The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa State Patrol, says they are in need of your help in locating  an adult male.  Authorities are looking for a 2012 Black, Ford Dually, with Tennessee license plate# J414234. The man’s name is Frank Dietz.

Dietz is said to be sick and disoriented.  When they last spoke to him, he advised he was ”stuck on a road.”  Frank Dietz’s phone was pinged in Guthrie County.  Please check your farms, the roads around your farms and contact the Sheriff’s Office if you see Mr. Dietz or his truck. Call the Guthrie County Sheriff’s  641-747-2214 if you have any information about Dietz’ location.

Authorities are looking for a truck very similar to this one.

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The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reports the intersection of 300th Street and Peach Road is currently closed for a replacement pipe project. Construction on the project is expected to last one-week.The pipe is located between Monroe Township Sections  19 and 30, and Fairview Township Sections 24 and 25.

Since the area has many dirt or Level “B” roads, considerable alternate route planning will be necessary for some emergency responders if they should need to aid nearby residents. If you have any questions, call the Shelby County Engineer’s Office at 712-755-5954.

Police in Creston arrested 24-year old Brandon Case, of Creston, Friday night. Case was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for a Controlled Substance Violation, and, Possession of a Controlled Substance. Case was being held in the Union County Jail on $51,000 bond.

29-year old Lena Darling, of Creston, was arrested Friday afternoon, on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Debtor’s Exam. The woman was later released from the Union County Jail on $146 bond.

And on Sunday, Creston Police arrested 21-year old Todd Murray, of Creston, on charges of Burglary in the 3rd degree and Criminal Mischief in the 2nd degree. Murray was later released from the Union County Jail on $5,000 bond.

Creston Police said also, a resident of the 1000 block of N. Cherry Street reported Sunday, that someone had stolen a double-lighted security light from the north side of his home. The left took place sometime between June 19th and 22nd. The loss was estimated at $20.