An observant Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy, Thursday, arrested a man he knew to have been driving without a valid license. Deputy Brandon Ramsey saw a pickup driven by 50-year old Kenneth Peavy, Jr., of Council Bluffs. He pulled the vehicle over at around 10:20-p.m., and determined the man was still barred from driving.

When asked if he had any weapons on him or in the vehicle, Peavy stated that he did have brass knuckles. Upon further investigation, though, Peavy was arrested for carrying weapons, including a concealed gun. He was also cited for driving while suspended.

A traffic strop Wednesday evening in Pottawattamie County resulted in the arrest of an Avoca man. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year old Brandon Bradley Pospisal was taken into custody at around 9-p.m. for Probation Violation, after the vehicle he was a passenger in, was pulled over for having an improper rear license plate light.

A records check on Pospisal indicated he had an active warrant for probation violation. He was placed under arrest and brought to the Pott. County Jail.

Police in Creston, Thursday morning, arrested 30-year old James Jack Clark, of Pleasant Hill, for Failure to Comply with the State’s Sex Offender Registry/1st offense. Clark was transported to the Union County Jail, and later released on $2,000 bond. Also arrested Thursday morning in Creston, was 42-year old James Raymond Mcfail, of Creston. He was taken into custody at the Adult Probation Office in Creston, on a Page County warrant for Possession of meth and of a firearm by a domestic assaulter.  McFail was transported to Page County Jail.

Authorities in Creston said also, a resident of the 300 block of Maple Street, reported that sometime between Aug. 10th and Aug. 25th, a toolbox was stolen from his shed.  The loss was estimated at $100.

HORNICK, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say the wife of a 73-year-old man fatally injured in a Woodbury County collision also has died. Iowa State Patrol Lt. Jay Smith says 70-year-old Kay Crowl died Thursday at Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports that she and her husband, Mark Crowl, were driving east near Hornick around 8:15 p.m. Sunday when their vehicle collided with a westbound vehicle driven by 17-year-old Shayna Schelm.

The patrol says Mark Crowl was pronounced dead soon after reaching the hospital. Schelm was treated there for minor injuries. Schelm lives in Hornick, as did the Crowls.