The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Tuesday of 23-year-old Tyler Gobert of Shenandoah and 29-year-old Lovelle Ward of Clarinda.  Both were arrested on warrants for Violation of Probation. Gobert was held on $10,000 bond and Ward was held on $2,000 bond.

Shelby County Emergency Management Coordinator Bob Seivert is reminding residents and emergency personnel of two separate road closures in the County.

The first closure is on  road M36 for the replacement of a culvert over an unnamed tributary of the West Nishnabotna River.  The closure is in the 1600 block of Road M36, north of 1629 Road M36 in Douglas Township Section 16.  The road is now closed with construction to last approximately 2 weeks.

The other closure is on Street F16 for a bridge replacement over Mill Creek. The location of the bridge is just north of the intersection of Street F16 and Dogwood Road between Grove Townships 17 and 18.  The road is now closed with construction expected to last approximately until the First of November.

Residents and emergency personnel should plan alternate routes to these areas.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors will meet on Wednesday, August 17th at 8:30am in the Board Room at the Cass County Courthouse.

The Board will take action on a resolution for a tax abatement for a parcel now owned by the City of Anita.

They also plan to take action on appointing a Pleasant Township Trustee to complete a vacancy 4 year term through 2018.  Also appointment of a Zoning Commissioner to fill a vacancy 5-year term through 2016.

The Board will also hear reports from the Cass County Attorney and Engineer.  Also a report on Cass County mental health and disabilities services and general assistance.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 30-year-old Heather Layne Green of Bedford on Monday at 6:46 PM at the Law Enforcement Center.  Green was arrested on a Union County warrant for 3 counts of prohibited acts – Sch I, II, or III controlled substance, and tampering with records.  She is being held for Union County in the Ringgold County Jail on $10,000 bond.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest of a Prescott man after a traffic stop on Tuesday.  28-year-old Cory Petersen was arrested at 608 Wyoming Street in Creston for Driving While Suspended.  He was later released from the Union County Jail on $300 bond.

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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:00 a.m. CDT

GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — An autopsy shows a 2-year-old boy found dead in his Polk County home died of a drug overdose. The Polk County sheriff’s office announced Monday an autopsy by the county medical examiner’s office determined Mason Wyckoff died of acute Oxycodone toxicity. The death was ruled a homicide. The medical examiner’s office also found the child’s mother, Stephanie Erickson, died of Oxycodone toxicity. Her death was ruled a suicide.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A white officer has admitted to making “crass” remarks about a black teenager who was the victim of a fatal 2013 shooting in Iowa. Waterloo Police Chief Daniel Trelka says he has opened an internal investigation into the remarks by the officer, who was caught on tape disparaging 18-year-old Dae’Quan Campbell. The remarks were first reported by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine will make his first visit to Iowa since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Kaine will hold what’s being called an “organizing event” at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. Kaine’s event will continue a flurry of visits to Iowa by both presidential campaigns in recent weeks.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A flag desecration charge has been dropped for a man who protested a crude oil pipeline that crosses his property by hanging an American flag upside down at his home, online court records show. Homer Martz had been charged Friday under a state law that makes it illegal to defile, cast contempt upon, satirize or deride a flag. The charge was dropped Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The prosecutor in a northwest Iowa county will not pursue a flag desecration charge against a man who protested a crude oil pipeline crossing his property by hanging an American flag upside down at his home. Homer Martz was charged Friday under a state law a federal judge ruled unconstitutional in December 2014. The Iowa Legislature has declined to remove the law from the books.

Calhoun County Attorney Tina Meth Farrington says the sheriff’s deputies who charged Martz weren’t aware courts had struck down the law. She called on lawmakers to repeal it immediately “so that other citizens and law enforcement are not caught in this type of situation again.”

Martz, a 63-year-old U.S. Army veteran, is upset the state is allowing Texas-based Dakota Access to forcefully condemn his property.