The Adair County Sheriff’s Office today (Tuesday), released a report on numerous, recent arrests. The report said 21-year old Austin Kyler Albert Van Aernam, of Atlantic, was arrested Aug. 15th on Interstate 80, for Interference with official acts. His arrest followed a traffic stop for speeding 108 miles per hour on a “Crotch rocket.” Deputy Josh McLaren initiated the traffic stop near mile marker 70 of I-80 eastbound at around 11:50-p.m.  After McLaren spoke with Van Aernam, the deputy walked back to his cruiser to run a records check, the motorcycle sped-off. It was located a short time later at Highway 25 and 180th Street, north of Greenfield. Van Aernam was later released on a $300 bond.

Officials say 25-year old Marcus Anthony Terrell, of Albia, was arrested Aug. 16th in Greenfield, for Violation of a No Contact Order issued out of Guthrie County. The incident allegedly took place numerous times while Terrell continues to be held at the Adair County Jail on previous charges. The call log at the jail shows several calls being made to a person in Fontanelle, or via third party contact. Terrell remains held in the Adair County Jail without bond.

Authorities report also, 20-year old Fernando Ramon Vargas, of Omaha, was arrested Aug. 14th in Adair County, by the Iowa State Patrol. Vargas was held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 bond on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Violation of Probation. He was released the following day.

A man from Adair was arrested Aug. 13th by deputies in Adair. Authorities say 45-year old Donald Glenwood Imhoff was arrested following a traffic stop. He was charged with Driving While Barred and brought to the Adair County Jail, where he was later released on a $2,000 bond.

A man from Exira was arrested Aug. 14th at the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, on an Adair County warrant for Probation Violation. 27-year old Joseph Dean White was released from custody Aug. 17th on a $1,000 cash bond or surety.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports also, Greenfield Police arrested 23-year old Kaitlin Sue Findley, of St. Charles, Aug. 15th, for allegedly Violating a temporary restraining order by being found in the same vehicle the protected party was in. She was later released on a $300 bond. 57-year old Edward Charles Carl, of Greenfield, was arrested Aug. 15th, for Assault with injury, following an alleged incident of assault involving his wife. Carl was later released on a $1,000 bond.

On Aug. 18th, 46-year old Andre Lamont Sewell, of Stuart (formerly of Creston), was arrested on an Adair County warrant for Harassment in the 1st degree. He was later released on a $2,000 bond or surety.

A central Iowa man has been arrested in connection with two west central Iowa bank robberies. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports 38-year old Shawn Michael Antisdel, of West Des Moines, was arrested Monday by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office following a bank robbery in Redfield.

Shawn Antisdel

Antisdel was also a suspect in July 21st robbery of the Casey bank. Following his arrest, Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office officials met with Antisdel and secured a confession from him with regards to his involvement with the Casey bank robbery.  Antisdel will be charged in the coming days and more information will follow.

The Creston Community School District is pleased to announce that it has received a $30,000 Constructing or Remodeling a Building grant from the Dekko Foundation and a $15,000 grant from the South Central Iowa Community Foundation. Grant funds will help support the upgrade of the Creston Community High School auditorium. Aspects of the upgrade project include new energy-efficient LED stage lights, a new sound system and microphones, new stage curtains, LCD projector and motorized screen, and full-length practice mirrors.

An upgraded auditorium will not only benefit the students and school district, but also the community. In addition to the numerous high school events and activities, the Creston Community High school auditorium has held dance recitals, community theatre productions, holiday concerts, education conferences, political events, and much more.

Laura Granger, speech and drama director at CCHS, has spearheaded this auditorium upgrade project, but she hasn’t done it alone. With the grant-writing help of parent Pam Hoffman and the mentoring of longtime-arts advocate Jan Knock, this project has started to come to fruition. And thanks to the CCHS class of 2016 for donating the money toward a new light board and the generous people of the Dekko Foundation and the South Central Iowa Community Foundation, the goal of updating the auditorium is within sights.

Auditorium upgrades are an expensive project and CCSD still needs to procure at least $58,000 to complete the almost $142,000 project.

The school administration recognizes the need for this project, but due to the overwhelming costs, the auditorium upgrade project has stayed at the bottom of the “To-Do List”, until now. One way community members can help is by attending the Drive 4 UR School event on Saturday, Sept. 16. It will start at 11:30 a.m. or immediately following the Balloon Days parade at Creston Automotive on 401 W. Adams St. If you would like more information or if you or your company would like to donate money toward the auditorium project, please contact Laura Granger by email at lgranger@crestonschools.org.

A three vehicle accident in Mills County early Tuesday morning left two people injured according to the Iowa State Patrol.

At 5:44am this morning a 2006 International Semi driven by 26-year-old Richard Dady of Bellevue, NE was traveling east on Highway 34 near the 25 mile-marker while a 1996 Chevy C1500 driven by 66-year-old Dennis Swain of Red Oak was was traveling west. For unknown reasons Swain crossed the center-line and struck Dady’s oncoming semi. That collision caused the semi to cross over to the west bound lanes and struck a 2014 Ford Expedition driven by 36-year-old Adriane Aufdenberg of Red Oak.  The Semi and Ford both came to rest in the north ditch. The Chevy came to rest on the east shoulder of the highway.

Both Swain and Dady were transported the University of Nebraska Medical Center with unknown injuries by Red Oak EMS. Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies and Red Oak Police assisted at the scene.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Creston man on Sunday on drug charges. At 2:00pm Deputies arrested 28-year-old Kyle Duane Hoadley at the Union County Law Enforcement Center for possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. No further details were provided.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest on Monday night of 21-year-old Taran Austin of Clarinda. At 9:40pm Officers arrested Austin in the 300 block of North Birch Street on the charge of Public Intoxication. He was taken to the Union County Jail and held on $300 bond.

w/ Chris Parks

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – This year’s Iowa State Fair set an attendance record, with more than 1.13 million people visiting the 11-day event in Des Moines.

The fair announced Monday the fair that wrapped up Sunday had an unofficial attendance of 1,130,071. That topped the previous record of 1,117,398 set in 2015.

The busiest day was Saturday, Aug. 12, when 120,833 visitors were counted at the fair.

The Iowa State Fair has been held since 1854. Next year’s fair will be held Aug. 9-19.

A Red Oak man was arrested Monday evening by Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies on drug charges. At about 7:12pm Deputies arrested 23-year-old Diego Miguel Juaquin at the intersection of East Oak Street and North 6th Street in Red Oak. He was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Juaquin was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond. Deputies were assisted by the Montgomery County K-9 Unit during the arrest.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports an arrest of a Clarinda man early Tuesday morning. At 1:07am Deputies arrested 31-year-old Marcus Edgar Washington of Clarinda on a valid Page County Warrant for Violation of Probation.  He was arrested in the 2300 block of Eastern Avenue in Red Oak. Washington was taken to the Page County Jail and held on $10,000 bond.