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The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Thursday of 36-year-old George Allen Alfred Wesbrook of Villisca. Wesbrook was arrested at 12:08pm in the 300 block of East Coolbaugh Street in Red Oak for Driving Under Suspension. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $566.25 bond.
COUNCIL BLUFFS – The Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Agency reports, the American Red Cross Shelter established in Avoca, has closed. The Nishnabotna River waters in the area are beginning to recede and officials have determined there is no longer an imminent threat that would require emergency sheltering.
The Shelby and Audubon County County Boards of Supervisors have placed a 10-ton load embargoes on all County Rock (gravel) roads. The embargo is in place until further notice. No vehicle heavier than 10-tons is allowed to traverse gravel roads.
The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reports officials with Windstream have notified the Shelby County EMA that there is a phone outage that is effecting landline 911 services in the city of Shelby. They do not have a time frame of when it will be fixed. The EMA is asking people to use cell phones if there is an emergency until landline services are restored.
Elk Horn Fire and Rescue reports also, landline 911 services are currently down in their area. If you need help, please call 911 on your cell phone or call 712-755-2121.
Windstream customers in the Minden prefix area of Pottawattamie County are also experiencing a phone outage that has disrupted 9-1-1 service to this area. If a cell phone is not available, you are asked to go to the Minden Fire Station for assistance. The station will be staffed until service is restored. This outage does not affect CenturyLink customers. To receive emergency weather warnings and community alerts such as evacuations, shelter locations, water/sewer system alerts and other emergency notices, sign up for free alerts from Pottawattamie Alert, part of the Alert Iowa Network, at www.pottcounty-ia.gov.
Several roads were closed, or remain closed today, due to flooding or flood debris. Glacier Road, just east of the ethanol plant to Olive Street, was closed due to flooding.
In Pottawattamie County:
In Montgomery County:
The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reported the following roads are closed:
In Page County: The Page County Secondary roads has made the decision to close County Road J-53 east of Shambaugh, between Timber and 265th, for water on the road. Page County Road Teak Avenue between County Road J-53 and 290th is also being closed for the same reason. In Dallas County: Hwy 44 between County Road P46 and County Road P30 (near Linden), look out for flooding
For the latest road closures and other road information, go to 511ia.org
The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports 42-year old Jeffrey Wade Bartles, of rural College Springs, was arrested Wednesday, at his residence. Bartles was arrested on a Page County Warrant for Theft. The warrant stemmed from a theft investigation conducted by the Page County Sheriff’s Office. Bartles was transported to the Page County Jail where he is being held on $300 bond.
Schildberg Park in Atlantic is temporarily closed, due to flooding. Please avoid the area if possible. It will remain closed until further notice. (posted 10:30-a.m.)
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo police are offering to take online reports about minor matters and crimes. The program lets residents use an online form to notify police about harassment, lost property, thefts and other minor offenses. The form can be found on the department website.
Maj. Joe Leibold says the new procedure will make the department more accessible, increase efficiency and decrease police response times to more important calls. He says residents reporting crimes in progress or emergencies should still call 911.
Atlantic, IA – The March session of Healthy U will be held Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Cass County Health System. The program, Colon Cancer: Myths and Misconceptions will be presented by Dr. Chad McCance, M.D., F.A.C.S.. Dr. McCance began his practice at Southwest Iowa Surgery in 2008. He provides general surgery, thoracic surgery and critical care procedures. Dr. McCance is boardcertified and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Healthy U will be offered at noon on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Healthy U is a free educational series at Cass County Health System held monthly in Conference Room 2. The public is invited and welcome to attend, but reservations are required as a meal is provided for all attendees. Call 712243-7479 to reserve your seat.
(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) has released a video to highlight the dilemmas many Iowans face trying to find mental health services. It starts with the voices of Mary Neubauer and Larry Loss — the parents of a boy named Sergei. “It quickly became evident that he needed longer term help if he were to recover from his illness and there simply wasn’t any,” Neubauer said. Loss is the next voice you hear in the video: “We’re just parents trying to find help for our son.”
Sergei Neubauer took his own life in September of 2017. Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholdt is another voice in the video. He was at the statehouse yesterday (Wednesday), urging lawmakers to find long-term funding for services, especially for children. “I struggle at three o’clock in the morning when a mom and dad call me and they say: ‘My 14-year-old son or daughter is suicidal…What should I do, sheriff?” he said. “For me to say: ‘Well, you can go to the ER and you might have to sit there for a couple of days until we find them a bed,’ that’s not good service.”
Suzanne Watson is C-E-O of the Southwest Iowa Mental Health Disabilities Region covering nine counties. She’s worked in the system for 25 years and has seen several attempts to find funding for mental health services. “I think we’ve put band-aids on it as we’ve gone, but I think it’s time that people realize that we need to get it a point where every region, every county can levy the amount of dollars that they really need to provide the best mental health system that we can.”