(Red Oak, Iowa) – An investigation into the theft of a bicycle from the Red Oak Fareway parking lot on August 5th, resulted in an arrest the following day. Red Oak Police report 20-year-old Michael Lee Noel, of Red Oak, was arrested after officers reviewed video footage of the bike being stolen. Noel was taken into custody after police stopped him in the 1300 block of N. 1st Street, in Red Oak.

In additional to being charged with Theft in the 5th Degree, Noel was cited for possession of tobacco under the legal age, when he was found to have two packs of cigarettes in his possession. Bond was set at $300. Police say the bike was returned to its owner.

Police said also, no injuries were reported following a collision Sunday afternoon at N. Boundary and E. Hammond Streets. Vehicles driven by 77-year-old Jane Roberta Waltz and 53-year-old Brenda Leigh Vrba, both of Red Oak, collided when Waltz’ 2016 Chevy Equinox crossed over the middle of the street and into the lane of Vrba’s 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The SUV struck the car on the front.

The accident, which caused $4,000 damage altogether, remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – The City of Williamsburg renamed the State Street Bridge in a ceremony Sunday to honor John Werner — the only native of the community to die while serving in the Vietnam War. Werner graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1968 and served in Vietnam with the Army’s 1st Air Cavalry Division as an Aircraft Engine Repairman. He died on August 23rd after being wounded the previous day in an artillery rocket mortar attack, he was 20 years old. Dwane Gragg of Williamsburg American Legion Post told K-C-R-G- T-V the naming of the bridge honors Werner and all who serve.

“The whole reason we started this process was just to raise awareness for our young men and women that go off to any branch of the service and also their families, the families that cry when they leave,” Gragg says. He says service takes a toll on families as well as veterans. “And whether they come back or not, it’s always the distances and separation on families are tough,” he says.

Members of the American Legion as well as Werner’s niece and the mayor of Williamsburg spoke at the ceremony, which included a rifle salute.

The Williamsburg city council approved a resolution to rename the bridge on March 14th of this year.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports no one was injured when two vehicles collided Friday afternoon, on the city’s southwest side. Authorities say a 2018 Mazda SUV driven by 63-year-old Michelle Irene Link-Grey, of Winterset, was traveling north of Bureau Street at around 1:50-p.m., when her vehicle struck a 2007 Chevy SUV driven by 38-year-old Kerri Jo Howard, of Creston, as she was traveling east on Lake Avenue. Bureau and Lake is an uncontrolled intersection.

The Mazda SUV struck Howard’s Trailblazer on the passenger side door, causing a total of $8,500 damage. No citations were issued.

(Guthrie County, Iowa) – A tire on the road was struck by a 2019 Chevy Equinox Friday night on Interstate 80 in Guthrie County, causing $10,000 damage, but no one was injured. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports the accident happened as 25-year-old Garrett Charles Groves, of Lapeer, MI., was traveling east on I-80, at around 10-p.m., Friday. His vehicle sustained heavy front end damage, but was able to make to Exit 93 off-ramp, and get off the road.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A regular meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors will be held 8:30-a.m. Tuesday, in their meeting room at the courthouse in Red Oak. Here’s a look at the agenda:

Call meeting to order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll call of members

Approval of Agenda – Order at discretion of Chairman

Read minutes as presented. Chairman to call for any additions/corrections to said minutes

Board chairman will ask the audience for any comments, limited to two minutes per person.

Supervisors: Weekly committee/assignment updates

Secondary Roads Update

New Business

• Summit Carbon Solutions presentation
• Action for Safety Coordinator
• Claims payable 8/10/2022
• Sheriff’s report of fees for July, 2022 in the amount of $21,797.88
• Recorder’s Report of Fees for July 2022, in the amount of $22,955.68
• Elliott Library Contract for Services for FY22-23 in the amount of $6,020

Discuss and start agenda items for next meeting

Announcements – The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Adjournment

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(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold a regular, weekly meeting beginning at 9-a.m. Tuesday, August 9th, in their Boardroom at the Courthouse in Atlantic. Here’s the agenda for their session (WTA= When Time Allows):

9:00 Call meeting to order
Approve Agenda
Approve Prior Meeting Minutes
PUBLIC COMMENT:
WTA DISCUSSION/ACTION: Discussion about Partial Self Fund Plan Tristar – Katie Schmit, with Assured Partners
WTA ACTION: Approve Secondary Roads Employee Probationary Wage Adjustment
WTA DISCUSSION/ACTION: Resolution 2022-039, 2023 County Five Year Program Resolution
WTA DISUSSION: Cass County Engineer – Secondary Roads Update
WTA DISCUSSION/ACTION: Resolution 2022-040, Authorization for Sheriff’s Office to Conduct Investment Transactions
WA/WTA ACTION: Appoint Massena Township Trustee*
WA/WTA ACTION: Appoint Washington Township Trustee*
WA/WTA Committee Meeting Reports
WA/WTA Reports Filed: Recorder, Sheriff, Clerk of Court
WA/WTA ACTION: Approve claims
WTA Adjournment

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(Radio Iowa) – Iowa ranks ninth in the country on the annual Kids Count report, which ranks states on 12 factors divided into four categories: economic well-being, education, health, and family and community. Iowa’s high ranking can be misleading, according to Anne Discher, executive director of Common Good Iowa, which partners with the Annie E. Casey Foundation on the report. Discher says Iowa ranks first for high school kids graduating on time, but falls behind in other areas. “We’re 21st on the share of young children attending preschool,” Discher says. “We’re ranked 22nd on the share of fourth graders not reading proficiently, and we’re ranked 25th on the share of eighth graders not proficient in math.”

