The Creston Police Department announced the arrest of a Creston man on Wednesday night at 11:20pm.  Officers arrested 47-year-old Dennis Speed at his home at 617 N Birch Street on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault – 2nd Offense. He is being held in the Union County Jail awaiting bond hearing.

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The Griswold Fire Department responded to a call of an attic fire at approximately 11:35pm Wednesday night on 538th Street in Pottawattamie County.  Griswold Fire Chief Andy Steffen told KJAN news he along with another Firefighter were the first to arrive on scene and knocked down some of the flames with a fire extinguisher until the first tanker arrived.  Steffen said one section of the flames was particularly hard to knock down but they were eventually able to get everything extinguished.

2 adults and 4 children were in the home when the fire started and were alerted to the fire by a working smoke detector.  Everyone was able to get out of the home safely.

Steffen said extensive damage was done to the attic along with one bedroom and one bathroom that were affected by the flames and water.  The family planned to return to assess the damage today.  Griswold fires crews were on the scene approximately 2 hours and returned to the station around 2:00am.

U.S.S. Iowa

The caretakers of the battleship that bears our state’s name are looking to get a little national publicity in an online contest. Battleship Iowa museum spokesman, Andrew Bossenmeyer, says the U-S-S Iowa is in a friendly competition. “The contest is run by Readers Choice Group and it has been going on I believe all year for different segments of the travel and entertainment amusement fields — I believe the U-S-A Today is handling the contest,” Bossenmeyer explains. “…we were nominated along with 19 other ships to be considered the best museum ship in the United States,” Bossenmeyer says.

You can go to www.10best.com and then the best museum ship category to vote for the U-S-S Iowa. The state of Iowa help provide funds to save the historic battleship and have it towed to Long Beach, California where it now serves as the museum. Thousands of Iowans toured the ship in an event prior to the Hawkeye football team’s Rose Bowl appearance.

“I was amazed at the patience that day….I’ve never seen our line to get on our ship that long. People waited in line to take and hour-and-a-half tour that day that probably went for three to four hours that day because of the amount of people in line,” Bossenmeyer says. Anyone who shows and Iowa driver’s license can tour the ship for free when they visit, but Bossenmeyer says they have plenty of things to make people from other states want to see the ship.

He says they have had other museum ship administrators have come out to see how they run the Iowa and he says they have made great strides in the four years they have been operation. Bossenmeyer says they are the only ship that has an interactive tour. He says that tour gives you a lot of information.

“Let’s say you are over in the 16-inch gun turret area, you will get to experience what it was like to have those guns fire off,” Bossenmeyer says. “And that video content or whether it’s augmented reality will be fed to you. No other ship in the United States is running that technology right now.” He says there are other things that make the U-S-S Iowa stand out.

“We’re are the only ship that has a bathtub on board — and that was put in for F-D-R. We’re called ‘the battleship of presidents’ because we’ve had the most sitting presidents on board our ship. So, little things like that make us a little unique. It’s not to take anything away from the other ships, they are fantastic,” Bossenmeyer says.

The are some other iconic ships in the competition, including: the U-S-S Constitution, the oldest U-S battleship afloat; the U-S-S Missouri, the ship where the Japanese signed the surrender documents ending World War Two; the captured German submarine U-505; the aircraft carriers Yorktown, Midway and Lexinton. Bossenmeyer says the weekends are the busiest time for visitors, averaging between 12-hundred and two-thousand people on Saturday and Sunday.

He says they also offer education programs so they get kids from many local schools who come out for the free programs. “We also have a camp battleship program where local scouts come out and learn what it is like to be a sailor for the evening,” Bossenmeyer says. He says they will open a new exhibit in July. “We’ve add 360 panoramic views of the areas on board that most likely the public will never get to just because the steepness of the stairs. So, we’ve done the best to create an environment so you can see what it is like in an engine room, see what it is like in a generator room,” Bossenmeyer says.

You can vote for the U-S-S Iowa once each day through noon on Monday July 18th. The winner will be announced on Friday, July 22nd.

