COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been accused of stealing nearly $65,000 from a nonprofit group she was employed by in Council Bluffs. Pottawattamie County Court records say 44-year-old Pamela Duffield is charged with theft. Her attorney has declined to comment. Duffield’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 15. Authorities say she stole client money that was supposed to pay Children’s Square U.S.A. for child care. She’d worked 19 years for the children’s aid organization and was fired in January 2017 after being accused of forging an employee’s name.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Friends and family of a northern Iowa TV news anchor missing since 1995 hope a new billboard campaign will help solve the mystery of her disappearance. Jodi Huisentruit went missing on her way to work June 27, 1995, at station KIMT in Mason City. Investigators have never found Huisentruit, who was declared legally dead in 2001. No one has been charged in her disappearance.

Jodi Huisentruit (file photo)

Four billboards featuring a photo of Huisentruit and the message “Somebody knows something . is it YOU?” are being installed around Mason City under the direction of FindJodi.com , a website devoted to solving the case. The website and its backers paid for three of the billboards; the fourth was donated. They’ll stay up through June. Huisentruit was Minnesota native who graduated from St. Cloud State University.

A man from Greene is in jail today (Thursday), charged with making a threat of terrorism against the school in northeast’s Iowa Butler County. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office reports 19-year-old Andrew Corwin was arrested Wednesday after allegedly making a threat to the school in Greene. Law enforcement alerted the district about a potential threat Wednesday morning prompting a 45 minute lockdown at the North Butler Junior/Senior High School. Butler County Sheriff Jason Johnson says Corwin was apprehended soon after the investigation began. Johnson says Corwin was not found at the school, nor did the investigation conclude that he had been at or near the school. Corwin faces a Class D Felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

(Radio Iowa)

A traffic stop on a vehicle in Pottawattamie County at around Noon, Wednesday, resulted in the arrest of a woman from Nebraska. Sheriff’s officials say a 2001 Accura was pulled over on Wabash Avenue by a Pott. County Deputy. Upon further investigation, a glass pipe used to smoke methamphetamine was discovered. The pipe had meth residue on it. The driver of the vehicle, 39-year old Nicole E. Anson, of Omaha, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and she was issued several traffic citations. And, an inmate at the Pottawattamie County Jail was served with a warrant for Violation of Probation, Wednesday afternoon. A Deputy read the warrant for 33-year old Michael Joseph Stone, of Council Bluffs. Afterward Stone was returned to the custody of Corrections Staff.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors have passed two resolutions pertaining to an Urban Renewal Project and the purchase of a new Sheriff’s Department K9 SUV. The action followed public hearings on both matters. There were no objections written or oral, for either of the matters. Auditor Dale Sunderman read the first resolution pertaining to the authorization of an Internal Loan, to fund Urban Renewal Project costs associated with the Elite Octane Ethanol plant. The motion was for non-recurring debt on an amount not to exceed $350,000, which would act as a compliment to the General Obligation funds, because of a change order and additional legal and retention fees. The loan would be repaid through Tax Increment Financing funds before June 1^st, 2035.

The second resolution was with regard to Cass County’s application for financial assistance with USDA Rural Development, for the partial funding of the costs associated with a Cass County Sheriff’s K9 vehicle. The Sheriff’s Department is making the application, with the County approving the purchase of a vehicle to replace an SUV that is aging-out. Supervisor Steve Green, the former Police Chief of Atlantic, explained the difference between a K9 transport vehicle and any other type of vehicle. He said they door poppers to get the dog out quickly in an emergency situation, vehicle interior temperature sensors to make sure the K9 doesn’t overheat, and other specialized equipment he said “Is expensive.” USDA Rural Development would pay 35-percent of the cost associated with the vehicle, which is expected to be a Chevy Tahoe.

In other business, the Board approved Crow River Construction’s application for partial payment amounting to slightly more than $68,067, for work on the ethanol plant gray water transmission line. Snyder Engineer’s Dave Sturm said the “project is essentially complete and has passed all the tests, with the exception of start-up pumping.” They’re still waiting for the ethanol plant to receive water. And, the Board approved Manatt’s application for partial payment amounting to $470,633 for work on the Glacier-to Buck Creek and Echo Road paving project. Dave Sturm said just over $2.5-million worth of work has been completed on the $2.77-million contract. That part of the project should wrap up, he said, in a couple of weeks. Sturm said the plant should be operational by mid-June.