Governor Terry Branstad and Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds have announced their upcoming weekly schedule, which includes stops in Atlantic, Audubon, Harlan and Council Bluffs. Governor Branstad will be in the area next Friday (July 8th), beginning with a 9-a.m. visit to AMVC Veterinary Services, in Audubon.

From there he will travel to Harlan, where Branstad will attend an Agriculture Industry Town Hall meeting hosted by the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, beginning at 10:30-a.m.  Afterward, both the Governor and Lt. Governor will speak at the 33rd Annual Governor’s Volunteer Award recognition ceremony at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, beginning at 1-p.m.

The next leg of Branstad’s trip takes him to Atlantic, where at 3-p.m. next Friday, he’ll tour Rex Pharmacy, which the McKesson Corporation on June 27th, named Health Mart Pharmacy of the Year for 2016. The Governor’s last stop in Atlantic at 3:30-p.m., will be for a tour of the Historic Whitney Inn, the upper floors of which are being converted into mature adult apartments and living spaces. The three-story Victorian-era Boss Hotel was built in 1890, and is on the list of the National Register of Historic Places.

A Red Oak woman was cited after losing control of her vehicle and hitting a utility pole on Friday.  Red Oak Police responded to the accident at 6:15pm Friday on North 8th Street.  Officers determined that 18-year-old Ashley Lynn Brower of Red Oak was driving a 2005 Chevy Tahoe northbound on N. 8th Street and lost control.  Brower struck a utility pole on the east side of the street owned by Mid American Energy.  Damage to the pole was estimated at $500 while the Tahoe sustained an estimated $6,000 damage.  Brower was uninjured in the accident and was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office made an early morning arrest on Saturday after a traffic stop at 3rd and E Reed Streets in Red Oak.  At 4:21am deputies arrested 46-year-old Alfred Charles Barrett of Red Oak for OWI 4th Offense (Class D Felony) and Driving While Barred (Aggravated Misdemeanor).  Barrett was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $5,000 bond.

Two people were arrested after a search warrant was executed in Red Oak on Friday.  The Red Oak Police Department along with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit executed a search warrant in the 200 block of East Corning Street in Red Oak.

As a result of the search officers arrested 28-year-old Nefertity Sandoval of Red Oak on charges of Possession of Ammunition by a Felon (Class D Felony), Possession of a Schedule II Narcotic (Class C Felony), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Simple Misdemeanor.  Officers also arrested 38-year-old Nicole Kaye Anthony of Red Oak for Possession with Intent to Deliver Amphetamine (Class B Felony) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Simple Misdemeanor).

Both suspects are being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center. Sandoval is held on $50,000 cash bond and Anthony is being held on $100,000 cash bond.  Further charges are pending the finalization of the investigation.