A woman from Marne was cited for Failure to Maintain Control and Failure to Yield one-half of the roadway, following a collision Thursday afternoon on Highway 83, near Walnut.  Lt. Rob Ambrose, with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department, told KJAN News 26-year old Heidi Johnson, of Marne, was traveling east at around 2:18-p.m., when the 2013 Nissan Rouge (a crossover-style SUV) she was driving, crossed the center line of the road into part of the westbound lane. The SUV collided with a westbound 2002 Chrysler, driven by 26-year old Samantha Walters, of Atlantic.

Walters suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by Walnut Rescue to Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, for treatment. Johnson refused medical treatment at the scene. Damage from the crash amounted to approximately $24,000.

Police in Clarinda arrested an Appanoose County man early this (Friday) morning, on drug charges. Officials say at around 2:20-a.m., 48-year old James Edward Logston Jr., of Cincinnati, Iowa, was taken into custody following a traffic stop. He faces a felony possession of a controlled substance charge, with the substance believed to be marijuana, and, possession of equipment and paraphernalia used for the ingestion of illicit substances.

Logston Jr. was being held in the Page County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before a Magistrate.

An off-set collision west of Walnut Thursday afternoon resulted in one person being transported to the hospital in Harlan. According to Pottawattamie County authorities, a pickup traveling east on Highway 83 crossed the center line and struck a westbound car. The accident happened at around 2:20-p.m.

The driver of one of the vehicles was transported to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. No names were immediately released. One of the drivers was cited. Additional details are not currently available.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A sex offender who failed to return to a work-release program in Sioux City has turned himself in to law enforcement. The Sioux City Journal reports 25-year-old Michael Euchner II turned himself in to the Sioux City Police Department Thursday. According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, Euchner had removed his GPS monitoring bracelet while working on July 21 and then left his job.

Euchner is serving a lifetime sex offender special supervision sentence following the completion of a 10-year prison term for a 2009 sexual abuse conviction. Euchner is being held in the Woodbury County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.