The Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to a car versus cow accident on Saturday. Deputies were called to the accident at approximately 9:50 p.m. on 270th Street. A 2022 Chevy Colorado driven by 65-year-old Anthony Allen of Diagonal was traveling on 270th Street and struck a calf with the front of the truck.

Allen didn’t report any injuries and the Chevy sustained an estimated $7,000 damage. The truck was driven away from the scene.

The calf was discovered to have belonged to Marvin Ford of Creston. The calf had no insurance coverage.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest of two individuals over the weekend.

On Saturday, June 17th at 1:53 a.m. Creston police arrested 44-year-old Bree Meridith Whipps of Carlisle at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County Warrant for Forgery, a Class D Felony. Whipps was later released on $5,000 cash or surety bond.

On Sunday, June 18th at 5:39 p.m. 38-year-old Kathleen Ann Pieken of Creston was arrested at her residence on 3 counts of Child Endangerment, Deprive Necessary Care. Pieken was taken to the Adams County Jail and later released on $6,000 cash or surety bond.

The Glenwood Police Department reports the arrest on Saturday, June 17th of 25-year-old Jakob Jamison of Glenwood for OWI 1st Offense. He was taken to the Mills County Jail and later posted $1,000 bond.

The Red Oak Police Department reports no injuries occurred during a two-vehicle accident on Saturday. The accident happened at 3:08 p.m. at the intersection of West Joy and Broadway streets. A 2006 Ford Escape driven by 58-year-old Robert Collins of Red Oak was making a left turn onto Broadway from the Red Oak Fareway parking lot when it broadsided a 2017 Ford Escape driven by 51-year-old Heidi Harris of Red Oak. Harris was making a left turn into the Fareway lot when she was hit.

Damage to the 2017 Escape was estimated at $10,000 and damage to the 2006 Escape was estimated at $500. Robert Collins was cited for Failure to Yield upon entering an intersection. Both vehicles were driven away from the scene.

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, is introducing a bill she calls the Red Tape Transparency Act.

She says her bill will keep unelected Washington bureaucrats from creating costly regulations and subverting the will of the people.

Hinson says President Biden’s 400 billion dollar plan to cancel student loan debt is a key example of what this bill would prevent.

Crops are starting to show signs of stress brought on by the drought. Iowa Sate University Extension field agronomist, Angie Rieck Hinz sees it in the corn in her north-central Iowa area.

The bean crop is also impacted.

Hinz says some areas in her region are short four to five inches of soil moisture needed to produce a healthy crop.

Hinz says they need some rain soon to keep the crop conditions from getting worse.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests from three incidents over the weekend.

On Friday, June 16th Deputies arrested 43-year-old Bryan James Regenscheid of Council Bluffs at 6:48 p.m. for Driving While Barred. Regenscheid was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.

On Saturday, June 17th at 7:20 p.m. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Highway 71 near 110th Street. After investigation Favian Campuzano and Kristine Richards of Omaha were both cited and summoned to court for Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Offense.

On Sunday, June 18th at approximately 2:45 a.m. Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrested 31-year-old Zachary David Schulz of Nodaway for OWI 1st Offense. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

A crash in Harrison County involving three motorcycles and a semi resulted in the deaths of three people from western Iowa, and injuries to three more.  The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened on Iowa Highway 127 and Loess Hills Trail, between Mondamin and Magnolia, at around 4:23-p.m. It caused resulted in the road being closed until late Sunday night.

The Patrol says a 1990 Kenworth truck driven by 73-year-old Ronald Keith Meeker, of Woodbine, was traveling west on Iowa Hwy 127, when the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, and stop at a stop sign. The truck rolled onto its side into the southbound lane and struck a 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 53-year old Steven Theodore Starkey, of Council Bluffs.

