The Creston Police Department says four people were arrested Tuesday, three of them on drug charges. 31-year old Waymond Foster, of Creston, was arrested at around 1-p.m. at his residence, for Violation of a Protection Order, Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense, and Possession of Paraphernalia. Foster was being held in the Union County Jail on awaiting bond hearing. 32-year old Ashley Foster, of the same address, was arrested at about the same time, on the same charges. She was being held in the Adams County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing. At around 1:20-p.m. Tuesday, 18-year old Chaz Miller, of Orient, was arrested the Fosters’ residence, on charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense and Possession of Paraphernalia. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond.

And, at around 11:20-p.m. Tuesday, 27-year old Brandon Case, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Protection Order. He was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

Sheriff’s deputies in Adams County arrested a man on a Public Intoxication charge, Tuesday night, after they saw him stumbling across the road near 7th and Nodaway Streets, in Corning. Authorities say Jerry Lee Gilbert, of Corning, smelled strongly of alcohol when they found him at around 9-p.m.  Gilbert admitted to being intoxicated. He was placed under arrest for Public Intoxication/3rd or subsequent offense, and transported to the Adams County Jail, where his bond was set at $2,000.

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — A November trial is scheduled for a volunteer firefighter accused of setting fire to a corncrib in western Iowa’s Sac County. Sac County court records say 25-year-old Brent Mack pleaded not guilty Monday to arson, burglary and other crimes. The trial start is set for Nov. 5.

Authorities say Mack told investigators that he, 18-year-old Alexander Lilly and a 17-year-old girl drove around the county on Aug. 19, looking for a place to set a fire and settled on the corncrib. The plan was to start a fire so Mack could respond with his department from Nemaha to put it out.

The Nemaha and other departments responded to battle the blaze a little more than a mile north of Nemaha. Lilly also has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. The girl has been charged with conspiracy.

(Radio Iowa) — Two northwest Iowa men are facing felony charges after an investigation into last year’s death of an Estherville man. In late January of 2018, police found 27-year-old Matthew Strayer unresponsive in an Estherville home and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. Authorities announced this week they’ve arrested two men in connection with Strayer’s death. Jeremy Polzin of Estherville has been charged with delivery of meth and gathering where unlawful substances are used. Lance Rosburg of Estherville has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and several other felonies related to either the possession or delivery of meth and marijuana. He’s also charged with gathering where controlled substances are unlawfully used.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has announced the endorsement of one of Iowa’s last two uncommitted Democratic elected officials, state Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald. “She’s the one I think can address the biggest problems we have, and that is the hollowing out of the middle class,” Fitzgerald said in an interview with The Associated Press. “She’s clear, you understand her message, and I want her fighting for me and all of us.”

Fitzgerald was an early supporter of then-Sen. Barack Obama, who went on to win the presidency. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller also supported Obama but is endorsing Montana Gov. Steve Bullock for 2020. Iowa’s last remaining uncommitted statewide elected Democrat is Auditor Rob Sand. Asked what stood out about Warren in a field of Democrats often aligned on key issues, Fitzgerald declared that Warren “is a Democrat, she is a capitalist, and she wants to make our system work.” He said he’d do whatever the Warren campaign needed to help her win the caucuses.

Warren’s organization is seen as one of the strongest in Iowa, but compared with the other top-tier contenders in the field Warren has been relatively slow to roll out endorsements in the state. After a trickle of endorsement announcements, her first major haul of supporters in Iowa came out just last week, after her strong performance in the primary debate in Houston.
Fitzgerald marks Warren’s 25th Iowa endorsement and her sixth endorsement from an Iowa elected official.

Today’s (Wednesday’s) announcement came as the candidates prepared to return to Iowa for this weekend’s Polk County Democratic Party Steak Fry, a fundraising event that also will serve as a test of organizing strength for the candidates heading into the final stretch of the caucus campaign.