Two southwest Iowa women suffered unknown, possible injuries Saturday afternoon, during a head-on collision in Page County. According to the Page County Sheriff’s Department, 23-year old Keari Bebout, of Clarinda, and 56-year old Irene White, of Coin, were injured when their vehicles collided at around 12:25-p.m. Saturday, west of Clarinda.

Officials say a car driven by Bebout was traveling south on “P” Avenue and preparing to turn into a driveway, when her car crossed the center of the road and met head-on with a car driven by White. The accident happened just south of Highway 2.

Both drivers were taken to the Clarinda Regional Health Center. The extent of their injuries is not known. The accident remains under investigation.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a Villisca woman was arrested Friday night on an assault charge. 49-year old Eldina Faye Larabee, of Villisca, was taken into custody on a charge of Simple Assault.

Larabee was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and later released on $300 cash bond.

A four-month long investigation in Fremont County led to the arrest Friday, of five Hamburg residents on drug charges. Sheriff’s officials say 40-year old Ellie M. Warren was charged with two-counts of Possession with the Intent to Deliver/Methamphetamine, two-counts of Prohibited Acts, and two-counts of Child Endangerment.

47-year old Rodney D. Moore

was arrested for Conspiracy to Deliver Meth, Possession with the Intent to Deliver Meth, and two-counts of Possessing Drug Paraphernalia. 30-year old William H. Bailey was charged with Conspiracy to Deliver Meth, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Meth and Drug Paraphernalia. And, 60-year old Elton E. Roberts, and 54-year old Debra M. Haughton were arrested for Prohibited Acts.

An Atlantic woman was arrested this (Friday) morning, on an OWI charge. According to the Atlantic Police Department, 27-year old Amy Jo Kern was taken into custody on a charge of OWI/1^st Offense. Kern was being held in the Cass County Jail pending an appearance before the magistrate.

A Harlan woman was hospitalized for minor injuries following an accident Wednesday, at 12^th and Chatburn, in Harlan. Mollie Wooster suffered a wrist injury during the crash involving her vehicle and a vehicle driven by Richard Joy, of Harlan.

According to Harlan Police, Wooster was traveling west on Chatburn Avenue and had proceeded to turn south onto 12^th Street, when her vehicle was struck on the right corner panel by Joy’s vehicle, as he was traveling east on Chatburn.

Police cited Wooster for failure to yield upon left turn. Damage from the accident amounted to $4,000.

A Harlan resident found an unwelcome guest in their house last Sunday (May 8^th).  According to the police department, 17-year old Cody Schwery was arrested after a resident in the 500 block of Victoria Street in Harlan, awoke to find Schwery asleep on their couch. Schwery was subsequently charged with public intoxication, and later released to the custody of his mother.

Officials say also, 29-year old Bruce Spray, of Harlan, was arrested Monday, following a disturbance in the 800 block of Court Street in Harlan. Spray was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, trespassing and obstruction of emergency communications.

And, a complaint was filed May 6^th with Shelby County District Court against 33-year old Lisa Patten, of Harlan. Patten is alleged to have taken an I-Pod Touch belonging to Brandon Allen, of Harlan. The complaint sought a 4^th  degree theft charge against Patten, but there is no record of formal charges being filed, on the Iowa Courts On-line website.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department have announced a Police Memorial Service will take place next Thursday, May 19th, at the Refuge Bible Church in Council Bluffs. The annual event begins with a flag ceremony and laying of a memorial wreath at 6:30-p.m., on the east side of the Pottawattamie County Courthouse.

Memorial services will follow the ceremony, at the church. The service will honor local law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty, while serving with the Council Bluffs Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, and the Pott County Sheriff’s Department.

The Council Bluffs Police Department will also recognize its Officer of the Year, and the Citizen Police Academy graduates. The service is open to all members of the community.

Many other law enforcement agencies around Iowa, including the Clarinda Police Department, have memorial events planned for the week of May 15 through the 21st.

This Sunday, May 15th, is National Police Officers’ Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor the 160 law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty in the U-S and its territories, in 2010. President Obama and Congress have directed all government and state flags to be flown at half-staff on May 15th.

Authorities in Page County say a 12-year old Red Oak boy was charged with 1^st degree arson Thursday, following a residential fire early that same morning in Red Oak. Fire Chief Rick Askey says the juvenile was charged after firefighters responded to the scene of a house fire at 104 West Maple at around 1:45 a.m.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, a heavy fire condition was observed in a second story bedroom, and a great deal of smoke was coming from the front and rear sides of the residence. Askey says they determined the intentionally set fire began with common combustibles, in an upper floor bedroom in the house’s northwest corner.

Six people lived in the home. All were able to escape without injury. Firefighters were able to knock down the blaze in less than two hours. The juvenile was in the house when the fire started, but Askey says the boy wasn’t not the first to recognize that a fire existed, or alert others to the danger.

Most of the damage to the home was confined to the upper floor bedroom. The entire house sustained smoke damage, though, while the bedroom where the fire began, and a living room on the first floor sustained water damage.

After State Fire Marshal John Ticer confirmed Red Oak Fire investigators’ suspicions about the cause of the blaze, the juvenile was questioned and later taken to the Council Bluffs Juvenile Detention Center.