WEST POINT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the body of a young woman found in southeast Iowa is not that of a missing college student. The body was found early Sunday in rural Lee County near West Point. The eastern Iowa city is about 87 miles southeast of where 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was last seen on July 18 in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Special Agent Rick Rahn of the Iowa Criminal Investigation Division tells The Des Moines Register that officials have confirmed the body is not Tibbetts.

Rahn says investigators have identified the body and are contacting next of kin. The woman’s name and the circumstances of her death haven’t been released. Tibbetts is a University of Iowa student. The reward for her safe return has risen to $260,000.

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County are reporting four weekend arrests. 48-year old Rhonda Irene Watkins, of Omaha, was arrested at around 1:12-a.m. Sunday on Highway 34, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and two counts of Possessing Contraband in a jail facility. Her bond was set at $12,000. Saturday afternoon, 28-year old Christopher Lee McDaniel, of Pacific Junction, was arrested in Mills County, for Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $2,000. And, 49-year old Juan Luis Sedano-Medina, of Sioux City, was arrested Saturday afternoon, for Driving While Barred. Bond was set at $2,000.

At around 12:50-a.m. Saturday, 29-year old Jamara Lynn Mountain, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension. Bond was set at $300.

The Glenwood Police Department reports two arrests. On Saturday, 52-year old Leslie Hamilton, of Glenwood, was arrested for Public Intoxication. Bond was set at $300. And, on Friday, 54-year old Kelly Wright, of Glenwood, was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. Her bond was set at $10,000.

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County say a traffic stop Sunday at the intersection of Highway 92 and 275th Street, resulted in the arrest of 30-year old Daniel Ernest Delaware, of Carson. The man was taken into custody at around 8-p.m., on a warrant for OWI/1st offense. 35-year old Daniel Martin Wilson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Friday afternoon at the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office, after he turned himself-in. Wilson was wanted on two warrants, both for Violation of Probation. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and turned over to Corrections staff.

37-year old Thomas Moon Benegas, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Saturday evening at the Pott. County Jail, after he slapped another inmate during an argument. Benegas was charged with Simple Assault and returned to the custody of Corrections Staff. A man from Tabor was arrested Sunday evening in Pott. County, following a traffic stop on southbound I-29. 51-year old Dale Clifford Greedy was arrested for OWI/3rd offense.

And, 47-year old Christina Deloris Welch, of Omaha, was arrested today (Monday) at 3:10-a.m., following a traffic stop in Pott. County. Welch was taken into custody under the authority of a Montgomery County warrant.

(Radio Iowa) — Severe thunderstorms rolled over parts of northern and central Iowa on Sunday, bringing much-needed rain to some areas and strong winds. Powerful gusts hit Webster City where resident Craig Ewing says clean-up is going to take some time. “Trees were going down and blocking the street and across the street, trees came down on top of houses,” Ewing says. “There’s quite a bit of wind damage throughout the whole town and we lost power.”

Webster City Storm Damage pics

Webster City Mayor John Hawkins toured some of the damaged areas of the community on Sunday. “There’s a few hundred trees torn about or down around the town. There’s still a few leaning against houses,” Mayor Hawkins says. “A few people got their cars out from under some. Quite a bit of damage in the center of town.”

Forecasters say there’s the possibility for more strong storms later today (Monday) and into tomorrow.

More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Police in Creston say four people were arrested on separate charges over the past few days. At around 4:30-a.m. Sunday, 43-year old Jason Post, of Creston, was arrested at his home for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Paraphernalia. His bond in the Union County Jail was set at $1,000. Saturday evening, 25-year old Maiah Caron, of Belton, MO., was arrested in Creston on two Union County warrants for Possession of Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance. She was released from custody on a Promise to Appear in court.

Friday evening, 28-year old Brooke Carter, of Creston, was arrested for Trespass. She was released on a $300 bond. And, Friday morning, 39-year old Demion Garrison, of Creston, was arrested at his home for Domestic Abuse in the 3rd Degree. His bond was set at $2,000.

Creston Police said also, there were four incidents of theft or vandalism over the weekend. On Saturday, a vehicles’ license plate and taillights were spray painted over while the vehicle was parked in the 100 block of S. Broad Street, and someone spray painted to driver’s side door of a vehicle parked in the 100 block of S. Spruce Street in Creston. On Sunday, a person from C&J Construction reported to Creston Police that some stole a pole of used copper pipe placed near a dumpster at a construction site at 403 W. Clark Street. That same day, a resident of the 600 block of Mulberry Street in Creston, reported a window was broken out of a truck parked at a woman’s residence, and a bag of clothes inside the vehicle was stolen. Altogether, damages amounted to $600, the losses also totaled $600.

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A call about a family dispute in Red Oak early this (Monday) morning, resulted in the arrest of a Nebraska man on a Harrison County (IA) warrant. Police responded to the 400 block of Jennifer Circle, and while they were on the scene made contact with 37-year old David Allen Baker, of Omaha. Baker was found to have had a warrant out for his arrest for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. He was taken into custody at around 5:24-a.m. and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where Baker was being held without bond.

WASHINGTON – Iowa Senator Charles Grassley will hold two area town meetings this week as part of his annual 99 county meetings. Grassley will be in Audubon County on August 7th and Adams County on August 9th. The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, August 7: Audubon County Town Meeting; 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Audubon County Economic Development Corporation (800 Market Street), in Audubon.

Thursday, August 9: Adams County Town Meeting; 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. at the Corning Opera House (800 Davis Avenue), in Corning.

Grassley says “Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent. I appreciate the opportunity to hold town meetings, answer questions and take comments from Iowans.”

Grassley is in his 38th year of holding meetings in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held at least one meeting in every county, every year since he was first elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. He takes and answers questions on any subject raised.