Police in Harlan, today (Tuesday), issued a report on numerous, recent arrests. This past Sunday, 30-year old Jason Fuhs, of Harlan, was arrested when officers were called to a disturbance in the 1000 block of 7^th Street.  Fuhs was taken to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with intoxication in public, assault causing bodily injury and disorderly conduct.

Last Thursday, 26-year old April Stinn, of Harlan, was arrested when a search warrant was served at a residence in the 600 block of Durant Street.  Stinn was taken to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and prohibited acts penalties.

Harlan Police arrested six people on the 4th of July.31-year old Daniel Pedersen, of Harlan, was arrested when officers were called to a disturbance in the 900 block of Dye Street.  Pedersen was arrested on an active Polk County warrant and taken to the Shelby County Jail where he was also charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Three Harlan resdients were arrested following a traffic stop, July 4th.  All three were transported to the Shelby County Jail.  18-year old Nicholas Haner was charged with 2 counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful possession of prescription drugs, and prohibited acts penalties.  Haner was also cited for failure to have a valid driver’s license, failure to prove security against liability, operation without registration, and improper tail lights.  19-year old Cassie Swensen was charged with 2 counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and permitting an unauthorized person to drive.  And, 26-year old April Stinn was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Also arrested July 4th, was 58-year old Walter Gaul, of Harlan, who was taken into custody following a traffic stop.  Gaul was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.  Gaul was also cited for failure to obey stop or yield.

And, on July 2nd, 50-year old George Hadfield, of Harlan, was arrested following a traffic stop.  Hadfield was taken to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with driving while suspended, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and prohibited acts penalties.  Hadfield was also cited for failure to prove security against liability and cracked windshield obstructing view.

Rescue crews from Anita and Wiota, along with Medivac Ambulance, were called to the scene of a tractor-trailer rollover accident, in Cass County this (Tuesday) morning. According to dispatch reports at 9:46-a.m., the semi blew a tire on Interstate 80 westbound near the 72 mile marker and struck a bridge before it entered the north ditch and rolled onto its side. The driver, Pedro Diaz Alvarez, from Florida, suffered a minor hand injury but refused transport to the hospital.

Photo courtesy Cass County Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator Mike Kennon.

Sheriff’s officials in Union County say a man from Polk County was arrested Monday afternoon on two Union County warrants for Failure to Appear in court, on Child Support matters. 52-year old Christopher Lee Thurmond, of Des Moines, was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,500 bond.

And, a Lorimor woman reported to the Sheriff’s Office, Monday, that sometime over the weekend, someone got into her house and took her TV valued at $600, and $690 in cash. The incident remains under investigation.

(9-a.m. News)

The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold their regular weekly meeting 8:30-a.m. Wednesday, at the courthouse in Atlantic.

On their agenda is action on an order approving Audubon County’s plan of reimbursement to Cass County for Administrative Assistant Services rendered to the Audubon County Attorney’s Office, and action on a Resolution calling for Cass County Engineer Charles Bechtold to execute the certification on completed work and final acceptance, with regard to Farm-to-Market roads.

The Board will also act to set ordinance hearing dates on an ordinance to establish a policy for the construction and reconstruction of roadways and bridges on the Cass County Secondary Road System.

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a 30-year-old man accused of killing another man in the northwest Iowa community of Sloan. The Sioux City Journal reports Timothy Schroeder has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, going armed with intent and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Prosecutors say Schroeder shot to death 29-year-old Dustin Wilder at Wilder’s home on Jan. 9, 2015.

The City of Atlantic’s Planning and Zoning Commission will meet this (Tuesday) evening in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. On the agenda for their 5:30-p.m. session, is the consideration of two alleys to be vacated. In the New Business portion of their agenda, the Commission will discuss the proposed vacating of an alley located between Birch and Locust, and 13th and 14th Streets.

The alley was the subject of a dispute between two property owners. During a civil lawsuit that City was involved in, Judge James Richardson failed to overturn the City’s opinion that the alley was a property alley, and therefore would have no reason to maintain the strip of land. City Administrator John Lund says since the Judge did not specify WHO owns the land, the City is back to square one, with no idea who owns it. In the absence of such a determination, he says, it is assumed the City has some jurisdiction. If the Commission does not object, the City, according to Lund, feels it would be reasonable to abandon any claim or title to the affected strip of land.

Old Business will include discussion pertaining to the vacating of an alley west of 1315 Birch. At their last meeting on June 14th, the matter was tabled because the Commission had questions for City Administrator John Lund, who was not able to attend the meeting, and out of concerns for neighbors.

In the City’s analysis, it was noted officials inspected the property and proposes that only the southern part of the alley, south of the creek, be vacated. Lund recommends the Commission pass a motion to abandon part of the alley, or the entire alley, depending on a response from abutting property owners.

Police in Creston arrested four people on separate charges, Monday evening. 22-year old Patrick Iiams, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC) on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation on original charges of Public Intoxication 3rd or Subsequent, 5 counts of Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations – Bodily Injury, and for Violation of Probation. Iiams was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

23-year old Brittony Miller, of Creston, was arrested at her home Monday, on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation on an original, Possession of a Controlled Substance, charge. Miller was being held in the Ringgold County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

30-year old Juan Gonzalez, of Creston, was arrested Monday on a charge of Driving While Barred. He was later released from the Union County Jail on $2000 bond. And, 19-year old Keegan Williams, of Creston, was arrested Monday evening on two Union County Warrants for Failure to Appear on original charges of  Theft 4th degree and Violation of Probation. Williams was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

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Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says they are sending out a reminder for you to be sure to check all of your tickets as a big prize in the Mega Millions game has not been claimed. “It’s starting to be a little unusual,  but there is certainly plenty of time for whoever won this prize to still come in and claim it,” Neubauer says. “But it has been more than a month now since somebody won a million-dollar Mega Millions prize here in Iowa, and whoever won hasn’t come forward yet.”

The winning ticket was  at a Kum & Go store on Ashworth Road in West Des Moines. “It won the million-dollar prize in the drawing on May 20th.  That ticket came just one number away from having a share of the jackpot that night,” Neubauer says. She says prizes sometimes go unclaimed, and they don’t want that to happen in this case.

Neubauer says if you have a ticket that you haven’t checked yet, you should take a look at it to be sure it is not the winner. Winners have one year to cash in a winning ticket after the drawing. The ticket was the third one purchased in Iowa to win a prize of at least one million dollars in 2016. The winner of the prize has to claim it at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive.

(Radio Iowa)