The Creston Police Dept. reports a total of five arrests since Friday, with four people taken into custody on separate charges, on Friday. 25-year old Nathan Vicker, of Creston, was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Vicker was being held in the Ringgold County Jail on $2,000 bond.

17-year old’s Tommie O’Neall, and Donavon Houghmaster, both of Creston, were referred from the Union County Law Enforcement Center to Juvenile Authorities, Friday, on charges of Criminal Mischief in the 1st degree. O’Neal was later released to the custody of her mother. Houghmaster was released to the custody of Juvenile Authorities.

And, 30-year old Joshua Coulter, of Bridgewater, was arrested Friday in Creston, for Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, Trespass, and Public Intoxication. He was later released from the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.

On Saturday, Creston Police arrested 36-year old Richard Brammer, of Creston, for OWI/2nd offense. Brammer was later released on $2,000 bond.

The Cass County Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees will hold a Special Meeting today at 7:30. The agenda says the Board will enter into a Closed Session per Iowa Code [21.5 (1)(i)]. When they emerge from the Closed Session, the Board may take action on the matter before them.

While it’s not clear what the subject of the closed session may be, over the weekend, it was learned that an attorney retained on behalf of Cass County Health System CEO Todd Hudspeth, Thursday, had entered a written Alford Plea for Hudspeth, with regard to Hudspeth’s felony Forgery charge in Buena Vista County.

Legal experts say an Alford Plea is a guilty plea by a defendant who proclaims he is innocent of the crime, and admits that the prosecution has enough evidence to prove that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It is entered when the accused, together with his attorney, has made the calculated decision to plead guilty because the evidence against him is so strong that it will likely lead to conviction. Typically, it results in a guilty plea of a lesser crime

A jury trial was set to begin in Hudspeth’s case on July 12th, but with his plea, a pre-sentence investigation (PSI) will now take place August 1st, during what’s called a “Plea taking.”

A bicyclist was injured early this (Monday) morning in Council Bluffs, when he was hit by a pickup truck. Council Bluffs Police say 48-year old Mark Holeton, of Council Bluffs, was transported by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The accident happened at around 12:21-a.m., at the intersection of S. 3rd and 16th Avenues. Officials say 26-year old Nicholas Erisman, of Council Bluffs, was driving a 1997 Dodge Dakota northbound on Harry Langdon (S. 3rd Ave.), and as he turned west onto 16th Avenue, he struck Holeton, who was stopped facing east on 16th. Erisman was cited for Improper Turning Movements.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a man has died in the crash of his motorcycle on Interstate 480 in Omaha as he headed toward Iowa. Officers and medics were dispatched around 6:10 p.m. Sunday after the crash was reported near the 8th Street underpass.

Omaha police say the man lost control of his motorcycle after striking a concrete barrier. The impact propelled him over the barrier and onto the ground below. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Omaha police identified him as 29-year-old Mark Adams, who lived in the Omaha suburb of La Vista.