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Creston Police said today (Tuesday), a 42-year old Creston man was arrested at around 12:30-a.m. today for OWI/1st offense. Clinton Ward Lovely was later released from the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond. And, a little after noon, on Monday, Creston Police arrested 49-year old Melissa Rae Rodden, of Murray. Rodden was charged with OWI/1st Offense and also later released on $1,000 bond.

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A traffic stop for a vehicle with expired license tags resulted in the arrest of a man and woman from Cass County on drug charges. The Daily NonPareil says 32-year old Randi Shafer and 32-year old Jacob Leary, both of Atlantic, were taken into custody at around 12:45-p.m. Sunday, after the car they were in was pulled over by a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s deputy near the intersection of Highway 6 and 470th Street, near Oakland.

According to the police report, during the course of the stop, officers found 16.1 grams of methamphetamine as well as four syringes, which were classified as drug paraphernalia. Shafer and Leary were arrested on a felony suspicion of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, charge, and possession of drug paraphernalia. If convicted on the felony charges, Shafer and Leary face up to 25 years in prison and fines amounting to $50,000.

Jacob Leary

Sunday’s arrest was the third in two months for Leary, who was arrested in Cass County on felony drug charges on Aug. 4th, and burglary and theft charges on Sept. 12th. Before Sunday’s arrest, Leary was scheduled to appear in a Cass County courthouse for a pre-trial hearing on a felony charge of possession of less than five grams a controlled substance (methamphetamines) within 1,000 feet of a park or school. If convicted of the Class C felony, Leary could face up to 10 years in prison. Court records show Leary was released after paying $3,000 of his $30,000 bond.

Randi Shafer

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The Mills County Attorney’s Office Monday afternoon released more details about Sunday evening’s shooting incident that left three people injured, with one person suffering from a gunshot wound. Mills County Attorney Tricia McSorley said nine people were present during the incident that happened at the home of Glenwood High School Principal Richard Hutchinson at around 6-p.m., Sunday.

During the altercation, Hutchinson and his step-son — Hurl Beechum — were injured and taken to the hospital. Colton McDaniel was shot during the incident and taken to the hospital.Three minor females, and three males, including McDaniel, Denver Cook, and Kameron Myer, along with Hutchinson’s wife Randi, were also involved. All of the injuries were considered to be non-life threatening.The ages of those involved was not released, Monday. Officials said they are still investigating and charges are being considered.

McSorley says the incident appears to have been isolated, and all motives including the possibility of a hate crime, were still being investigated.Hutchinson is a African American. Neighbors reported that the people who went to Hutchinson’s house Sunday were white. Rumors were swirling around town since the incident began, that those involved targeted him because he is black.

Meanwhile, all Glenwood homecoming week activities will take place as scheduled. The Mills County Attorney’s Office say more information on the incident will be released as the investigation unfolds. Hutchinson has been the Glenwood high school principal since July 1, 2014.

The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday the government agency is proposing to add two environmentally contaminated sites in Region 7 – the PCE Former Dry Cleaner Site in Atlantic, Iowa, and the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Company Site in Norfolk, Neb. – to the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL), potentially making both sites eligible for long-term cleanup funding. All told, the Agency today added five sites to the NPL, and proposed the addition of seven others.

The NPL, which is updated at least annually, contains the nation’s most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites, and serves as the basis for prioritizing both enforcement actions and long-term EPA Superfund cleanup funding. Only sites on the NPL are eligible for such funding.

The PCE Former Dry Cleaner Site, in Atlantic, is the former location of a dry cleaner operation (at 7th and Plum Streets) that was in business in the 1960s, and beginning in 1974, the building there was leased by the Iowa Department of Transportation for use as a materials testing laboratory. It was demolished sometime after 1982 and the land is now occupied by a bank. The site has groundwater contamination from chlorinated solvents, including tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE) and degradation products.

To date, the City of Atlantic has disconnected one municipal well from the municipal system. It is currently being pumped continuously to the city wastewater treatment plant to provide hydraulic control and protect the nine other municipal wells from PCE contamination. The owners of the business on the site have installed a vapor mitigation system. The City of Atlantic, and the Atlantic Municipal Utilities, have expressed support for placing the site on the NPL.

The EPA will accept public comments regarding these and other proposed NPL site listings during a 60-day comment period following the publication date of official notice in the Federal Register. Those notices and supporting documents for final and proposed NPL sites are available online.

Established by Congress in 1980, the Superfund program investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and converts them into productive community resources by eliminating or reducing public health risks and environmental contamination.

The Audubon Police Department, Monday, released a report on recent arrests. On Sept. 20th, 54 year old Robert Charles Atkinson was arrested for Public Intoxication – 3rd or subsequent offense. Atkinson was transported to the Audubon County Jail and held pending an appearance before a magistrate.

On Sept. 19th, 48 year old Michele Ann Darrow was arrested for Driving Under Suspension. Darrow was transported to the Audubon County Jail and later released on bond.

And on Sept. 18th, Audubon Police arrested 30 year old Shawn Leroy Schmidt of Audubon for Violation of a No-Contact Order. Schmidt was transported to the Audubon County Jail where he appeared before a magistrate. That same day, 22 year old Samantha Christine Schmidt was arrested for Aiding and Abetting. She also was transported to the Audubon County Jail where she appeared before a magistrate.

A 92-year-old southwest Iowa woman has been featured on the Cooking Channel. Guelda Barker of Mount Ayr appeared on an episode of “My Grandmother’s Ravioli” that aired last Wednesday and again on Sunday. During the episode, Mo Rocca, the show’s host, answered Barker’s phone as Barker bustled about the kitchen.

Barker is a retired lunch lady and well-known in Mount Ayr for her cinnamon rolls. Her recipe for cinnamon rolls was featured on the show, but Barker also showed Rocca some of the greeting cards she paints. Barker told Rocca she took a correspondence course after her first husband died and learned to paint with watercolors.

“How come you didn’t pursue it as a career?” Rocca asked. Barker answered: “Well, I just felt like I couldn’t handle it and do chores and take care of children and can and all that.” Rocca followed up: “Do you regret not pursuing it as a career?” Barker said: Yes, I do, because I think I could have made a little money. I loved it.” She shared her recipe for canned meat, plus recipes for cinnamon rolls, “Addictive Cookies”, “7-Up Salad” and “Blue Ribbon Chocolate Cake”. (A link to the recipe can be found here: http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/cinnamon-rolls.html )

The episode is titled “Walking on Ayr” — a play on Barker’s hometown of Mount Ayr and it was filmed in mid-July during this year’s “Ayr Days” celebration in Mount Ayr.

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