The Atlantic Police Department reports two local residents were arrested Monday on drug charges. 19-year old Lucas Stone, and 25-year old Alexandra Stone, both of Atlantic, were taken into custody on Cass County warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver. The couple were booked into the Cass County Jail.

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NEW HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) – The National Weather Service has issued flash flood warnings for several northeast Iowa counties following heavy overnight rains. The service said Wednesday that more than 5 1/2 inches has fallen in Dorchester and more than 4 1/4 inches in Riceville and Bluffton.

Winneshiek and Allamakee county officials say several roads are washed out or are covered with runoff. Sandbagging is underway in Spillville and Fort Atkinson. School has been canceled in Decorah, Riceville and several other towns because of the heavy rain and flooding.

The Creston Police Department today (Wednesday) released a report on recent activity. Monday morning, 28-year old Danica Hornyak, of Creston, was cited for allowing an animal to run at-large. Hornyak was released on a promise to appear later, in court. And at around 12:45-a.m. today (Wednesday), 28-year old Courtney Mitchell, of Sioux Falls, SD., was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of OWI/1st offense, Mitchell was being held in the Ringgold County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Authorities said also, no injuries were reported following an accident Monday afternoon at the intersection of Townline Road and Sumner Avenue. Officials say vehicles driven by 75-year old Joy Standley, of Greenfield, and 22-year old Danielle Schafroth, of Lenox, collided at around 2:10-p.m., when Standley failed to yield the right-of-way, while making a left turn. No citations were issued. Damage from the collision amounted to $2,000.

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A standoff between law enforcement and a man who threatened to shoot officers and himself, ended late last night in Oakland, with the man dead. According to multiple media reports, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a home on Gates Street in Oakland, at around 7:45-p.m.

The area was blocked-off after a shot was fired from a home toward a deputy. The round reportedly struck a deputies’ cruiser in the bumper. Another shot was fired soon afterward. Authorities tried to make contact with the subject, but after not hearing from him for several hours, sent in a robotic search device, which returned images that revealed the man was dead on the kitchen floor, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other injuries were reported.

The man’s name has not yet been released. Investigators were on the scene through early this (Wednesday) morning.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Thunderstorms have lashed several parts of eastern Nebraska, leaving thousands of people without power and some stranded by street flooding and storm debris. The National Weather Service says an off-duty weather service employee saw a rope tornado briefly touch down around 8 p.m. Tuesday, three miles south-southeast of Kennard in Washington County. No injuries were reported.

The Omaha Public Power District reported that as of 5 a.m. today (Wednesday), nearly 9,700 customers were without power in Douglas and several other counties.
Up to 6 inches of rain was reported near Blair, and street flooding occurred in Omaha, Fremont and other cities.

Across the Missouri River, about 5-miles north/northwest of Council Bluffs, winds gusted from 65- to as much as 96-miles per hour from 9:45-p.m. through 10:15-p.m. Flights into Omaha’s Epply Airfield were diverted to other airports during the peak thunderstorm activity.

Police in Council Bluffs responded early this (Wednesday) morning to a report of a person lying on the street in the 3600 block of 2nd Avenue. Upon arrival at around 1-a.m., officers located and identified the person as 26-year old Mark Lear, Jr.  Lear was taken to Creighton University Hospital by rescue squad, for treatment of what initially appeared to be serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

Authorities are continuing to investigate the incident. Anyone having any information about the incident is encouraged to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at (712)-328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7867.

Authorities from several law enforcement agencies surrounded a home in Oakland Tuesday night after a man reportedly armed with a gun locked himself inside a home at around 7-p.m. According to KETV in Omaha, the incident took place just off Highway 6 at Brown and South Gates Road. Neighboring homes in the area were evacuated as a precaution.

No other details are currently available.

(Correction on the number of seats that were to be filled in the election)

Adair County Auditor Mindy Schaefer, Tuesday night, released the unofficial results of a Special Election held for the City of Fontanelle, to fill two vacancy seats (4-year terms) on the Fontanelle City Council. The winners include Jade Zimmerline, with 72 votes, and Brody Warrior, with 58 votes. The results will become official when the votes are canvassed by the Adair County Board of Supervisors.

The other candidates and their vote tallies include:

Laura Fritz, 38; Cassie Warner, 47. There were a total of 111 votes cast out of a possible 467, or 23.77% of the registered voters.