The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says a Council Bluffs man was arrested this (Tuesday) morning, on a Pottawattamie County warrant. 29-year old Adam Milford Souza, was wanted for Probation Revocation. Souza was turned over to Pott. County Deputies and held on a $10,000 bond.

The Sheriff’s Office said also, 46-year old Cody Mark Douglas Berggren, of Red Oak, was arrested late this (Tuesday) morning on a Montgomery County Bench warrant for Driving While License Revoked. Berggren was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $2,500 bond.

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley denounces videotaped comments made by his party’s presidential nominee but won’t waver in his vow to support Republican Donald Trump in next month’s election. Grassley joins others in the G-O-P in saying Trump’s comments about women in a newly-released recording from 2005 are disgusting, but he’ll still back the billionaire in his quest for the White House. Grassley says, “I can’t say much more about my attitude towards the very shameful and unacceptable things and terrible things and obnoxious things about Trump’s words than I said in my statement over the weekend.”

Grassley says the upcoming vote on November 8th isn’t just about who will be president the next four years, but it’s also about the direction of the U-S Supreme Court for the next four decades. “This isn’t a referendum, this is a choice,” Grassley says, “a choice between two people and I have to look at Clinton being far worse, particularly the type of people she would appoint to the Supreme Court.”

Grassley says it’s important to look at the ideological policies the two main party candidates would champion if elected and he says Trump remains his personal choice over Democrat Hillary Clinton. “With her attitude towards things in the Middle East and towards terrorism, Hillary would make our country less safe,” Grassley says. “For sure, pursuing the same economic policies that she’s going to pursue, the same ones that Obama pursued, Iowans are going to be less prosperous.”

Grassley hesitated to urge Iowans to join him in voting for Trump, saying, he doesn’t think Iowans would necessarily heed his advice. “I wish I could tell Iowans that you ought to vote for, uh, uh, I could tell them but I wish I knew I had some influence on enough Iowans to say, ‘I want this person elected or that person elected.'”

Iowa’s other U-S Senator, Joni Ernst, says she will not condone or excuse Trump’s actions, but adds, “This is bigger than Donald Trump and it is about the direction of the country.” Ernst says she “will not advise anybody to vote for Hillary Clinton.”

(Radio Iowa)

Authorities in Mills County say 65-year old Jeffrey Stark, of Glenwood, was arrested today (Tuesday), for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Stark was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $1,300 cash bond or surety.

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A Union County teen was transported by ambulance to the hospital in Creston following a rear-end collision Monday afternoon. Officials say 16-year old Paige Parsons, of Creston, was injured, when the 2000 Ford Explorer she was driving was hit from behind by a 1995 Ford Escort. Authorities say the driver of the car, 21-year old Lane Craven, of Gilman, escaped injury during the collision that happened at around 3:45-p.m. near Russell Street and State Highway 25/S. Sumner Avenue.

No citations were issued, but the police report did indicate Craven was following too close, and operating a vehicle in a reckless, erratic, careless, or negligent manner. Damage from the collision amounted to $3,000.

Police in Creston say a traffic stop late Monday night resulted in the arrest of a man on drug and other charges. 28-year old Christopher Edward Deboard, of Creston, was arrested at the intersection of Cherry St and College Drive in Creston for Interference w/Official Acts, Possession of a Controlled Substance-Marijuana 2^nd Offense, Possession of Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance-Methamphetamine and OWI 1^st.

DeBoard was being held on a $2000 bond in the Union County Jail.

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Does your mom or dad take care of a loved one (perhaps one cares for the other)? Do you have a relative who cares for a loved one who is aging? Do you know what your parents or relatives are going through? Your family member is in a new role of caregiver when helping a loved one with things he/she cannot do because of aging or a medical condition’s disabling effects. How do you better support your relative during this time?

Caregiving Relationships: Conversations on Aging, is a program for adult children supporting their aging caregiver parents or other loved ones. The program will be held on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016, 6:30 – 8:45 pm at the Cass County Extension office, 805 West 10th Street in Atlantic.

Research shows that spousal caregivers are more likely to provide care with help from adult children than to accept help from community supports or non-family members. Kim Brantner, Human Science Specialist in Family Life, says“You are a son or daughter to your parent(s) regardless of age, but your role description can change when your parent is in the role of a caregiver. The program helps adult children learn to recognize how caregiving affects relationships. It helps them discover their role in making decisions about their parents’ later life.” It also helps adult children build talking and listening skills and gain ideas on how to start difficult conversations.

The Caregiving Relationships course is the first of several opportunities Cass County Extension is offering to address family caregiving and healthy aging issues in the coming year. The next learning opportunity is the Powerful Tools for Caregivers program, a series of six, 2-1/2 hour classes designed especially for family caregivers. The series starts on Thursday, November 3 and continues weekly on Tuesdays November 10, 17, December 1, 8, and 15. There is no class on Thanksgiving. The six week series will be also be held at the Cass County Extension Office in Atlantic.

There is no cost to attend the Caregiving Relationships workshop on October 18th, but pre-registration is requested by Friday, October 14th. For more information on either program, or to register, contact Cass County Extension at 712-243-1132 or email keolson@iastate.edu. A brochure with more information is also available on the Cass County Extension website at www.extension.iastate.edu/cass.

The City of Atlantic’s Planning and Zoning Commission will meet this evening in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall, to discuss Setback requirements set forth in the Zoning Ordinance, and other business related to the Zoning Ordinance Update. Their session begins at 5:30.

During the last meeting of the P&Z on Sept. 13th, the Commission heard from Rick Mendenhall, of Atlantic, who discussed his variance appeal with the board as it pertains to his property in the 200 block of Linn Street. The Commission tabled action on the matter until they could research more, the necessity of setbacks.

Atlantic Fire Chief Mark McNees spoke with City Administrator John Lund about setbacks, and recommended the Commission NOT reduce the setbacks that have already been established. According to McNees, the current setbacks of 6-feet in certain zones are somewhat less than what he would prefer, because in the event a structure catches fire, heat from the source expands, and can damage a nearby structure. McNees said there should be a minimum of 12-feet separation between two structures, with his preference being 20-feet. In any event, he says structures should not be placed closer together.

The Commission will have to consider safety, property rights and aesthetics when determining if any changes should be made to the Ordinance, with regard to setbacks.