Officials with the Glenwood Police Department, Monday, said five arrests had taken place over the past few days. Three people were arrested on drug charges.

On Sunday, 53-year old Christine Hughes, of Glenwood, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS) and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was later released on a $1,300 cash or surety bond. 52-year old Sean Runyan, of Alton, MO.,  was arrested Sunday for PCS and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. His cash/surety bond was set at $1,300. And, 18-year old Brandon Burghardt, of Carter Lake, was arrested in Glenwood, Sunday, for a Controlled Substance Violation and Poss. of drug paraphernalia. He posted a $5,300 cash/surety bond.

On Saturday, 28-year old Tyler Chambers, of Glenwood, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault and Child Endangerment. He posted a $3,000 cash/surety bond. And, on Friday, 55-year old Kevin Henderson, of St. Joseph, MO., was arrested in Glenwood for Disorderly Conduct. He posted a $300 cash/surety bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is asking lawmakers for $15 million from the ending balance of the current year’s budget for immediate work on levees and repairs in flooded communities. She’s also seeking $10 million from next year’s budget to accelerate housing improvements. Reynolds announced her request Monday, saying federal money often takes months or years to arrive.

Reynolds also announced the creation of a Flood Recovery Advisory Board, which will coordinate state recovery efforts. Reynolds says she’ll lead the panel of up to 15 people. Flooding in March damaged more than 50 levees stretching about 250 miles along the Missouri River. Reynolds says 25,000 homes were destroyed or have major damage and more than 4,200 businesses were affected.

Early damage estimates provided to the federal government for a disaster declaration total $1.6 billion but Reynolds says that is likely to grow.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Senate has sent a bill legalizing the growing of industrial hemp to the House for consideration. The Iowa Hemp Act passed the Senate Monday 49-1. Sen. Kevin Kinney, a farmer from Oxford says he hopes to make hemp a third leading commodity in Iowa in addition to corn and soybeans.

The bill allows licensed growers to cultivate the crop on up to 40 acres. Industrial hemp can be used in food, fiber, paper and other products and Kinney says it’s been estimated it could grow to be a $1.9 billion market by 2022.

The National Conference of State Legislatures says at least 38 states considered legislation last year after the federal government eased restrictions in the Farm Bill on commercial production. Nebraska lawmakers gave a bill its first-round approval Monday but it must pass twice more before it goes to the governor.

(Radio Iowa) — Just when it appeared floodwaters were receding in parts of southwest Iowa’s Fremont County, the saturation returned over the weekend. Fremont County Emergency Management director Mike Crecelius says the water has crept back over roads in the Percival area and in the parking lots at a truck stop at the exit off Interstate 29 is back underwater.

“Everyone’s looking forward to these warmer temperatures. On the other side of that, these warmer temperatures mean all that snow these folks north of us got last week is going to be melting and that comes into the river below Gavin’s Point,” he says. The Gavin’s Point Dam on the Missouri River is located in South Dakota.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials announced over the weekend it had awarded the contract for repairs to the levee closest to Percival. Crecelius says it could be some time before those repairs take place, however. Meanwhile, Corps officials continue to work with city crews in Hamburg to fortify the levee southwest of Hamburg that breached last month.

Crecelius says roughly two feet of water is still covering the southern end of the community. Meanwhile, piles of flood-damaged materials discarded from homes have been placed curbside by local residents. “Nothing in there is really worth saving in most cases,” Crecelius says. “…DOT is providing eight trucks and three grapples starting today, to pick up all the debris that the folks have been dragging out to the edge of the streets and segregating it by the EPA requirements.”

Due to the ongoing flood conditions, the evacuation orders already in place in Fremont County will remain in place.  “We don’t want somebody being out there and then getting stranded and needing medical attention or the house catches fire and emergency services can’t get to them in any way, shape or form and the only way, then, would be to get a boat and go out there and get them,” Crecelius says. “We’re really not equipped to do that kind of stuff here.”

Crecelius says flood-damaged roads remained closed in the county. He says despite this, some vehicles–including trucks–are still ignoring the road closed barriers. “Three of them decided to go across Highway 2 and try to get to Nebraska City yesterday,” he says. “They have Jersey barriers on the Nebraska City side, so all three of them had to back their way down the bridge and one of the Fremont County deputies was sitting there when they came back through the water.”

The ticket for failing to obey a “road closed” sign is 195 dollars when court fines are included.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers, Monday, said two search warrants were executed Sunday afternoon at 901 W. Tarkio Street. During the investigation, Police seized approximately 40 grams of methamphetamine and several thousand dollars of cash.

Taken into custody was 35-year old Lacey Jo Smalley and 30-year old Vanessa Ranae Jones, both of Clarinda, along with 28-year old Thomas Jeffrey Engstrand, of Braddyville. All three were charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, gathering where illegal drugs are sold and used and failure to affix drug tax stamps. All three were being held at the Page County Jail on bail.

Reports concerning the incident have been submitted to the office of Page County Attorney Carl M. Sonksen for review regarding the filing of formal charges.