COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Chaplains who provide emotional support and spiritual guidance to police officers in western Iowa say they’re looking for more members to better serve the community. The Daily Nonpareil reports that the Council Bluffs Police Department Chaplain Corps met with police recruits Friday to spread the word about the program and their need for more chaplains. Only three chaplains serve the department.

Lt. Dan Flores says a chaplain offers the police department support through non-denominational faith. Flores says a chaplain can help notify a family when someone has died or hold a ceremony. Chaplain Liaison Sgt. Jill Knotek says a member doesn’t have to be an ordained minister or a certain faith to become a chaplain. Flores says the chaplains encourage anyone who “can be there for others” to contact them.

The Glenwood Police Department reports one arrest and a few accidents occurred late last week into early this week. Last Friday, 20-year old Brandon Vanatta, of Farragut, was arrested for Public Intoxication. His bond was set at $300.

Just before noon, on Friday, Glenwood Police investigated an accident that caused a total of $2,750. Officials say 51-year old Leslie Dianne Hamilton, of Glenwood, was leaving an apartment complex parking lot for the Village Glen Apartments, when the 2002 Pontiac Grand Am she was driving struck a retaining wall. The car then ran over a parking stop, pushing it into an adjacent yard. Witnesses told Police Hamilton drove through the adjacent yard, leaving parts of her vehicle behind until she got back on the roadway. She then left the scene southbound on Locust Street. Officers stopped her vehicle and confronted Hamilton about the incident. They said the woman appeared confused and was shaking uncontrollably. Hamilton told Police she had not been drinking, but the results of a Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) showed there was 0.056 on the device, or just under the legal limit to drive. Hamilton said there was ice on the windshield of the car, so she couldn’t see where she was going. She was cited for Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage accident.

Late Sunday morning, Glenwood Police investigated a property damage accident involving a vehicle traveling west on Fairview Drive. The 1999 Dodge Durango driven by 42-year old Barbara Evans Teaney, of Glenwood, went out of control and began sliding on the snow covered road. The SUV slid off the road and onto private property, where is struck mailboxes and became high-centered on a large, decorative rock. Damage from the mishap amounted to $1,700. No injuries were reported and no citations were issued.

And, Tuesday night, a 2017 Chevy Equinox driven by 59-year old Gloria Jean Prindle, and a 2003 Cadillac driven by 33-year old Gaylene Yvonne Laate, both of Glenwood, collided at the intersection of N. Walnut and 3rd Streets, in Glenwood. No injuries were reported. Officials say the Cadillac was northbound on N. Walnut, while the SUV was eastbound on 3rd Street. Prindle didn’t see the Cadillac, and failed to yield the right of way to the vehicle. The SUV pulled into the intersection and was struck by the Cadillac, causing a total of $2,500 damage. No citations were issued.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office has released a report about an accident that took place at around 12:30-a.m. Friday. Officials say 25-year old Nathan Drew Simington, of Lewis, was driving a 1995 Chevy Astro van eastbound on U-S Highway 34, when the vehicle went out of control due to the icy road conditions. The van slid off the road and into a large hole. No injuries were reported. The passenger side of the van sustained about $5,000 damage.

And a man from Afton reported to the Union County Sheriff’s Office Sunday night, that sometime between Dec. 16th and 18th, someone took his green 1995 Jeep Cherokee with plate AF660 that was parked at the end of his driveway.

GILMAN, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 90-year-old man died in central Iowa after falling into a water well on Christmas Day. The Marshalltown Times-Republican reports that first responders were sent to a property in rural Gilman around 9:10 a.m. Monday. Gilman Fire & Rescue says the man was pulled out around 20 minutes later from about 6 feet underground. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Authorities identified the man as Maurice Tufte. It’s unclear what led to his falling into the well.

An inmate at the Pottawattamie County Jail in Council Bluffs, was charged with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, Tuesday, after he allegedly caused $300 damage to a sprinkler head in the jail. The incident involving 36-year old Arthur Jarrod Crum, of Council Bluffs, occurred at around 3:20-p.m. Crum remains held in the jail without bond, for three counts of Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, and a charge of Simple Assault.

And, 33-year old Jared John Thomas Owens, of Council Bluffs, who was being held in the Pott. County Jail without bond on three counts of sexual abuse in the 2nd Degree, as well as on a North Carolina warrant for being a Fugitive from Justice, was served with additional papers for three counts of Violating of a No Contact Order. Owens was returned to the custody of jail staff.