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Injuries reported following Page County head-on crash

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May 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Two southwest Iowa women suffered unknown, possible injuries Saturday afternoon, during a head-on collision in Page County. According to the Page County Sheriff’s Department, 23-year old Keari Bebout, of Clarinda, and 56-year old Irene White, of Coin, were injured when their vehicles collided at around 12:25-p.m. Saturday, west of Clarinda.

Officials say a car driven by Bebout was traveling south on “P” Avenue and preparing to turn into a driveway, when her car crossed the center of the road and met head-on with a car driven by White. The accident happened just south of Highway 2.

Both drivers were taken to the Clarinda Regional Health Center. The extent of their injuries is not known. The accident remains under investigation.

Simple Assault arrest in Villisca

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May 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a Villisca woman was arrested Friday night on an assault charge. 49-year old Eldina Faye Larabee, of Villisca, was taken into custody on a charge of Simple Assault.

Larabee was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and later released on $300 cash bond.

5 Hamburg residents arrested on drug charges

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May 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A four-month long investigation in Fremont County led to the arrest Friday, of five Hamburg residents on drug charges. Sheriff’s officials say 40-year old Ellie M. Warren was charged with two-counts of Possession with the Intent to Deliver/Methamphetamine, two-counts of Prohibited Acts, and two-counts of Child Endangerment.

47-year old Rodney D. Moore

Warren, Moore and Bailey were being held in the Fremont County Jail on $50,000 bond, each, while Roberts and Haughton were being held on bonds amounting to $5,000 each.

was arrested for Conspiracy to Deliver Meth, Possession with the Intent to Deliver Meth, and two-counts of Possessing Drug Paraphernalia. 30-year old William H. Bailey was charged with Conspiracy to Deliver Meth, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Meth and Drug Paraphernalia. And, 60-year old Elton E. Roberts, and 54-year old Debra M. Haughton were arrested for Prohibited Acts.

KIA vs. deer

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May 15th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

No injuries were reported following a car-versus-deer accident Friday night, in Montgomery County. Sheriff’s officials say a 2011 KIA Sportage, owned and driven by 55-year old Kenneth Dale Smith, of Shenandoah, was traveling west on Highway 34 just east of Stanton, at around 8:40-p.m. Friday, when a deer ran out of a ditch and into the path of Smith’s vehicle.

Smith was unable to avoid the collision, which resulted in $6,000 damage to his car.

OWI arrest in Atlantic

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May 13th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

An Atlantic woman was arrested this (Friday) morning, on an OWI charge. According to the Atlantic Police Department, 27-year old Amy Jo Kern was taken into custody on a charge of OWI/1st Offense. Kern was being held in the Cass County Jail pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Injury accident in Harlan

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May 13th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A Harlan woman was hospitalized for minor injuries following an accident Wednesday, at 12th and Chatburn, in Harlan. Mollie Wooster suffered a wrist injury during the crash involving her vehicle and a vehicle driven by Richard Joy, of Harlan.

According to Harlan Police, Wooster was traveling west on Chatburn Avenue and had proceeded to turn south onto 12th Street, when her vehicle was struck on the right corner panel by Joy’s vehicle, as he was traveling east on Chatburn.

Police cited Wooster for failure to yield upon left turn. Damage from the accident amounted to $4,000.

Somebody’s been sleeping on my…couch

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May 13th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

A Harlan resident found an unwelcome guest in their house last Sunday (May 8th).  According to the police department, 17-year old Cody Schwery was arrested after a resident in the 500 block of Victoria Street in Harlan, awoke to find Schwery asleep on their couch. Schwery was subsequently charged with public intoxication, and later released to the custody of his mother.

Officials say also, 29-year old Bruce Spray, of Harlan, was arrested Monday, following a disturbance in the 800 block of Court Street in Harlan. Spray was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, trespassing and obstruction of emergency communications.

And, a complaint was filed May 6th with Shelby County District Court against 33-year old Lisa Patten, of Harlan. Patten is alleged to have taken an I-Pod Touch belonging to Brandon Allen, of Harlan. The complaint sought a 4th  degree theft charge against Patten, but there is no record of formal charges being filed, on the Iowa Courts On-line website.

Bluffs Police Memorial Service

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May 13th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department have announced a Police Memorial Service will take place next Thursday, May 19th, at the Refuge Bible Church in Council Bluffs. The annual event begins with a flag ceremony and laying of a memorial wreath at 6:30-p.m., on the east side of the Pottawattamie County Courthouse.

Memorial services will follow the ceremony, at the church. The service will honor local law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty, while serving with the Council Bluffs Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, and the Pott County Sheriff’s Department.

The Council Bluffs Police Department will also recognize its Officer of the Year, and the Citizen Police Academy graduates. The service is open to all members of the community.

Many other law enforcement agencies around Iowa, including the Clarinda Police Department, have memorial events planned for the week of May 15 through the 21st.

This Sunday, May 15th, is National Police Officers’ Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor the 160 law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty in the U-S and its territories, in 2010. President Obama and Congress have directed all government and state flags to be flown at half-staff on May 15th.

SW IA Dive Team aides in search for missing girl

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May 13th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Members of the Southwest Iowa Dive Team were called to a lake just outside of Lincoln, Nebraska, Tuesday, to search for a 10-year old girl who has been missing since Mother’s Day. Red Oak Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Goldapp says the dive team, which is well respected for their efforts in water recoveries, received a call for assistance at Tuesday morning.

The team, which includes three members from Cass County, as well as personnel from Adams and Ringgold Counties, along with the Red Oak and Clarinda Fire Departments, traveled in separate vehicles and gathered in Nebraska City to coordinate their search efforts for Yessica Lizbet Leon-Beltran.

Although no one actually saw her enter the water, the girl is believed to have drowned in Pawnee Lake, which is about 12-miles west of Lincoln. The search for Yessica began Monday, and involved the use of sonar, divers and a Nebraska State Patrol helicopter. The initial search was called-off at sunset Monday, and resumed Tuesday.

The Southwest Iowa Dive Team arrived on the scene at around 9:30-a.m. Tuesday. Goldapp says they searched the 18-hundred acre, 30-to 60- foot deep lake for about 12-hours without success. He said they returned home at around midnight Tuesday.

Goldapp said the members of the Red Oak diving contingent are worn out, after having searched the lake, fighting a fire early Thursday morning, and attending the funeral today (Friday), for the wife of a former Red Oak fire fighter.

Red Oak boy arrested on arson charge

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May 13th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in Page County say a 12-year old Red Oak boy was charged with 1st degree arson Thursday, following a residential fire early that same morning in Red Oak. Fire Chief Rick Askey says the juvenile was charged after firefighters responded to the scene of a house fire at 104 West Maple at around 1:45 a.m.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, a heavy fire condition was observed in a second story bedroom, and a great deal of smoke was coming from the front and rear sides of the residence. Askey says they determined the intentionally set fire began with common combustibles, in an upper floor bedroom in the house’s northwest corner.

Six people lived in the home. All were able to escape without injury. Firefighters were able to knock down the blaze in less than two hours. The juvenile was in the house when the fire started, but Askey says the boy wasn’t not the first to recognize that a fire existed, or alert others to the danger.

Most of the damage to the home was confined to the upper floor bedroom. The entire house sustained smoke damage, though, while the bedroom where the fire began, and a living room on the first floor sustained water damage.

After State Fire Marshal John Ticer confirmed Red Oak Fire investigators’ suspicions about the cause of the blaze, the juvenile was questioned and later taken to the Council Bluffs Juvenile Detention Center.