Discher says Iowa ranked 17th overall in the health category and it did well on some measures such as kids covered by health insurance, where it was ranked fourth best in the U-S. “On others, we ranked 25th on child and teen death rate, and 33rd on the percentage of kids who are overweight or obese,” she says.

Discher says these rankings should alert state lawmakers to better fund education and other initiatives aimed at kids.
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(reporting by Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio)

(Radio Iowa) – Both of Iowa’s U.S. Senators joined their Republican colleagues in voting against the Democrats’ package of climate and health proposals. Senator Joni Ernst is among the Republicans who unsuccessfully offered amendments to the bill. She offered an additional restriction on the 75-hundred dollar subsidies for electric vehicle purchases. “Currently this bill already prevents vehicles containing any parts sources or assembled in foreign entities of concern like China or Russia from being eligible for the tax credit and my amendment doesn’t change that,” Ernst says. “My amendment simply ensures that our tax dollars don’t subsidize EVs from any countries using child or slave labor.”

Ernst says the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries are mined in areas of Africa where some companies have a history of using child labor.  “The purchase of a luxury vehicle for wealthy coastal elites that utilizes child or slave labor is a direct contradiction of our American values,” Ernst said. Her proposal failed on a party-line vote. Senator Chuck Grassley offered an amendment to modify the federal tax deduction Americans in high-tax states may claim. Grassley unsuccessfully proposed increasing the deduction for student loan interest and the child and dependent care tax credits.  “When you have in this tax code things that benefit the rich that can afford Teslas for $80,000,” Grassley said, “you can surely do something for middle class America.”

Grassley says Democrats staged a reckless, 28-hour voting marathon.  “It’s 4:50 a.m.,” Grassley said on the Senate floor Sunday, “and I want all the people that thought that inflation was going to be transitory to understand that it’s persistent.” Grassley also blasted the Senate’s Democratic leader for scheduling votes this weekend after indicating months ago that the Senate would be on recess, forcing Grassley to miss a family reunion he had scheduled.

Grassley’s opponent, Democrat Mike Franken, says Grassley should try deploying for a year, as Franken did in the Navy. Franken also criticized Grassley for voting against capping the price of insulin at 35 dollars a month for Americans with private insurance. Franken says Grassley voted to protect drug industry profits, while Iowans will continue to pay sky high prices for insulin.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – AtlanticFest, presented by First Whitney Bank & Trust, will be held this Saturday, August 13th rain or shine and the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce is asking for the public’s cooperation with street closures. Chamber Programs Director Kelsey Beschorner says Chestnut Street, along with several side streets and city parking lots, will be closed for parking beginning at 5 AM this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 for AtlanticFest activities. The Chamber asks residents to have their vehicles removed from the following areas or the vehicle will be towed at the owners’ expense.

Below is a list of street closures approved by the City of Atlantic.

Chestnut Street (both lanes) from 2nd Street to 7th Street until 6:00 PM
6th Street (both lanes) from Walnut to Chestnut until 6:00 PM
6th Street (both lanes) from Chestnut to Poplar until 6:00 PM
5th Street from Chestnut to ½ block east of the alley before the Post Office until 6:00 PM
5th Street from Chestnut to Poplar Street until 6:00 PM
4th Street from Chestnut to ½ block east right before the alley until 6:00 PM
4th Street from Chestnut to Poplar Street until 6:00 PM
3rd Street from Walnut to Poplar until 6:00 PM
Walnut will remain open

Beschorner says “We are thankful for residents and businesses cooperation. It makes the early morning of AtlanticFest go a lot smoother.  AtlanticFest will include free entertainment, Car Show, Motorcycle Show, Road Race, Bags Tournament, food vendors, crafters and family games. To register for any activity, visit www.atlanticiowa.com, email chamber@atlanticiowa.com, or call the Chamber office at 712-243-3017.

The Chamber thanks its Proud Partners: First Whitney Bank & Trust, Atlantic Community Promotion Commission, Atlantic Parks & Recreation, A.M. Cohron & Son, Armour Insurance, Atlantic Business & Professional Women, Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Atlantic Home Realty, Atlantic Municipal Utilities, Brocker, Karns & Karns, Brown Electric, Brown’s Shoe Fit, Deter Motor Company, Downtowner Café & Catering, Lindeman Tractor, McAtee Tire, McDermott & Son Roofing, Nishna Valley Family YMCA, R/T Motors, Inc., Roland Funeral Home, Rolling Hills Bank & Trust, Rush, CPA & Associates, Salute Gymnastics, TW Auto Sales and Wiota Steakhouse.

[7:05-a.m. News] (Creston, Iowa) -The Creston Police Department reports numerous recent arrests:

Friday afternoon, Brandon Scott Lawrence, of Diagonal, was arrested on a Union County warrant for the charge of Failure to Appear, on the original charge of Controlled Substance 3rd, a Class D Felony. He is currently being held in the Union County Jail for $5,000 cash only bond.

Just before 1-a.m. Saturday, 53-year-old Darryn Dugan, of Creston, was arrested at a residence in the 500 block of S. Pine Street, in Creston. Dugan was charged with Harassment in the 4th degree and Disorderly Conduct. He was later released on a $2,300 bond. Saturday night, 30-year-old Diego Manzanarez, of Creston, was arrested for OWi 2nd offense. He was released from Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

Early Sunday morning, 30-year-old Casey Ray Welcher, of Afton, was arrested in Creston for Possession of a Controlled Substance 2nd, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving while Barred, and Intent to Deliver/Manufacture Meth. He is being held in the Union County Jail on a $29,000 bond. Sunday night, 23-year-old Noah Alexander Young, of Creston, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance 2nd. He is being held at Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond.

A woman from Creston reported to Police Friday night, that sometime between 7pm-7:30pm someone had broken the driver’s side window out of her car parked in the 700 block of W. Jefferson Street. Estimated loss under $300.