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COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA: CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-    DALLAS-MADISON….
335 AM CST SAT JAN 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE  TONIGHT (SATURDAY) BETWEEN 300 AND 600 AM.  ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. SPOTTY AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS  OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLIPPERY QUICKLY AS THE GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING. SURFACE  TEMPERATURES MAY WARM ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MORNING SUNDAY…BUT THE COLD GROUND WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS LONGER TO WARM.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest late Friday night of two Red Oak residents. Officials say 21-year old Aaron L. Mellott was taken into custody just before Midnight, on a charge of OWI/1st Offense. At about the same time, 18-year old Kelsey M. Adams, of Red Oak, was arrested on a charge of Possession of Alcohol by a person under the age of 21. Adams was released on a citation, while Mellott was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were arrested Friday night. 30-year old Richard Buchanan-Riley, of Creston, was arrested during a traffic stop at around 9:40-p.m..  Buchanan-Riley faces charges of Driving While Suspended and No proof of insurance. His bond was set at $1,040.

And, at around 6:50-p.m., Friday, Adams County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 25-year old Jessie B. Fitzwater, of Villisca, for allegedly violating the terms of his probation. Fitzwater was being held in the Adams County Jail without bond.

Authorities in Audubon County said Friday that a Carroll man who was wanted on a warrant issued back in June of 2009, was arrested Wednesday by officers with the Audubon Police Department. 28-year-old Anthony John Lesatz was wanted on a bench warrant issued for Failure to Appear on a May 2009 1st offense OWI charge.  Lesatz plead guilty Thursday to an additional charge of Providing False Information to authorities, after attempting to give Law Enforcement Officers a false name to avoid prosecution. His bond on the Failure to Appear charge was set at $2,000. Lesatz, who was being held in the Audubon County Jail, was ordered to appear in court on Monday.

A single-vehicle rollover accident Friday afternoon in Page County resulted in the death of a man from Coin. The Iowa State Patrol says 24-year old Bryan Scott Hull died from injuries he suffered in the crash, located about two-miles east of College Springs. Hull was driving a 1999 Chevy Blazer that went out of control as the vehicle was traveling west on 290th Street, at around 4-p.m.   The SUV left the road, hit a utility pole and rolled once before coming to rest. Officials say Hull was not wearing a seat belt, and at died at the scene.

The American Red Cross was assisting a rural Villisca family in finding a place to stay following a residential structure fire Friday morning.

House fire near Villisca (Brian Hamman/MCEMA photo)

According to Montgomery County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman, his office assisted Villisca Fire and EMS at 104 N. 5th Street, after fire crews were paged shortly after 9:35-a.m.  Hamman says once the initial units arrived on scene, they found a 2 story dwelling with heavy fire throughout the structure.

Mutual aid was requested from Stanton Fire for additional manpower. The American Red Cross was called to provide support for the home owners and additional rehabilitation for the firefighters. Hamman said he appreciates all agencies that helped at the fire scene Friday morning, and thanks Villisca Foods for providing food for the firefighters.

MC-EMA photo/Brian Hamman

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were arrested this past week and one accident was investigated. Thursday night, 45-year old Laurie Ann Stephens, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault. She was being held in the Mills County Jail Friday without bond. And, on Wednesday, 26-year old Curtis Lin Harrod, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for revocation of his pre-trial release. Harrod’s bond was set at $10,000.

That same day, authorities in Mills County investigated an accident that happened at around 11:30-a.m., about 7-miles north of Glenwood. Officials say a 2006 Chrysler driven by Theresa Wissing, of Glenwood, was traveling south on 221st Street when a northbound 1996 Lincoln driven by Jeramy Elrod, of Mineola, crossed the center line of the road. After the cars collided, the Chrysler spun around and came to rest in the west ditch. The Lincoln went off the road to the left, went up an embankment and hit a stop sign and roadway sign, before coming to rest in the west ditch. No serious injuries were reported.

Authorities in Page County say an investigation into the assault on Tuesday night of a juvenile, has resulted in an arrest. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says deputies met with the alleged victim and her mother at around 9-p.m. Tuesday at the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital, where the victim was being treated for an unrelated medical issue.  On Thursday, 59-year old Terry Lee Hale, of rural Imogene,  arrested on a charge of Assault, in connection with the investigation.  Hale was later released from custody, pending an appearance before a magistrate.