The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday), reports numerous arrests took place over the past few days.  At around 1:15-a.m. Sunday, 45-year old Michael Darrell Jacobsen, of Oakland, was arrested following a traffic stop for a registration violation, and charged with Driving While Barred and Unlawful Possession of a Prescription Drug (One-half pill of Zanax). And, at around 12:15-a.m. Sunday, 26-year old Jerry Lee Grounds, of Elliott, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, after he crashed his 2001 Dodge Caravan into a ditch near Beechnut Road and 510th Street.

At around 11:17-p.m. Saturday, Pottawattamie County Deputies arrested 32-year old Christopher Russell Marsh, of Macedonia. Marsh was taken into custody on an active Pottawattamie County warrant for Probation Violation, and a Montgomery County warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree.

Saturday afternoon, Pott. County authorities arrested 37-year old James David Yopp, Jr., of Underwood, for Harassment in the 3rd Degree and 1st Offense Stalking associated with an incident involving his wife. Saturday morning, 23-year old Courtney Sue Westcott, of Council Bluffs, was arrested following a disturbance in the area of 320th Street and Highway 6. Westcott was charged with Simple Assault with Injury. Her victim, a 34-year old woman from Macedonia, reportedly suffered minor injuries during the incident.

And, late Friday morning, 47-year old William Joseph Grego, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was arrested following a traffic stop, on a Pott. County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault causing bodily injury or mental illness.

A call about a possible burglary in progress in Walnut Friday afternoon, resulted in four arrests. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a deputy was dispatched at around 3-p.m. to a residence in the 600 block of Country Street in Walnut. Upon further investigation, Phillip Houston, Jacob Jens, and Cody Varnes, all of Walnut, along with Daniel Rosse, of Avoca, were arrested for Attempted Burglary in the 3rd Degree/Breaking and Entering, and Theft in the 3rd Degree. The suspects are allegedly to have stolen household goods that included a washer and dryer, hutch and table saw, with a combined value of $800.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa’s insurance commissioner is proposing a plan he thinks could keep Iowa from becoming the first state to lose all of its health care insurance carriers offering policies on the Affordable Care Act exchange next year.

Doug Ommen says he traveled to Washington last week with officials from two major Iowa insurance carriers to pitch a proposal to federal officials that would save the Iowa market from collapsing.

Minnesota-based Medica is the only remaining statewide insurer on the exchange and has said it will drop out if changes aren’t made. Ommen’s plan reallocates federal subsidies currently used to lower costs for older participants to entice younger people into the insurance market and uses federal reinsurance dollars to help insurers absorb high-cost claims.

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has committed to selling insurance in all 99 Iowa counties next year if the plan is approved. Without approval, Ommen says Medica will drop out and 72,000 Iowans will be uninsured next year.

SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a 5-year-old boy and a man driving them have died after a collision in northwest Iowa. The accident occurred around 10:50 a.m. Saturday on Iowa Highway 9 near Sibley. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says a westbound car collided with an eastbound sport utility vehicle.

The car driver was pronounced dead later at Osceola Community Hospital. He was identified as 48-year-old Travis Mier, who lived in Spirit Lake. The boy was pronounced dead later at a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hospital. The Sheriff’s Office identified him as Elliot Mier.

The SUV driver was taken to Sanford Rock Rapids Medical Center in Rock Rapids for treatment of injuries not believed to be life-threatening. She was identified as 48-year-old Ann Vanderpool, who lives in Milford, Iowa.

A Crawford County man was arrested Saturday morning on an Audubon County warrant for Revocation of Probation. The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office reports 36-year old John C. Ruon, of Denison, was taken into custody with assistance from the Iowa State Patrol, at around 11-a.m. Saturday.

In July 2016, Ruon plead guilty to a charge of OWI/2nd offense. Authorities say he allegedly failed to comply with the terms of his probation and was transported to the Audubon County Jail, where he was being held on a $2,000 bond. Ruon is set to appear in District Court, June 26th.