Police in Creston say three people were arrested on Public Intoxication charges, early this (Friday) morning. Taken into custody at around 2:45-a.m., was: 19-year old Adam Edward Lee Austin, 21-year old Paige Marie Millslagle, and 22-year old Kevin Joseph Pellman, all of Creston. Austin was arrested for 2nd offense Public Intoxication. His bond at the Union County Jail was set at $1,000. Millslagle and Pellman were subsequently released from custody on $300 bond, each.

Creston Police said also, a woman residing in the 300 block of N. Elm Street, reported Thursday afternoon, that someone stole a ring and makeup from her home. The loss was estimated at $170.

Police in Council Bluffs say one person suffered minor injuries during an assault and robbery Thursday night. Authorities say 30-year old Johnny Rowland, of Bellevue, NE, was treated at the scene of the incident by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue personnel.

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Rowland and witnesses told Police he was outside of an apartment at 901 N. 35th Street in Council Bluffs at around 10:20-p.m. Thursday, when he was confronted by three black men. The suspects assaulted Rowland using their hands,
feet, and a bottle. During the assault Rowland had his wallet stolen.

The suspects fled the scene in a white Chevy SUV. If you have any information about the incident, call crime stoppers at 712-328-7867.

A traffic stop on a truck at around 7:45-p.m. Thursday in Adams County, resulted in the arrest of a man from Villisca. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year old Daniel Elmer Bright, of Villisca, was placed under arrest for Driving While License Revoked (due to a previous OWI). Bright was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:00 a.m. CST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Emails released to The Associated Press show that four days before he allegedly ambushed and killed two Iowa police officers, Scott Michael Greene sent the local police department a laudatory note calling officers “absolute heroes.” In an online compliment form, the unemployed 46-year-old father wrote Oct. 29: “I love you folks.”

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by six states challenging a California law that prohibits the sale off eggs from chickens that are not raised in cages with sufficient space. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky and Iowa failed to show how the law would affect them and not just individual egg farmers.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline protested in North Dakota’s capital for a fourth straight day. A couple of hundred protesters marched around downtown Bismarck on Thursday, prompting police to temporarily shut down a couple of streets. Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Buschena says eight people were arrested. Protesters have targeted numerous sites in Bismarck and neighboring Mandan since Monday, including the state Capitol and the state-owned Bank of North Dakota.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 30-year-old man is facing two first-degree murder charges after a shooting in Mason City left two people dead. Mason City Police say a shooting was reported around 2:15 a.m. Thursday, and officers found Melinda Kavars and Caleb Christensen dead inside a home.

A single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon on Interstate 80 just west of Avoca, resulted in a Council Bluffs woman being sent to a hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of the vehicle, 19-year old Brittni Walker, was taken to Myrtue Hospital in Harlan, by Avoca Rescue. A report on her condition was not available.

Officials say Walker, who was wearing her seat belt,  was traveling west at around 3:40-p.m., and had attempted to pass another vehicle, when she lost control of the 2004 Chevy Malibu she was driving. The vehicle entered the north ditch and hit the face of a guardrail head-on.

Deputies with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office and crews from Avoca Rescue assisted the patrol at the crash site.