A Special, Joint meeting of the CAM and Nodaway Valley School District Boards will take place 7-p.m. Tuesday, May 7th, at the Nodaway Valley High School Media Center. Board members will meet with representatives from Grundmeyer and Associates Search Firm, to discuss the superintendent search process. Current Superintendent Dr. Casey Berlau announced in April that he has accepted a similar position with the Carroll Community School District.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, released details about an accident that took place at around 8:25-a.m. on April 29th. Authorities say a 2018 Toyota driven by 49-year old Jeri Dillion, of Emerson, was traveling west on Highway 34 and had stopped or was stopping for a temporary traffic light near 305th Street. The light was in-place for temporary guard rail repair.

A 2016 International truck driven by 36-year old Devin Bryant, of Dumfries, VA., was also westbound on Highway 34, behind the Toyota. Bryant told authorities he fell asleep at the wheel, causing the truck to rear-end the car. Both vehicles then crossed over the eastbound lanes. The truck came to rest on its passenger side. It’s load was dumped into the ditch.

Dillion was injured and transported to the UNMC by Malvern Rescue.  Bryant was cited for Failure to Reduce Speed to a reasonable and proper rate, and failure to provide proof of insurance.

Three people in one vehicle were injured during a chain-reaction collision late Friday evening, in Mills County. Authorities report a juvenile male in a 2009 Dodge suffered a head injury and was transported to the hospital by Malvern Rescue. Two other occupants of the same vehicle, suffered minor injuries, and were also transported to the hospital. Drivers and passengers in the remaining vehicles were assessed at the scene by Malvern and Glenwood Rescue Squads.

Officials say the accident happened while the Dodge, driven by 24-year old Kellin Chambers, of Council Bluffs, was stopped on Highway 34, waiting to turn left into a driveway. 21-year old Quentin Dumler, of Shenandoah, was driving a 2002 Chevrolet and reached to grab his phone charge. He didn’t realize Chambers’ vehicle, and one behind it driven by 33-year old Michelle Holmes, of Council Bluffs, were stopped on the road.

Dumler said he looked up and saw brake lights, but was unable to stop. His vehicle hit Holmes’ 1999 Buick, which then hit the Dodge. The initial collision caused Dumler’s vehicle to veer into the westbound lane of Highway 34, where it was struck by a 2018 Chevy driven by 31-year old Nicholas Edwards, of Kansas City, MO. Following the collision, Edwards’ vehicle went into the north ditch and rolled once before coming to rest on its wheels.

Dumler’s car went off the road and came to rest in the grass north of Highway 34. The other two vehicles came to rest on the south shoulder of the road. The Sheriff’s report did not indicate if charges were filed or any citations were issued.

Eight people have been arrested in Mills County since the beginning of the month. Sheriff’s officials report the following were taken into custody:

• Today (Monday, 5/6): 44-year old Akil Ogbonna Williams, of Omaha, was arrested for Providing false ID, and on a warrant out of Pottawattamie County for Theft in the 1st degree. Total bond amounts to $20,300; 31-year old Christopher Brytant Thompson, of Omaha, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $300.
• On Sunday, 33-year old Donald Arthur Petersen, of Omaha, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. Bond $1,000.
• Saturday night, 20-year old Blaine Michael Clark, of Glenwood, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Drug paraphernalia. Bond $1,300. And, Saturday morning, 38-year old Ben Thomas Bovenzie, of Independence, MO., was arrested for being a Fugitive from Justice. No bond.
• At around 12:03-a.m. Friday, 47-year old Frances Ann Baughman, of Braddyville, was arrested in Mills County for OWI/1st offense. Bond $1,000.
• Last Thursday, 35-year old Zachary Aaron McCord, of Glenwood, was arrested for OWI/2nd offense and Failure to maintain control. Bond $2,000.
• On May 1st, 27-year old Clayton Morris Scott, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Mills County on a warrant for Penal Offenses against Title Law and Other Violation or Chapter 321A (Motor Vehicle Liability). Bond set at $1,300.

Officials with the Atlantic Police Department said Monday, there were four recent arrests:

• 25-year old Dylan Russell, of Atlantic, was arrested Sunday, for Driving While Barred.
• 57-year old Alan Schuler, of Atlantic, was arrested last Thursday for OWI/1st offense.
• 52-year old Richard Lewis, of Anita, was arrested April 27th for Violating a No Contact Order.
• And on April 25th, 51-year old Treg Pedrett, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI.

Each of those subjects were booked into the Cass County Jail. Only Alan Schuler remained in the jail as of Monday (5/6).

Police in Red Oak, Monday afternoon, arrested 26-year old Bradina Sky Gary, of Red Oak. The woman was taken into custody for unauthorized use of a credit card issued by the American Red Cross, in connection with an apartment fire on N. 6th Street. Authorities determined Gary did not reside in the apartment building, and allegedly used the funds fraudulently.

She was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond.

OXFORD, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol has identified three children who died in a crash on Interstate 80 near Coralville after a truck hit a car trying to cross from westbound lanes to the eastbound freeway.

The state patrol says 11-year-old Oneimus Quaterman and two 12-year-olds, Adaess Adams and Braden Brown, died in the Sunday afternoon crash about 10 miles west of Coralville. All of the children killed were from Cedar Rapids.

Police say the crash occurred when the driver of a westbound car, 62-year-old Terrance Joe Edwards, of Cedar Rapids, tried to use a prohibited crossing point to change directions. A truck hit the car while the driver was attempting the move.
Edwards and another 11-year-old child were taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

The truck driver wasn’t injured.

Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, late Sunday morning, arrested 49-year old Steven William Wells, of College Springs. Wells was arrested for Driving while license is barred, following a traffic stop at the intersection of Iowa Avenue and Spruce Street in College Springs.

He was transported to the Page County Jail and later posted a $2,000 bond. He was released pending future court proceedings.

ATLANTIC, IA – Hannah Denning has been awarded the Cass County Health System 2019 Scholarship.  Hannah is a 2017 graduate of AHSTW. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

Pictured left to right: Denise Coder, CCHS Chief Human Resources Officer, and Hannah Denning, 2019 CCHS Scholarship recipient ({Photo courtesy CCHS)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa outdoor enthusiasts will soon have an option to place an organ donor sticker on their hunting and fishing licenses under a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. It’s called Logan’s Law after Logan Luft, of Charles City, who died at age 15 in 2017 after an all-terrain vehicle crash. Luft, who enjoyed hunting and fishing, had decided to be an organ donor and his family says that decision saved the lives of five people who received his organs. His father Leonard Luft and other relatives sought the bill in his memory after seeing organ donor stickers on hunting and fishing licenses in Minnesota.

The bill passed unanimously. It requires the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to include organ donor information in hunting safety courses and to provide the designation of organ donor on hunting and fishing license applications. Anyone at least age 14 may check an organ donor box with a parent’s signature. Reynolds signed the bill Monday at Charles City Middle School.