Officials with the Cass County Health System report the Emergency Drive at Cass County Memorial Hospital will be closed for about one week for resurfacing.  The closure will begin the morning of Tuesday, April 24th. All traffic will need to approach the Emergency Department and Rehabilitation Services Parking Lot C by using the Main Entrance at the corner of 10th Street and Hospital Drive, and driving around the back of the building. Drivers are reminded to be alert for pedestrians as they drive around the building.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Villisca man on Monday. At 11:25am the Sheriff’s Office arrested 26-year-old Jesse A. Luft ,of Villisca, in the 100 block of North U Avenue in Villisca. He was arrested on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault (Simple Misdemeanor) following an incident that occurred in the 100 block of West 2nd Street in Villisca.

Luft was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held without bond until he appears before the Magistrate. Luft was also issued a citation for Trespassing.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters are working to extinguish a wildfire that burned roughly 300 acres near the Missouri River in western Iowa. The Omaha World-Herald reports the fire that burned on Sunday has been contained, but it continued to smolder on Monday.

The fire started near Council Bluffs and covered more than 2 miles of brush and trees to the Veterans Memorial Bridge that connects to south Omaha. The fire also damaged an all-terrain vehicle park that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources manages.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

We have more information about an officer-involved fatal shooting in the central Iowa town of Boone. Authorities say Officers with the Boone Police Department responded to a 911 call about an active domestic abuse situation at 620 2nd Street, in Boone.The female caller said 48-year old Timothy Wayne Anderson, of Boone, was in the house threatening her and another person with a knife.

Boone Police Chief John Wiebold says the man attacked responding officers with the knife. Officers attempted to retreat out of the home while Anderson ran out of the home at them. Despite repeated calls from Officers for Anderson to drop the knife, he failed to comply. That’s when the officers shot and killed the man.

Multiple officers fired their weapons during the incident. Six Boone Police officers are now on paid leave while the incident is under investigation. Chief Wiebold would NOT say if all six officers fired their weapons. The Officers were identified as Capt. Lonnie Hikiji, Officers Daniel Lynch, Joseph Slight, Conner McCuen, Cole Hilsabeck and Seth McCrea.

The incident remains under investigation by the Boone P.D. and Iowa DCI. The results of the investigation will be turned over to the Boone County Attorney’s Office for review.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday) released a report on arrests. At around 6:40-a.m. today, 33-year old Christopher Allen Lundgren, of Omaha, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension and and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Sunday afternoon, 18-year old Brodie Joseph Crockett, of Malvern, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance. Also arrested Sunday, was 27-year old Tyler James Paulson, of Malvern. He was charged with Public Intoxication.

And, there were three arrests on Saturday: 50-year old John Merrill Meyers, of Glenwood, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Harassment 2^nd, Interference with Official Acts and Public Intoxication; 56-year old Windy Jill Monjarez, of Omaha, was arrested for Assault while Displaying a Dangerous Weapon; and 23-year old Brandon Michael Wiles, of Bellevue, NE, was arrested for OWI 1^st  offense.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued an order to begin establishing a children’s mental health service system in the coming years. Reynolds signed an executive order Monday creating a state board, calling it a “first step.” The board will submit recommendations on how Iowa can better serve children in the state’s “inadequate” mental health system.

The board will be made up of mental health professionals, state agency representatives, lawmakers and others. Reynolds said it will build on efforts by previous groups. A similar process resulted in bipartisan legislation Reynolds signed last month to expand mental health systems for adults.

Reynolds said initial funding for the children’s system might be found within existing funds. She said “at some point” the effort would require additional money. The expanded adult services are expected to cost more than $31 million in the first two years.