The Adair County Auditor’s Office has announced that starting October 2nd they will offer Passport Photos.  Photos will be taken in the office and can be ready within a few minutes.  The cost is $10.  The photos can be used for new passport applications or renewal applications.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Thursday night of 36-year-old Gary O. Smith of Red Oak for Disorderly Conduct. He was arrested at 10:37pm in the 400 Block of North 7th Street in Red Oak. Smith was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 cash bond.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Thursday night of a Red Oak man.  At 5:11pm Officers arrested 34-year-old Bryan David Sapp Jr. at 315 East Reed Street on a Montgomery County Warrant for Interference with Official Acts. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 cash bond or surety. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department assisted with the arrest.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s effort to cut a key Medicaid benefit could foreshadow other state-level efforts to change the safety net program after Congress repeatedly failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Federal health officials could decide as early as this week whether to back Iowa’s proposal. It would reduce retroactive payments for poor or disabled residents eligible for Medicaid. The plan was in the latest Republican effort to repeal the health care law, but it didn’t get a Senate floor vote.

Although the Trump administration has yet to approve any major proposed changes to state Medicaid programs, some experts predict that soon could change. Iowa says the reduction to retroactive pay would save more than $37 million annually — more than $9 million of that for the state.

Audubon Police, Wednesday, arrested 39-year old Christopher John Grogan, of Audubon, for Public Intoxication – 3rd or more offenses. Grogan was transported to the Audubon County Jail and held to appear before a magistrate.

Cass County Treasurer Tracey Marshall responded on Thursday to a report released by the State Auditor’s Office. Marshall stated that the Treasurer’s Office has been cooperating with the investigation for quite a while.

Marshall said that she will be reviewing the report with Cass County Board of Supervisors Chair Gaylord Schelling and is willing to reimburse any monies they determine were improperly disbursed in regards to her office.

Marshall also stated that any improprieties were unintentional mistakes.

The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office released details on multiple recent arrests Thursday.

61-year-old Bradley Alan Beaver of Adair turned himself in on an outstanding warrant for Theft 5th Degree. The charges stem from an insufficient check written to an Audubon County business on August 8th. Beaver appeared before the Magistrate, plead guilty, was fined, and released.

46-year-old Jacqueline Marie Phippen of Exira has been charged with 4 counts of aiding and abetting the Violation of a No Contact Order. The charges stem from the investigation into contact made between a defendant and victim in a Domestic Abuse investigation. Phippen was released following an appearance before the Magistrate on Thursday, September 28th. A preliminary hearing is set for October 12th.

Additional charges have been filed against 28-year-old Joseph Dean White of Exira. He has been charged with 15 counts of Violation of a No Contact Order. White was found to have made contact with a victim in a Domestic Abuse case while being held in the Audubon County Jail. During the investigation a search warrant was executed at his home at 311 West Washington Street in Exira. He was then additionally charged with Possession of Marijuana 3rd Offense within 1,000 feet of a park and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. White remains in the Audubon County Jail on $11,500 bond. The incident remains under investigation and additional charges are pending.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrests of two Creston men on Wednesday afternoon. At 3:00pm Deputies arrested 23-year-old Michael Steven Cox and 22-year-old Cody Joseph Reighard at the Union County Jail for Theft 3rd Degree. Both were being held in the Union County Jail on $2,000 bond.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa businesses could soon face higher fees for legal filings under a plan by Secretary of State Paul Pate to raise money for his office’s technology upgrades.

Pate’s office published a “notice of intended action” Wednesday outlining fee increases that would affect businesses of all sizes.

The public has until Oct. 17 to comment on the rules, which are drawing some concerns from business groups.

Those who have accounts with Pate’s office for billing would face the steepest increase, with annual fees quadrupling to $100.

The fee for filing a Uniform Commercial Code paper document would double to $20. The fees for reports that must be filed every two years by corporations would increase $15.

The money would go toward a “Technology Modernization Fund” approved by lawmakers earlier this year.

w/Chris Parks.

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