A search warrant executed Wednesday night in Clarinda resulted in the recovery of about 51 grams of a substance believed to be methamphetamine. The occupants of the home at 614 E. Washington Street, were identified as 49-year Roger Schaben, and 52-year old Tina Benkowich. They were taken into custody at around 11-p.m. for felony possession with intent to deliver, more than five grams of methamphetamine and failure to affix a drug stamp. Both Schaben and Benkowich are being held in the Page County Jail without bail pending an appearance before the court.

Police reports have been submitted to the offices of Page County Attorney Carl M. Sonksen for review regarding the filing of formal charges.

A call to Pottawattamie County authorities Wednesday night about a suspicious vehicle resulted in a pursuit and crash. The vehicle, a 1994 Dodge Ram van, was located in the area of 240th and Mahogany, after a check of the license plates revealed the plates had been reported stolen off a vehicle in Neola. The van was eventually wrecked during the pursuit, and its occupants taken into custody just before 9-p.m. without further incident. The driver, 31-year old Anthony Scott White, of Lexington, KY., was charged with Eluding, Reckless Driving, and Theft in the 5th Degree.

Authorities said also, 30-year old Brandon Ray Nelson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 2:50-a.m. today (Thursday), following a traffic stop on a vehicle whose registered owner was wanted on a warrant. A Deputy made contact with the owner/driver and confirmed his identity. He was arrested on the warrant Violation of a No Contact Order, as well as for OWI/1st offense, after deputies found numerous beer cans inside the vehicle. The man also had bloodshot eyes, and a strong odor of booze in the vehicle and on his person. His breath tested over the legal limit for intoxication. Nelson also received citations for open container and no insurance.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy is seeking expert guidance on whether to fix its moldy facility or relocate. The academy in Johnston trained more than 11,000 law enforcement personnel last year. It underwent a cleaning after tests in December 2015 showed high levels of mold.

The underlying causes of the mold have not been removed, however. Academy director Judy Bradshaw told The Des Moines Register the sources are the plumbing and HVAC systems. The academy is seeking $10 million from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, which is funded in part by Iowa gambling revenue.

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 50-year-old man whose body was found by firefighters inside his eastern Iowa home. A news release Thursday from the Clinton police and fire departments identified the man as Donald Loechel. Firefighters who were dispatched a little before 11:30 p.m. Monday found the two-story structure engulfed in flames. They didn’t find the body until the fire could be controlled sufficiently for them to go inside the house.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has exhausted its challenges to a lawsuit filed by a former state employee who said an agency fired him because of a work injury, and the costs to the state could top $1 million. The Iowa Supreme Court declined this month to hear an appeal from the state connected to a 2013 lawsuit filed by former Iowa Department of Natural Resources worker John Vetter. The move affirms a May 2017 ruling from the lower Iowa Court of Appeals that sided with Vetter.

Vetter alleged he was fired in 2013 after a work-related injury to his back. Following a 2015 trial, a district court judge ordered Iowa to pay more than $930,000. The state appealed. The judge is now determining final costs associated with the appeal. Vetter’s lawyers say new expenses like interest and attorneys’ fees have increased the total due to more than $1 million. A spokesman for the attorney general’s office declined to comment.