When the motorcycle entered the southbound ditch, Starkey and his passenger, 53-year-old Julie Starkey, of Council Bluffs, were ejected. The operator of a 2016 Harley,  52-year-old Joseph Anthony Baker, of Yutan, NE, dumped his cycle onto its side. He jumped from the bike prior to being hit by the truck. A 2004 Yamaha motorcycle operated by 38-year-old Adam Opal, of McClelland, evaded contact with the semi, but Adam and his passenger, 38-year-old Samantha Opal, of McClelland, were thrown from the cycle.

Adam and Samantha Opal were transported by helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha. Ronald Meeker, along with Steven and Julie Starkey, died at the scene and were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office by Missouri Valley Rescue. Joseph Baker was transported by Mo. Valley Rescue to CHI/Missouri Valley Hospital by Mondamin Rescue.

(Griswold, Iowa) – Members of the Griswold School Board will gather in the Conference Room at the High School, Monday, for their regular monthly meeting. Their session begins at 4-p.m.  You can view the agenda, below:

• Call Meeting to Order

• Reading of Mission Statement

• Approval of Agenda (D.R.)

• Public Input

• Superintendent’s Report:

1. Thank You Card(s) (I)
2. The Month in Review – Administration (I)
3. Board Learning Opportunities (I)

– Honor May Recipient

– Select June Recipient

– Board Policy Index

– Exit Interview Results

– Simbli Quote

• Consent Agenda (D.R.)

Approval of Minutes

Approval of Financial Statements

Approval of Bills

4. Personnel

5. Gifts, Memorials, Bequests

Old Business

6. Board Policies – Second Reading (D.R.) – 200.4, 210.5, 401.5R1, 401.13E1, 501.2, 505.5, 604.6, 605.4, 605.5, 605.6, 605.6E1, 605.6E2, 605.6R1, 701.2, 708, Renumber 401.10 to 705.2

New Business

7. Approval Of JMC Lunch Payment System (D.R.)

8. Establish Nutrition Prices And Set Convenience Fees For 2023-2024 (D.R.)

9. Approval Of 2023-2024 Parent / Student Handbooks (D.R.)

10. Approval Of 2023-2024 Course Offerings Handbook (D.R.)

11. Approval Of Fuel Bids (D.R.)

12. Approval Of Tech Support Bids (D.R.)

13. Designate Level I and Level II Child Abuse Investigators For 2023-2024 (D.R.)

14. Approval Of Bid Specifications For Bakery, Dairy, Warewash, Snow Removal,

And Trash (D.R.)

15. Set Mileage Compensation – Policy 401.7 (D.R.)

16. Approval Of APEX Contract With Glenwood CSD (D.R.)

17. Determine IASB Legislative Priorities (D.R.)

18. Board Policies – First Reading (I) – 606.1, 606.2, 606.3, 606.4, 606.5, 606.6

19. Discussion On And Possible Approval Of Truck Purchase (I or D.R.)

• Adjourn

(Audubon, Iowa) – Members of the Audubon School District’s Board of Education will meet Monday (June 19), in the Elementary School Work Room. Their meetings begins at 7-p.m. with a Board Work Session on various Policy Revisions, followed by the regular monthly meeting, during which they will act on approving the following matters:

• RSAI Membership (Rural School Advocates of Iowa)
• ISFIS Membership (Iowa School Finance Information Services)
• EMC Insurance quotes
• Change Orders
• And an agreement with Apptegy (School marketing & Communications)

The Audubon School Board will then enter into a Closed Session “To discuss whether to conduct a hearing, or conduct a hearing for suspension or expulsion of a student, unless an open meeting is requested by the student or the parent of the student.” Afterward, the Board will re-enter an open session to possibly take action on the expulsion of a student. And, they will act separately, on Personnel matters (Resignations, Contracts, etc.)

In his report to the Board, Superintendent Eric Trager is expected to provide a Building Project – and Building Project Budget – Update, along with an update on the Track and Greenhouse, and the City Recreational Ball Field.