The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Monday afternoon of 29-year old Modanna Marie Meyer, of Blockton. Meyer was arrested on a Union County warrant for probation violation. She was brought to the Ringgold County Jail and held without bond, pending an appearance before a magistrate.

Audubon County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Jensen says the Audubon County Engineer’s office has informed him that a section of 255^th St was closed for safety reasons, due to the undermining of a culvert. The closure is in the 2300 block of 255th, a 1.5-mile section of road between Mockingbird and Oriole Avenues. Repair work on the road is expected to last approximately two weeks.

Emergency responders and persons who would normally traverse the road in that section of Audubon County, should plan to take alternate routes for the next couple of weeks. If you have any questions, please call the Audubon County Engineer’s Office at 712-563-4286.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa trial for a former Nebraska jail employee facing child sex and pornography charges has been delayed. The Daily Nonpareil reports that the Council Bluffs trial of Shawn Beu has been rescheduled to begin Oct. 18 at the request of prosecution and defense attorneys. The trial was supposed to begin Tuesday.

Beu has pleaded not guilty to Iowa charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor, and related crimes. He’s also been charged in federal court with child pornography possession. Beu, who lives in Council Bluffs, was a corrections sergeant at the Douglas County Jail in Omaha when he was arrested in March.

Creston Police report the arrest at around 2:30-this (Wednesday) morning, of a woman from Afton, on a drug charge. 21-year old Ashly Starlin was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense, and OWI. Starlin was later released from the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Tuesday night, Creston Police arrested 20-year old Dominick Yzaguirre, of Lenox, for 5th Degree Theft. The man was later released from the Union County Jail on a Promise to Appear in court. And, Monday night, 39-year old Jason Joyce, of Crane, MO., was arrested on an Adams County Warrant for Contempt of Court on a Violation of a Protection Order. Joyce was later released on bond.

A pedestrian was struck by a pickup truck Tuesday night while walking along a southern Iowa highway. The Iowa State Patrol reports 39-year old Daniel Warlop, of Rockford, IL., was flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines following the accident that happened at around 11:25-p.m.  on Highway 2, in Decatur County.

Authorities say Warlop was walking west on the Highway, when for reasons unknowm he fell onto the road. Moments later he was unavoidably hit by a westbound 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup, driven by 39-year old Michael Sobotka, of Tingley.

The accident remains under investigation.