DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Dubuque woman stole more than $35,000 from the estate account of her late father. Dubuque County court records say 54-year-old Molly Behnke, of Dubuque, is charged with theft. The Telegraph Herald reports that an estate attorney told police that Behnke, as one of the executors for her father’s estate, was authorized to withdraw money to pay his final bills. But court documents say Behnke made withdrawals from May to July that were not used to pay off the debts.

The Creston Police Department reports a central Iowa woman was arrested today (Wednesday) at around 1:20-a.m.  20-year old Natalie Eslinger, of Runnells, was taken into custody on two Union County warrants for Probation Violation on original charges of OWI/1st offense and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Eslinger was additionally charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense, and Interference with Official Acts. She was being held without bond on the Union County warrants in the Adams County Jail until seen by a magistrate, and a bond of $2,300 for the new charges.

And, at around 4:40-p.m. Tuesday, 27-year old Ashley Walker, of Osceola, was arrested in Creston on a Forgery charge. Walker was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Unofficial results from the area auditor’s office show there was one very close race Tuesday night. In Adams County Republican Douglas Birt narrowly defeated Democrat Marty Olive, by a vote of 151-to 150, for the District 1 seat on the Board of Supervisors.

Other contested races were not as close….

In Cass County, the Board of Supervisors race in District 2 went to Republican Mark T. O’Brien, who received 62-percent of the vote to Pat McCurdy’s 38-percent. McCurdy was a Nominated by petition candidate. And, in the District 3 Supervisors race, Republican John Hartkopf won over Dana Halder, who was nominated by petition, 52-percent to 48-percent. And, in the six-person, five-seat non-partisan race for the Cass County Ag Extension Council, the winners were Chad Becker, David York, Kristi Plagman, Todd Weppler, and Brad J. Pellett.

In Adair County, the District 4 Board of Supervisor’s seat went into Demcrat incumbent Jodie Hoadley, who had 56-percent of the vote to Doug Davidson’s 43.2-percent. Davidson ran as a nominated by petition candidate.

In Audubon County, Republican incumbent Gary Van Aernam defeated Democrat challenger Dwight Jessen, 1,577 votes to 1,033 for the Board of Supervisors seat. In Guthrie County, Republican Clifford Carney won over Rick Kness, 705-to 340 votes for a seat on the Board of Supervisors in District 2. In District 3, Everett Grasty garnered 602 votes for the win over Democrat Kevin Wirt’s 506. And, Roberta “Bert” Simmons along with John Tews were elected as Hospital Trustees. A total of four candidates had vied for the two seats on the Board.

In Montgomery County, there were two seats open on the Hospital Board of Trustees, and three candidates. The winners were Jill C. Bergstrom and Kevin Cabbage. In Pottawattamie County, where there were three seats open on the Board of Supervisors and nine candidates, the winners were Scott A. Belt, Lynn Grobe and incumbant Justin Schultz, all of whom are Republicans.

In Shelby County, Republican Darin Haake defeated Democrat Roger Schmitz for the open seat on the Board of Supervisors in District 1, and Steve Jacobs won the race for Clay Township Clerk, over his opponent Joel Schlueter.

All of the results are unofficial until canvassed by the respective county boards of supervisors. Here in Cass County, the election results will be canvassed next Tuesday, at Noon. More results are available on the kjan.com News page.

VENTURA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a firefighter was injured in northern Iowa when the firetruck he was driving rolled. The accident occurred a little after 9:30 p.m. Saturday, after the truck left a fire scene south of Ventura. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that authorities say the driver turned too short at an intersection, causing the truck to roll onto its top in a roadside ditch. The driver was taken to a Mason City hospital for treatment. He’s been identified as 65-year-old Doug Phinney.