Police in Creston report a Creston man was arrested Wednesday evening on a Probation Violation warrant. Gerald Lynn Lawrence, Jr., was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, where he was being held without bond.

And, Amber Michelle Smith, of Creston, was cited Wednesday evening, for allowing an animal to run At Large,

The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, approved an agreement with UMB Bank to purchase General Obligation Corporate Purpose and Refunding Bonds, the value of which will not exceed $5-million. Chip Schultz, with UMB says the agreement sets the rates for the bond issue at 1.49-percent.

Schultz says an A-Plus rating with Standard and Poors has been affirmed, so “Things look good from a financing standpoint.” He says the move will save the City about $80,000 on the 2011 bond. The rest will fund municipal library, street and storm water improvements, as well as police and fire equipment.

City Administrator John Lund says the bond issue saves tax payers more than $33,200.

Police in Creston say one person complained of pain but was not transported to the hospital, following an accident Wednesday afternoon. Officials say a 2002 Ford Escort driven by 25-year old Dennis Smith, of Creston, was traveling north on Vine Street just before 3-p.m., when Smith failed to stop at the controlled intersection with Mills Street. When he pulled out in front of a 1999 Jeep Cherokee driven by 16-year old Carmeron Millslagle, of Creston, the vehicles collided, causing $4,000 damage. Police cited Smith for Failure to Obey a Stop or Yield Sign.

Police in Red Oak report the arrest of a Red Oak man Wednesday night on a warrant and drug-related charges. Officials say 25-year old Jeremy Scott Dolph was taken into custody a little after 10-p.m. on a valid Montgomery County warrant. Scott was also charged with Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,600 bond.

Red Oak Police said also, at around 4-p.m. Wednesday, 39-year old Billy Ray Hunter, of Red Oak, was arrested on two active warrants. One of the warrants was issued by the Red Oak P-D, for Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree. The other was for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 3rd or subsequent offense. Hunter was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a total of $4,000 bond. Officers with the Shenandoah Police Department assisted in making the arrest.

Governor Terry Branstad has signed a bill into law that lets first responders and others administer a drug that counteracts an opiod overdose. “This legislation is a positive step forward in decreasing the tragedies that an opiod overdose can have on Iowans and their loved ones,” Branstad says.

Kim Brown is a registered nurse from Davenport. Her son died of a heroin overdose in 2011. He wasn’t alone at the time and she thinks if a friend or family member had been able to give him Naloxone, he might be alive today. “You cannot rehab a dead kid,” she says. “And once they’re dead, there’s no coming back.”

Iowa now joins 45 other states which let anyone administer Naloxone to revive someone who’s overdosed and stopped breathing. Branstad has signed more than 30 bills into law during the past 24 hours. That includes legislation that offers a new state tax credit to businesses that come up with new products from what’s left over after ethanol and biodiesel are made.

(Radio Iowa)

It would be easier to prosecute so-called “peeping Toms” under legislation that has won approval in the Iowa House and the Senate. Senator Kevin Kinney of Oxford says the bill expands the legal definition of trespassing. “To ensure that unscrupulous persons who film you when you are in your home or apartment can be punished appropriately,” he says.

The bill has been championed by a University of Iowa graduate who was secretly filmed in her Iowa City apartment by the landlord. The bill makes that kind of invasion of privacy an aggravated misdemeanor and removes the requirement that prosecutors must prove the accused was sexually excited by what he or she saw. Representative Chris Hall of Sioux City points out not a single legislators voted against the bill this year.

“An iteration of this bill is something that we saw and debated last year,” Hall says. “It’s taken time. It’s taken indepth discussion. I believe that, as amended, this bill will provide protections to Iowans of all backgrounds.” The bill now goes to the governor for his signature or veto.

(Radio Iowa)

A man from Dallas County died Wednesday, during a single-vehicle accident in Polk County. The Iowa State Patrol says according to witnesses, for reasons unknown, a 2015 Volvo SUV driven by 64-year old John J. Lint, of Dallas Center, veered off Interstate 80 westbound at around 3:50-p.m., and entered the north ditch, where it struck a tree before coming to rest. The accident happened on the north side of Des Moines, about a mile west of the Highway 69 exit to Ankeny. Lint was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.