time. The investigation was reopened in 2009. Authorities arrested Richter-Roberts after finding new evidence, which they have declined to describe.

Police in Atlantic report the arrest Monday, of 32-year old Tara Campbell, of Atlantic. Campbell was taken into custody on a charge of Illegal Possession of Prescription Drugs. Campbell was booked into the Cass County Jail and held, pending a court appearance.

And, an accident Monday afternoon at 7^th and Palm Streets caused $3,000 damage, but no one was injured. Officials say Suzanne Just, of Atlantic, was cited for failure to yield from a stop sign, after her vehicle struck a vehicle driven by Clayton Sheeder, of Elliott.

The accident happened at around 2:30-p.m., as Just was traveling north at the intersection of 7^th and Palm. According to Atlantic Police, when Just pulled away from the stop sign, she failed to see Sheeder’s approaching vehicle, due to vehicles parked near the intersection.

Sheriff’s officials in Audubon County report an Audubon man was arrested Monday evening. 26-year old Shawn Leroy Schmidt was charged with OWI, Driving Under Suspension and Having No Insurance. The charges were the result of a traffic stop on Highway 44.

Schmidt was released from custody after appearing before a magistrate, who also set the date for his preliminary hearing.

The Atlantic City Council will hold the second and final readings of an ordinance establishing new ward boundaries for the City, during their meeting Wednesday evening, at City Hall. The City Clerk is required to draw-up new ward boundaries per Iowa Code, as the result of the 2010 census. Following the census, Ward 3 showed a decrease in population, while the population in Ward 5 increased significantly, compared to the other three wards. The ordinance must be adopted by September 1^st.

The Council will also consider a recommendation by Snyder and Associates Engineers, in Atlantic, for a contract with Redler Excavation to remove and replace the street manholes at 11^th and Cedar and 1111 Locust, along with sewer repairs at 5^th and Oak Streets. Redler provided the lowest cost proposal for the project.

In other business, the Council, Wednesday, will act on a Resolution granting a sewer line easement to Andrew J. Knuth, who was offered to pay the City $50 for the easement, which would allow him to replace the sewer line for his law office building. And, the Council will consider a request from Atlantic resident Ed Leistad, to terminate a purchase agreement and pay the City $1,000 in compensation. City Attorney Dave Wiedersteen will recommend the Council accept Leistad’s offer.

The City Council meeting begins at 5:30-p.m.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to meet Wednesday morning, in Atlantic. During their session, which begins at 9-a.m., the Board will act on a Resolution calling for the issuance of approximately $520,000 in bonds, to fund the northwest water/sewer extension project in the Amaizing Energy Urban Renewal area.

They’re also expected to acknowledge receipt of a letter of information, regarding an expenditure of a $10,000 state-provided allocation, to be used for the operational expenses of running the Cass County Veteran’s Affairs Department. Auditor Dale Sunderman says none of the funds are to be used for direct assistance to veterans.

And, the Cass County Supervisors will hear from Gary Stephenson, with regard to the display of a lithograph copy of the U-S Constitution in each of Iowa’s 100 county courthouses.

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914 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011

…THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST IOWA… 

THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL THROUGH 10 AM BETWEEN ATLANTIC…CRESTON…MOUNT AYR…BEDFORD AND CORNING. SOME OF THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACCORDING TO RAIN GAGE MEASUREMENTS AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES. STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR IN URBAN AREAS…ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS COULD QUICKLY RISE TO BANK FULL IN RURAL AREAS. THE AREA OF HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO DRIFT SOUTH INTO MISSOURI AFTER 10 AM. 

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS…ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 

IF YOU ENCOUNTER PONDED WATER ON HIGHWAYS…DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH IT.

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