Authorities in Iowa are searching for a woman who failed to return from a furlough for work release. 42-year old Shannon Balava VanArsdale failed to return Saturday to the Waterloo Women’s Center for Change Work Release Facility. She was serving a 30-year sentence for Burglary in the 1^st degree, Assault on a Peace Officer with Injury, Escape of Felon and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Her sentence began Sept, 2004.

Shannon Balava VanArsdale

VanArsdale was described as being an African-American female, 5-feet four-inches tall, weighing 219 pounds. She has black hair, brown eyes, a scar on her right forearm, tattoo on her neck. Both of her ears are also pierced.

She was placed on Work Release February 8, 2016 following a parole revocation. If you have any information as to her location, contact the Waterloo Police Department of Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office (or, dial 9-1-1).

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Despite all the attention on water quality initiatives at the Iowa Legislature this year, it appears unlikely lawmakers will reach consensus before adjournment over how to pay for it. Leaders in the split Legislature have fundamental differences over whether to use existing funds or to generate new dollars to deal with longstanding issues over Iowa’s polluted waterways. There is no indication they will reach a compromise soon.

Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House propose a plan that would use special infrastructure money and a tax on water use. Gov. Terry Branstad backs the plan, though it differs from his proposal to use money from an education infrastructure fund. Leaders in the Democratic-majority Senate have floated ideas that would use surplus dollars from the budget or increase the sales and use tax.

Two people were arrested on alcohol-related charges late Saturday night, in Red Oak. According to the Police report, 45-year old Shelby Joann Olivares was arrested at around 11:15-p.m., and 22-year old Dalton Paul Valentin, both of Red Oak, was arrested at around 11:45-p.m.  Each was charged with Public Intoxication. Both were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond, each.