An Order for Partial Release of Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued today by Pacific Junction Mayor, Andy Young.

An Order for Partial Release of Mandatory Evacuation Order was issued today by the Mills County Board of Supervisors and Mills County Emergency Management. The Partial Release area includes the following unincorporated areas:

The unincorporated areas of Mills County from South 221st Street to 195th Street, then North on 195th Street to the city limits of the City of Pacific Junction along with 210th Street North from South 221st Street to Kelting Avenue and Kelting Avenue from 210th Street to 20813 Kelting Ave.

Timeline for Re-entry: Residents and owners in the above area are allowed to return to their property, as of the date of this Order, during daylight hours to determine the viability of the premises.

Re-entry Routes: 221st Street South to 195th Street then North to the City Limits of Pacific Junction. 221st Street South to 210th Street then North to Kelting Ave

Reason for Release of Mandatory Evacuation Order: Floodwater has subsided sufficiently in the above area and road conditions are satisfactory enough to allow re-entry to the area homes and businesses.

GLENWOOD, Iowa – The Boil Advisory in place for the city of Glenwood for nearly the past month has now been lifted following extensive work and testing to the treatment plant.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources working with Glenwood city officials and Iowa Rural Water Association (IRWA) have collected and analyzed water in the city’s treatment system. Samples collected throughout the community and within all four schools indicate the water is safe to drink. The entire water treatment system has been flushed, as well, lifting the release of the boil advisory for the city of Glenwood.

Please be advised that the boil water advisory remains in effect for the Glenwood Resource Center. The Glenwood Resource Center will begin flushing its system on Monday. The newly produced water will be traced through that system as well. Bacteria samples will be collected within the Glenwood Resource Center once it is confirmed that the water has turned over. When the samples indicate the water is safe, the boil advisory for the Glenwood Resource Center will be lifted.

The DNR is very appreciative of the extremely hard work and dedication demonstrated by the City of Glenwood officials and IRWA during the last four weeks while assisting to get the city’s water treatment system back online after the flooding shut down the plant.

The DNR and city officials also wish to extend appreciation to the residents of Glenwood for their patience and for conserving water during the boil advisory as officials worked diligently to get the system back online.

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Two male juveniles were arrested in Red Oak on Friday morning after a bench was set on fire. At 7:22am Red Oak Police was called to the “Cage” area across the street from the Red Oak Middle School in the 300 block of East Corning Street for a report of a wooden bench on fire. The fire was quickly extinguished.

After an investigation two juvenile males were arrested for Reckless Use of Fire, which is a Serious Misdemeanor. The two males used an accelerant and a lighter to light several fires in the area. There was an estimated $700 in damage to the school property. No injuries occurred during the incident which took place between 3:30am and 4:10am.

Both juveniles were taken to the Montgomery County Jail, processed and then released to their parents.

The Red Oak Police Department was assisted by the Red Oak Fire Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Red Oak Schools.

A Red Oak resident was arrested on Friday afternoon on an active warrant. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 38-year-old Holly Ann Dalton of Red Oak on a Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Willful Contempt. Dalton was being held on no bond with a 30-day jail sentence.

(Radio Iowa) — The deadline passed Thursday on someone’s chance to collect one million dollars on a Powerball ticket. Winning tickets have to be cashed in one year from the date of purchase, and whoever bought the ticket at the Casey’s in Nevada on April 11th 2018 did not bring it to Lottery Headquarters for the payoff.

Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer, said earlier this week it would be a first to have a six-figure prize go unclaimed. “To the best of our knowledge, this has never happened before.”

The one million dollars now goes back into the prize pool. The Iowa Lottery plans to announced Monday their plans for distributing the unclaimed money

Gov. Kim Reynolds, Friday, extended existing proclamations of disaster emergency for counties impacted by March flooding. The proclamation extends the governor’s March 14 activation of Iowa’s disaster response and recovery efforts for an additional 30 days, to May 12, 2019, and allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather across the entire state.

The proclamation also provides impacted Iowans additional time to apply for the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program. The new deadline to apply for the program is May 12, 2019.  Among the counties covered under the extended proclamation for the Individual Assistance Grant Program is: Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison, Montgomery, Page,  Pottawattamie, and Shelby.

The Disaster Case Management Program remains in effect for all counties currently covered by governor’s disaster proclamations. For information on the Disaster Case Management Program, contact your local community action association or visit www.iowacommunityaction.org.

Friday’s proclamation also extends the governor’s temporary suspension of regulatory provisions pertaining to hours of service for disaster repair crews and drivers delivering goods and services while responding to disaster sites during the duration of this disaster, along with weight limits related to disaster repairs. In addition, the proclamation waives fees for issuance of replacement motor vehicle registrations cards, plates and driver licenses, additional fees for car and travel trailer lots, and waives some types of recycler licenses.

The proclamation also suspends length-of-stay and fee requirements at Waubonsie State Park located in Fremont County. Requirements suspended include:

• Limiting campers to no more than 14 consecutive nights
• Requiring a minimum of three nights separating each two-week stay
• Camping and related transactions fees
• Establishing a minimal number of campground sites that must be made available through the online reservation system

To be eligible for the fee waivers, persons displaced by this disaster should show up in person to check for availability. For more information, visit the DNR Disaster Assistance website or the Waubonsie State Park website. For more information on Iowa’s flooding and disaster assistance, visit floods2019.iowa.gov.

PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is touring areas in Iowa and Nebraska devastated during last month’s flooding. Pence was joined by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst in touring an area around Pacific Junction, a community in southwest Iowa where floodwaters still prevent some residents from returning home more than three weeks after the flooding began.

Iowa officials have estimated the March flooding caused $1.6 billion in damage in the state. Pence last month toured areas swamped by floodwaters in Nebraska , where state officials estimate nearly $1.4 billion in damage and losses.

Democratic presidential candidate and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee also was in southwest Iowa on Friday. He toured the flooded town of Hamburg.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation says Iowa may make immediate use of $9 million in Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair roads damaged by flooding. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced the emergency grant on Friday.

The money can be used to begin short-term repairs while further damage assessment for long-term repairs takes place. The money is allocated for federally eligible highways and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley says the money will help get roads reopened in southwest Iowa. Heavy rain and rapid snowmelt in March resulted in widespread flooding that closed many primary and secondary routes as well as interstate routes.

Damaged federal-aid routes include Interstate 29, Interstate 680 and U.S. Highway 34.