The Cass County Sheriff’s office released details Wednesday on three recent arrests.

On Sunday June 11th the Cass County Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Cody Allen Pleis of Lewis on a charge of Simple Assault. Pleis was taken to the Cass County Jail and released on his own recognizance the following day.

On Thursday June 15th the Cass County Sheriff’s Office arrested 21-year-old Dayton Duane Hansen of Kimballton on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for three charges of Supplying Alcohol to a Minor (Serious). Hansen was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on $3,000 bond.

On Monday, June 19th the Cass County Sheriff’s Office arrested 25-year-old Brandon Michael Jacobsen of Griswold on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for Interference with Official Acts (Simple) and Reckless Use of a Firearm (Simple). Jacobsen was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on $600 bond.

Healthy Cass County as part of their Cass County Community Health Improvement Plan has a goal to provide fluoridated water at the recommended levels in all Cass County communities by 2021. What is the buzz about water fluoridation, anyway, you might ask? Water fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to the level that is effective for preventing tooth decay. It has been named by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as one of the ten greatest public health achievements of the twentieth century, and over 70 years of research show it is safe and effective.  Today, fluoridation is still the most cost-effective way to prevent dental cavities in Cass County residents. The CDC states that for every $1 invested in fluoridation there is an average of $38 savings in dental care. Water fluoridation is beneficial for reducing and controlling tooth decay and promoting oral health across the lifespan.

Evidence shows that water fluoridation prevents tooth decay by providing frequent and consistent contact with low levels of fluoride, ultimately reducing tooth decay by 25% in children and adults. Of children 6-12 years old screened in Cass County, 30% showed signs of untreated tooth decay, surpassing the state average by a landslide. Despite these facts, some Iowa communities are deciding to discontinue, or have never offered, this public health benefit to their residents. In the last few years, systematic reviews of community water fluoridation studies have all reinforced the safety and efficacy of fluoridation in preventing dental decay in both children and adults. The overwhelming majority of the world’s health care organizations and leaders within the scientific community firmly support the practice of community water fluoridation and continue to encourage community leaders to fluoridate local water systems at concentrations recommended by the CDC as an economical, safe and effective means to control the major public health problem of dental caries.

The optimum fluoride level for the prevention of tooth decay, as recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is 0.7 mg/L. Water that has a natural fluoride level of less than 0.6 mg/L shows no scientific evidence to be sufficient for the prevention of tooth decay. Currently only two of our Cass County communities are fluoridating their water systems.

A Creston woman reported the theft of a lawnmower from her property. A cub cadet riding lawnmower was taken from a shed at 415 North Spruce Street in Creston sometime between June 16th and 20th.  The loss was estimated at $1,600.

The Adair County Board of Supervisors will hold their regular meeting this (Wednesday) morning at the Adair County Courthouse at 9:00am.

On their agenda will be discussion of Township Clerk wages, child abuse prevention fiscal agent contract, and claims.

County Engineer Nick Kauffman discuss a request for vacating a road, equipment purchase, and maintenance and activities reports. He will also discuss a step II pay raise for Chris Spieker.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports and early morning arrest of a Villisca man on an OWI charge. At 3:08am Wednesday morning Deputies arrested 32-year-old Bryan Lynn Heckman of Villisca for OWI 1st Offense. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and booked in on $1,000 cash bond.

An accident that took place Monday evening in Creston resulted in minor injuries, but the victims didn’t have far to go. That’s because it occurred on Highway 25, near the entrance to the Greater Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Room Entrance driveway.

Creston Police say a 1997 Geo Prizm driven by 17-year old Garrett Breann Abel, of Creston, was traveling eastbound on Highway 25 at around 6:30-p.m., and approaching the entrance to the hospital, when she began to slow down while yielding to two rescue vehicles that were pulling out of the hospital drive, enroute to an accident.

62-year old Jimmy Lynn Rohner, of Greenfield, was behind Abel’s car but failed to stop in time. His 2004 Ford F-150 pickup struck the rear of the Prizm, causing the car to veer off the road and come to rest in the grass on the south side of the highway. Abel, and a passenger in her vehicle complained of neck, shoulder and back pain. They were escorted on foot by the EMT’s, to the entrance of the hospital.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 31-year old Jason Paul Crouse, of Red Oak, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a Fremont County bench warrant charging him with Violation of Probation. Crouse was turned over to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and held on a $5,000 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa —  It has come to the attention of the Iowa Department of Public Safety that an online extortion scam has been taking place where individuals pose as law enforcement officers who supervise Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces.

Reports have been filed in the metro area, as well as other states and appears to follow the same pattern:

• Male victim is contacted via an online dating app/website by an alleged female.  Within a few days, at the recommendation of the female, they shift from the app site to texting.
• The texting transitions from banter to more intimate messages and results in the exchange of nude photos and discussions of meeting in the near future.
• After the male receives the nude photo from the female, the male is then called form a person claiming to be the supervisor of the Iowa ICAC task force.  The imposter advises the female is underage and there is now child pornography on the male’s phone and the female’s father’s phone because she was using it to communicate with the male (victim).
• The fake ICAC supervisor then advises the male he will need to replace the father’s phone or face legal action.  Later that day, the male receives a phone call from the imposter father who advises them to send money (usually several hundred dollars) via wire transfer to replace the phone.

An investigation has revealed that the perpetrators have used phones with out of state area codes.  The fake law enforcement officer has even had a professional voicemail that has identified the person as the ICAC supervisor with the Iowa DCI.

Anyone that believes they have been victim to this or becomes victim of this is urged to call their local law enforcement agency and make a report.

FONTANELLE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say there could be reason to cry over the spilling of a lot of milk — at least some of which made its way into a southeastern Iowa river.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday in a news release that the crash of a tanker hauling milk east of Fontanelle Sunday evening caused the spill. Officials say the tanker could have been carrying 7,500 gallons of milk, and that the tanker was almost empty when it was hauled away.

DNR officials say heavy milk concentrations can cause fish kills in streams. Investigators who arrived Monday found milk in a road ditch flowing into an unnamed tributary. From there, the milk ran into the Middle Nodaway River, creating a visible plume.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa independents who helped Donald Trump win the presidency see last year’s tough-talking candidate as a thin-skinned chief executive. They wish he’d show more grace.

Unaffiliated voters make up the largest percentage of the electorate in the Midwest state. Iowa backed Trump in 2016 after lifting Democrat Barack Obama to the White House in two straight elections. Ahead of Trump’s visit to Iowa on Wednesday several independents who voted for Trump expressed frustration with the president.

It’s not just his famous tweetstorms. The barrages represent a president distracted by investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and a court battle over his executive order barring refugees from majority-Muslim countries, at the expense of tangible health care legislation and new tax policy.