Creston Police said today (Tuesday), a 42-year old Creston man was arrested at around 12:30-a.m. today for OWI/1st offense. Clinton Ward Lovely was later released from the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond. And, a little after noon, on Monday, Creston Police arrested 49-year old Melissa Rae Rodden, of Murray. Rodden was charged with OWI/1st Offense and also later released on $1,000 bond.
The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports deputies responded Monday afternoon to a rollover accident that critically injured a man from northwest Missouri. Sheriff’s officials say 74-year old Jerry L. Roberts, of Tarkio, MO., was flown by helicopter to Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, following the crash that occurred a little after 12:45-p.m. on Highway 59, about a mile south of Highway 2.
Authorities said Roberts’ car rolled at least three times during the crash. Shenandoah police, fire and rescue personnel assisted at the scene. A report on Roberts’ condition was not immediately available.