Authorities in Union County are investigating two reported incidents of break-ins and theft. The Sheriff’s Office says a Lorimor resident reported last week that sometime between 7-a.m. and 7-p.m. on Feb. 17th, her house was broken into and the following items were taken: Jewelry, video games, movies, six $2.00 bills, 12 pack Mountain Dew, gum balls, AA batteries. The loss amounted to $5,500 altogether.

And on Saturday (2/21), an Afton resident reported that sometime in the last two months someone broke into his house in Lorimor and took items that included a Gas hot water heater, gas furnace, and copper piping. The loss was estimated at $2,800, with damage to a door estimated at $100.

Authorities said also, one person was injured during an single-vehicle rollover accident early Sunday morning. 19-year old Abel Vasquez, of Lenox, who was wearing his seat belt, was transported to the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston by a friend, after the 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix Vasquez was driving went off the road and rolled over at around 3:45-a.m.

Officials say the car was traveling south in the 2700 block of Highway 25, when Vasquez swerved to avoid a deer. The car entered the east ditch, drove up and over a farm field entrance and went airborne before coming to rest on its top in the east ditch. The car was totaled, with the loss estimated at $7,000. Vasquez was cited for Driving While Suspended.

Police in Glenwood report the arrest on Saturday of a local man, on drug charges. 25-year old Marcus Armstrong, of Glenwood, faces charges that include OWI/1st Offense, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp. Armstrong’s bond was set at $7,300 altogether.

Glenwood Police are also investigating a property damage, hit-and-run incident. Officials say at around 8:45-p.m., Saturday, an unknown vehicle struck a mailbox in the 900 block of north Locust Street, in Glenwood, knocking the box off its post. A broken, passenger side mirror was found about 10-feet north of the mailbox. Authorities think the mirror came from a car or small SUV. The victim claimed her white, metal and plastic mailbox was valued at about $500.

Sheriff’s officials in Fremont County have released a report on recent arrests and incidents. Officials say on Feb. 18th, 36-year old Christopher Lynn Rakes, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Possession of drug paraphernalia. That same day, 51-year old Kelli Rachelle Gould, of Shenandoah, was arrested on a Fremont County warrant for Probation Revocation.

On Feb. 13th, 39-year old Forrest Wayne King, of Tabor, was arrested in Fremont County for Driving Under Suspension and failure to have insurance. On Feb. 12th, 32-year old Jeffrey Dale Hankins, of Tabor, was arrested for Theft in the 5th degree, and Public Intoxication. And on Feb. 8th, 65-year old John Thomas Davis, of Hamburg, was arrested for Domestic Abuse assault.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said also, a Hamburg man was transported by private vehicle to the Grape Community Hospital on Feb. 13th, following a rollover accident. Authorities say James Clark was traveling south on Bluff Road when his pickup drifted off the roadway and he over-corrected.  The 1993 Chevy flipped onto its side and slid into the east ditch.

Authorities in Cass County were called to investigate a break-in that occurred over the weekend, in Anita. According to dispatch reports, officials with Anita Municipal Utilities called the Sheriff’s Office this morning to report their office had been entered and cash taken from a file cabinet. No other information is currently available.

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Police in Creston report two people were arrested, Sunday. 39-year old Timothy Michael Vandevender, of Corning, was arrested at around 5:40-p.m. at U-S Highway 34 and Abell Street in Creston, on a charge of OWI/1st offense. He was later released on $1,000 bond. And, 31-year old Alicia Ellen Lovell, of Creston, was arrested at Highway 34 and Oak Street, in Creston, on a charge of Driving While Suspended. She was later released on $300 bond.

The Creston P-D reports also, a resident on west Montgomery Street reported last Friday that someone had operated his vehicle without consent, and stole a 20-volt impact wrench, two sockets and a two and a-half ton floor jack. The loss was estimated at $810.

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Authorities in Montgomery County report a Red Oak man was arrested Sunday night, on an assault charge. 34-year old Brent Matthew Harold was arrested at around 8:50-p.m. for Domestic Assault. Harold was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A high school wrestler from southwest Iowa who collapsed and went into cardiac arrest at the state duals tournament has been released from a Des Moines hospital. Spokesman Gregg Lagan for Mercy Medical Center said last night that Creston/Orient-Macksburg student Tayler Pettit is heading home. Tayler’s parents Scott and Melissa Pettit said in the statement that doctors found Tayler has a previously unknown condition in which an extra electrical pathway in his heart caused a rapid heart rate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad has suggested Iowa residents could one day buy cannabis oil in neighboring Illinois, a move that industry experts say has major legislative roadblocks if it’s ever seriously considered. Branstad recently said he was open to working with officials in Illinois, which has a pilot program to produce and distribute medical marijuana.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades. The projection was contained in a Department of Transportation analysis from last July.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The trial over plans to develop a sports complex at the “Field of Dreams” movie site in eastern Iowa is underway. Neighboring landowners filed the lawsuit to challenge the way Dyersville city officials decided to rezone the area around the site for commercial use. The trial began last Monday and was expected to last seven days.

It appears a bill that would raise the state gas tax by a dime a gallon in on the fast track at the statehouse. The bill is eligible for debate in the Iowa House on Tuesday. Last Thursday, House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, a Republican from Hiawatha, used his authority to replace two members on a key House Committee who opposed the bill. His moves ensured the bill passed on a 13-to-12 vote, but they also heightened the ire of the bill’s opponents. Drew Klein, the Iowa director of Americans for Prosperity, accuses Paulsen of favoring road builders over Iowans in general.

“Leadership is clearly more interested in appeasing special interest groups that have been funding the movement than in looking for ways to shield the taxpayer,” he said. A Des Moines Register “Iowa Poll” released this weekend found that while 61 percent of Iowans consider the deteriorating condition of Iowa’s roads and bridges to be an issue lawmakers should address, Iowans are evenly divided over idea of raising the state gas tax. The poll found 48 percent support the move and 50 percent oppose it. Senate Republican Leader Bill Dix of Shell Rock has been among those who opposed the idea of raising the state gas tax in the past, but he suggests a majority of Republicans and Democrats in the legislature now agree it’s the best means to plug a shortfall in the state fund that finances transportation projects.

“We need to find additional resources to get it into the road funding, to solve those long-term problems, and I’m prepared to cast a vote in favor of it,” Dix says. For the past four years the Iowa Farm Bureau have been lobbying for a gas tax increase, citing the closure of roads and bridges that create long detours for farmers and rural residents. Over 200 Farm Bureau members were at the statehouse last week to lobby legislators on the issue. And earlier this month, Governor Branstad said the “timing is right” to pass a gas tax increase this year.

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