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One person was arrested on a Harassment charge Thursday, while another was arrested on a drug charge today (Friday), in Creston. According to Creston Police, 28-year old Julian Allison, of Creston, was arrested at around 12:10-a.m. today (Friday) for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving While Revoked. He was later released from the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.
Thursday afternoon, 19-year old Savanna Hilton, of Creston, was arrested for Harassment in the 3rd degree. She was later released from the Union County Jail on $300 bond.
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FOR SALE: Roma tomatoes for sale. 8 lbs for $5. Call 249-3999 after 4 p.m. please.
FOR SALE: New laptop cushion beverage holder and led light $15; (2) Family picture frames, new $3 each, call after 5 pm. 254-0247.
ESTATE TAG SALE: Thursday, September 24th & Friday, September 25th from 2-6 pm at 1509 Lincoln Dr., in Atlantic. Items include: kitchen table with leaf and 4 chairs, 3 piece living room set, queen bedroom set (4) pieces, full bedroom set (4) pieces, desk and office chairs, firesafe – 2 drawers, digital piano, file cabinet – 3 drawers, couch and loveseat, lift chair, treadmill, miscellaneous tables, lamps and housewares.
Police in Red Oak arrested a woman late Thursday night on a Mills County warrant for Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Institution, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. 34-year old April Marie Watson, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 11:30-p.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where she was being held on $5,000 bond.
Early This Morning: Mostly cloudy. Cooler. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Today: Cloudy…cooler. A chance of thunderstorms before noon. Thunderstorms early in the afternoon…then thunderstorms likely late in the afternoon. High in the upper 60s. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms 80 percent.
Tonight: Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening… Then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy after midnight. Cooler. Low in the upper 40s. North wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Saturday: Sunny. High in the upper 60s. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 40s. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High in the lower 70s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low in the mid 50s.
Monday: Sunny. High in the upper 70s.
A report of a stolen vehicle resulted in a high speed chase that ended near Shelby early this morning. Scanner traffic indicated the chase began when a witness saw the vehicle being stolen from an area southwest of Prairie Rose State Park. A Shelby County deputy caught up with the maroon, four-door at around 2:25-a.m., but the vehicle didn’t stop.
A chase began near County Road F-58 and Highway 59 and continued west onto southbound M-16 into Shelby. The pursuit made its way through and out of Shelby with speeds reaching 105-miles per hour, and finally ended near the Love’s Truck Stop, at 380th (or, L-34), just south of York Road.
The male suspect was reported to be in custody at around 2:45-a.m. All four tires on the vehicle were flat. No other details are currently available.
Former Arkansas Governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee plans a two-day Iowa campaign swing that brings him to Cass and Adair Counties.
Huckabee will hold a “Hucklebee Huddle – The Huck Stops Here” event at the Family Table Restaurant on west 7th Street in Atlantic, Saturday, from 9:30-until 11-a.m.
Afterward, he travels to Adair County, for similar campaign stop at “The Corner,” coffee/antique/gift shop, located 284 Public Square, in Greenfield. The event takes place from 12:30-until 2-p.m.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst has collected the signatures of 46 other senators on a resolution that would nullify an Environmental Protection Agency rule that’s unpopular in farm country. The “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule outlines six types of waterways that the E-P-A and the Army Corps of Engineers say are subject to federal Clean Water Act regulation. “I’ve just been hearing overwhelmingly from so many Iowans that the expanded definitions are causing confusion and uncertainty for farmers and ranchers and manufacturers,” Ernst says.
Other proposals attached to budget bills would block federal funding for implementing the rule. There’s a bill that essentially tells E-P-A officials to rewrite the rule and address some specific concerns. Now, the Ernst resolution seeks to get rid of the rule altogether. “It is just one of the options that we have on the table right now,” Ernst says. All three of those proposals face a presidential veto.
The Iowa Farm Bureau has suggested 97 percent of the land mass in Iowa now could face Clean Water Act regulation because of the rule, which went into effect in late August. Ernst calls the rule ill-conceived. “It’s a lot of over-regulation,” Ernst says. Iowa’s other U.S. Senator, Republican Chuck Grassley, is a co-sponsor of the Ernst resolution.
Officials in the Environmental Protection Agency say their rule “is fundamental to protecting and restoring the nation’s water resources.” The 1972 Clean Water Act gave the federal government jurisdiction over “navigable” waters, but a series of court cases over the past few decades have caused confusion over what “navigable” means. The agency’s new rule is an attempt to clarify its authority, but critics like Ernst say the E-P-A has gone so far as to seek jurisdiction over the gullies in corn fields.
“The law behind the rule has good intent,” Ernst says. “It’s just that the new rule takes it way too far.”
(Radio Iowa)
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