(Radio Iowa)

**Update 12:15pm- Harlan Police are no longer looking for Ziggy. He has contacted family and is safe.**

Harlan Police are asking for the public’s help in locating 43 year old Thomas “Ziggy” Schumacher. He was last seen Wednesday morning at 11:30 at his home. Ziggy is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs approximately 250 pounds and has green eyes. Ziggy also has a medical condition. If you have seen Ziggy, please call the Harlan Police Department immediately at 755-5151.

Thomas “Ziggy” Schumacher

The Red Oak Police Department arrested a Red Oak woman this (Thursday) morning for Probation Violation. At 6:05am officers arrested 31-year-old Natosha Myree Cralley in the 400 block of Highland Avenue in Red Oak on a Montgomery County Arrest Warrant for Violation of Probation.  Cralley was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $10,000 cash bond.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak man early this (Thursday) morning. At 1:53am officers arrested 21-year-old Steven Noah Loucks in the 300 block of Joy Street in Red Oak for Simple Assault.  Loucks was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 bond.

MONTGOMERY, Iowa (AP) — Dickinson County authorities are investigating after the body of a driver involved in a crash into a western Iowa ditch was pulled from the water. The Sioux City Journal reports that the body of 65-year-old Dale Peters, of Lake Park, was found in the water near a submerged wrecked vehicle Tuesday morning.

The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office says deputies received a report of a partially submerged SUV in water north of Montgomery in the Diamond Lake Township. After finding the owner of the vehicle was not home, authorities searched the water and discovered Peters’ body.

Investigators believe Peters lost control of the vehicle on the gravel road and entered the west ditch, where the vehicle overturned.

In an update to our story Tuesday evening, with regard to an accident Monday evening in Council Bluffs, involving an SUV and a van, the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s office has informed officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department, that a three-year old male who was a passenger in the SUV has been located, and is safe in the care of relatives. The child has also received appropriate medical care since the crash. His name will not be released. The Council Bluffs Police Department still has active arrest warrants for both females involved in the incident, which began with a reported theft.

Michelle Kuhl

Amanda Wilson

The warrants were issued for the arrest of 52-year old Michelle Kuhl and 27-year old Amanda Wilson, both of Council Bluffs. The nature of the charges have still not been publicly released. Both women fled with the child from a Council Bluffs hospital they were transported to, before police arrived. They had been taken to the facility following an accident that took place late Monday evening, after one of the woman allegedly took a package off the front porch of a residence, sometime before 9-p.m., Monday. When the homeowner confronted the suspect, she jumped into an SUV occupied by a female driver and the child. The SUV was struck broadside at the intersection of 25th and Avenue E by a Chrysler Minivan. The impact flipped the SUV flipped onto its top.

The driver of the the van, 63-year old Dianne Tuttle, of Council Bluffs, and the occupants of her vehicle, were transported to Mercy Hospital’s E-R. None of the injuries were considered life threatening. Police say if you know where Kuhl and/or Wilson are, notify your local law enforcement agency, or call Council Bluffs Crime Stoppers at 712‐328‐STOP (712‐328‐7867).

Five suspects in a stolen vehicle were apprehended following an armed robbery at Wings America truck stop near Avoca, Wednesday morning. Tom Bruun, Motor Vehicle Captain with the Iowa Department of Transportation, told KJAN News a broadcast went out at around 8:30-a.m. with regard to the robbery. A man from Alabama who was at the truck stop, was robbed by a person displaying a silver revolver. The robber got away with $70 in cash.

DOT Enforcement Officer Brian Rink saw the suspect vehicle, a 2011 BMW stolen from Polk County, as it was traveling on Interstate 80 near Highway 173. Rink conducted a “High Risk,” felony traffic stop with assistance from Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren and Atlantic Police Officer Dustin Piekin. Numerous other Atlantic P-D officers, deputies, along with a Dept. of Narcotics Enforcement Officer and an Iowa State Patrol Trooper arrived on the scene after the initial traffic stop, to offer assistance.

Afterward, a warrant was obtained to search the vehicle, during which, the revolver was recovered. Bruun says five subjects, three juveniles and two adults, were arrested. All five were from the Des Moines metro area. Avoca Police arrested the adult connected to the armed robbery, and the juvenile for driving the car. The three  juveniles ages 15, 16 & 17 were cited before being released to their parents.  The DOT’s Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division was handling the case of the stolen vehicle.

No names have been released.