A woman from Missouri Valley was injured during an accident this (Tuesday) morning, in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 65-year old Janice M. Honeywell, who was not wearing a seat belt, was transported to the Missouri Valley Hospital after the 2002 Ford Mustang she was driving clipped the left rear of a 2016 Chevy Tahoe, that was stopped and waiting to turn left from West Erie onto Harrison Street, in Missouri Valley. Honeywell was attempting to pass the SUV on the left when the accident happened at around 11-a.m.

After the initial collision, the Mustang continued into oncoming traffic and hit an eastbound  2003 Peterbilt semi, head-on before coming to rest. Neither the driver of the Tahoe (Joan Martens, of Mo. Valley), nor the driver of the semi (Brian Knudsen, of Charter Oak), were injured in the collision. The accident remains under investigation.

Officials with the Harlan Police Department report three drug-related, and other recent arrests. Last Saturday, 39-year old Clinton John Gardner, of Harlan, was taken into custody on charges that include Public Intoxication/3rd Offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. On Sunday, 26-year old Ronnie Mitchell Eason, Jr., and 21-year old Bryce Dakota Schechinger, both of Kansas City, MO., were taken into custody following a traffic stop in Harlan.

Eason and Schechinger were both transported to the Shelby County Jail where Eason was charged with possession of a controlled substance, and Schechinger was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, prohibited acts, failure to secure security against liability, and operating a non-registered vehicle.

On Monday, 28-year old Theodore James Behrens, of Harlan, was arrested after officers responded to a report of a domestic in progress. After Officers learned Behrens had an active warrant through Shelby County, he was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was also charged with domestic abuse assault, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Harlan Police arrested 55-year old  Curt Grant Whiteley, of Harlan, last Saturday, for public intoxication/2nd and subsequent offense. And on Sunday, 34-year old Michael Ulyssess Gifford, of Harlan, was arrested after officers responded to a report of a possible domestic situation. Gifford was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with domestic abuse assault.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The FBI and law enforcement agencies around Omaha have teamed over a rash of bank robberies officials believe have street gang ties. Officials held a news conference Tuesday at the FBI field office in Omaha to announce the task force. Randall Thysse, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Omaha office, says officials are particularly concerned about the violent nature of recent bank robberies around Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Thysse says of the 42 armed bank robberies in the last 17 months, 33 were similar enough that investigators believe they are related.

Thysse says the robbers storm banks with guns drawn, their faces covered and yelling demands. In at least one case, a teller was bound. Omaha Crime Stoppers has doubled its reward for information on the bank robberies to $20,000.

PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Police have identified a teen found dead in a central Iowa home. Perry police say 16-year-old Sabrina Ray was found in the home Friday evening. Officials have not released autopsy results showing her cause of death.

The Iowa Department of Human Services says the death is being investigated as a child abuse case. The Des Moines Register reports the girl was adopted and found in the home of Misty and Marc Ray, who ran a child day care out of the home.

The newspaper says the girl was homeschooled with her siblings in the home, which had been monitored by state workers following complaints about inadequate nutrition and the use of corporal punishment.

Iowa’s DHS said in a statement Tuesday that it is taking a comprehensive review of its child welfare system and is committed to protecting vulnerable children.

A motorist was clocked at more than double the posted speed limit on Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa last week. The Iowa State Patrol, in a Facebook post today (Tuesday), said a trooper stopped a driver who was going 144 miles an hour on I-80 near Stockton in Muscatine County. (The top speed limit on Iowa interstates is 70.)

The post includes a photo of the radar reading and notes the traffic stop happened “during the midnight shift.” The post states, “A dark, open road is no excuse for high speed.”

(Radio Iowa)

Authorities in Adair and Guthrie Counties are searching for a man who allegedly violated the terms of a No Contact order in Casey, Monday night. 25-year old Marcus Anthony Terrell, from Albia, fled authorities when they encountered Terrell at the residence in Casey a little after 10-p.m., Monday.

Sheriff’s officials say Terrell told an Adair County Deputy he “wasn’t going back to jail,” and fled out of the home before jumping into a pickup truck and leading the Deputy on a high-speed chase. Terrell managed to evade law enforcement and is believed to have left the area.

Warrants are being requested for Marcus Terrell in both Adair and Guthrie Counties, on charges of Violating a No Contact Order, Interference with Official Acts, Eluding, and Driving While Barred.

The Cass County Conservation Board say it will hold a “Geocache the T-Bone Trail” Ride. Persons wanting to participate in the FREE program will meet at the Interstate 80/T-Bone Trail Trailhead Shelter, North of Atlantic, on June 3rd, at 10-a.m.

GPS units and guides will be available for checkout, but you’re asked to pre-register in order to guarantee a GPS unit for the event. Bicyclists, walkers, strollers, everyone is welcome to come out and celebrate National Trails Day!

The Cass County Conservation Board will be geocaching from the trail. The event will be cancelled if there is inclement weather.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The wife of a southwestern Iowa legislator who died after battling cancer says she’ll run for his House district seat. The Daily Nonpareil reports  Carol Forristall announced her candidacy today (Tuesday). Her husband, Greg, died last week. The Republican had represented District 22 in the House since 2007. The district covers much of Pottawattamie County.

Carol Forristall says that before her husband died, he asked her to run. She says that as a legislator, she’d focus on providing Iowans the best schools in the nation, protecting agriculture and providing tax relief for middle-class families. She’s a longtime music teacher.

A special election is scheduled for June 27. The winner would serve through 2018, the remainder of Greg Forristall’s term.

BLAIR, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say the fatal crash of a glider near Blair Airport occurred soon after the aircraft’s canopy opened unexpectedly as the glider was being towed aloft. Nebraska authorities have identified the pilot as 59-year-old Michael Boska, who lived in Glenwood, Iowa. The crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Witnesses say that after the canopy opened, Boska lost control of his glider. It went airborne but soon plunged and crashed while still attached to the tow plane. Federal investigators have been called in.

The Cass County Health System’s (CCHS) next “Heathy U” series is set to take place at Noon on May 25th, in Conference Room 2 (just past the main Atrium entrance). CCHS CEO Brett Altman will be there to talk about all that’s happening with CCHS, including “Upcoming changes, new providers, new service offerings, and how this all fits into [their] vision to be the best rural hospital in the country for patients to receive care, employees to work, and physicians to practice.”

Altman joined CCHS in January 2017 after serving as President and CEO at Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa.

Brett Altman, DPT, MBA, FACHE (photo submitted)

He began his career at Skiff as the Director of Physical Therapy in 1994, and over the past 22 years, he moved up through the organization serving as Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Interim CEO, Clinical Operations Officer and Chief Operating Officer before becoming CEO in 2014.

Healthy U is a free educational lunch series at Cass County Health System held monthly in Conference Room 2. The public is invited and welcome to attend, but reservations are required as lunch is provided for all attendees. Call 712-243-7479 to reserve your seat.