Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports two of his Officers were assaulted after they responded to a disturbance late Wednesday night. They were called to 515 S. 10^th Street, Lot 27, at around 11:10-p.m., where an allegedly intoxicated man had bitten a female occupant of the residence, on the leg.

Officers located Tyler J. Shea-Sledge inside the home. Shea-Sledge is alleged to have resisted officers as he was being placed under arrest for assault resulting in bodily injury. Shea-Sledge also spit on officers while being taken into custody. He faces additional charges that include assault on police officers, assault resulting in bodily injury and resisting arrest. Shea-Sledge was being held in the Page County Jail on $2,000 bond. He also being held without bail on an outstanding felony warrant from Nodaway County, Missouri for failure to appear at a required hearing. Clarinda Police were assisted during the incident by Deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Department.

Police reports have been submitted to the offices of Page County Attorney Carl M. Sonksen for review regarding the filing of formal charges.

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A Creston man residing in the 200 block of S. Peterson Street reported an incident of Theft to the Creston Police Department, Tuesday. The man said sometime over the past three months, someone took a cherub statue, a garden hose, and light bulb from the outside of his home. The property was valued at $72.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Regents has agreed to rename the University of Iowa art museum for a Muscatine couple donating $10 million for construction of a new museum. The Des Moines Register reports that the regents were told Wednesday during their telephonic meeting that Richard and Mary Jo Stanley committed the money last month. Richard Stanley, who died in November, earned his master’s in engineering from the university in 1963. His parents also earned degrees at the Iowa City campus.

The new name will begin being used in spring. The name: University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. The building that had housed the museum and its 15,500 pieces of artwork and artifacts was extensively damaged during the 2008 June floods.

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Falls man whose twin baby daughters had fractured bones and signs of malnutrition has been sent to prison. Court records say 29-year-old Jason Olomon was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison. He’d pleaded guilty to felony child endangerment causing injury and misdemeanor child endangerment. He’d been arrested in February 2016.

Police say Waterloo hospital employees became suspicious during a September 2013 visit with Olomon’s then 3-month-old daughters because they seemed to be in pain while being fed. Both were underweight, and X-rays revealed they had fractured bones. The girls’ mother, Lucy Schnieders, was sentenced to prison in 2014 on child endangerment charges.

A traffic stop in the 1200 block of Highway 34 at around 3:40-a.m. today (Thursday), resulted in two men being arrested on drug charges. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 20-year old Benjamin Parra Moreno, and 22-year old Edward Izell Davis, Jr., both of Lenox, were taken into custody. Moreno faces a Possession with the intent to deliver/marijuana charge. His bond was set at $5,000. Davis., Jr, was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. His bond at the Montgomery County Jail was set at $1,000.

The Montgomery County K9 Unit assisted in the investigation and eventual arrests. During the course of the traffic stop, over 90-grams of suspected marijuana, and a .45-caliber handgun were seized.

In an update to our report yesterday with regard to an ongoing burglary investigation in Fremont County. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports his Deputies arrested 32-year old Justin Michael Evans, of Randolph.  The man was taken into custody in Hamburg, on a valid Fremont County warrant charging him with Conspiracy in connection with a Nov. 28th burglary incident in Farragut.

On Wednesday, Aistrope said 31-year old Marcus Washington, of Clarinda, 36-year old Alfred Mutchler, and 29-year old Mindy Irvin, both of Shenandoah, were taken into custody. Washington and Mutchler are being charged with Burglary in the 3rd Degree. Irvin was charged with Conspiracy. They were being held in the Fremont County Jail on $5,000 cash bonds, only.

Additional information is being gathered, and additional arrests are possible as the investigation continues. Shenandoah Police, as well as Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery and Page Counties are assisting in the ongoing investigation.

Some good news and a little bad news was announced during Wednesday’s City Council meeting in Atlantic, with regard to electric and water usage rates. Atlantic Municipal Utilities (AMU) General Manager Steve Tjekpes, told the Council the good news is that there will be no increase in electric rates for next year. The last increase was 3-percent, in Dec. 2015.

He said also, that a rate survey by the National Public Power Association, shows that out of the 183 electric utilities in Iowa, there are only seven communities with residential rates lower than Atlantic’s 8.6-cents per kilowatt hour. On the Commercial side, only six utilities have a lower rate, and for industrial-size utilities, only four utilities have a lower rate than Atlantic.

On the other side of the coin, the water rates will be going up by 3-percent. Tjepkes said a public hearing will be held during AMU’s next Board meeting, with the increase taking effect Feb. 1st. He says for the average residential customer, that amounts to an extra 70-cents per month, to as much as one-dollar. The increase is necessary, he says, to keep up with the cost of operating the utility.

The driver of a car that went out of control and rolled over in Mills County, Wednesday afternoon, was injured but refused transport to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports 33-year old Jurkug Deng, of Omaha, was traveling north on Interstate 29 at around 4:37-p.m., when his 2005 Mazda went from the right to the left lane, in order to get around another vehicle.

The Mazda went out of control, left the road to the right and rolled into the east ditch before coming to rest on its top. Deng, who was wearing a seat belt, told authorities he had earlier changed a flat tire and was using the small spare to drive on, when the accident occurred.

He was treated at the scene for minor injuries.