The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest early this (Thursday) morning, of 27-year old Codey Thomas Thramer, of Council Bluffs. Thramer was apprehended on a warrant for Prohibited Destructive Acts at around 3:10-a.m., following a traffic stop.

Wednesday afternoon, 20-year old Michael Christopher Edwards, of Oakland, was arrested following a traffic stop, for Driving While Barred. He was also given a warning for not have a front license plate.

And, at around 6:30-a.m. Wednesday, a Pottawattamie County Deputy arrested 18-year old Mason Mitchell Streit, of Council Bluffs, following an investigation into a truck with two occupants that was stuck in a creek near Eastern Hills and State Orchard Road. Council Bluffs Police was on the scene prior to the Deputies’ arrival, and advised two males may be intoxicated and under the age of 21. Streit was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense and Possession or purchase of alcohol by a person under the legal age.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a man from Central Iowa was arrested Wednesday night at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. 34-year old Daniel Charles Clausen, of Indianola, was arrested on a Union County Warrant for failure to appear on the original charge of theft 5th degree.  Clausen was being held in the Union County Jail on $1000 bond.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation say a public information meeting will be held Tuesday, June 27, to discuss the replacement and right of way needs of the U.S. 30 bridge over Mill Creek, which is approximately 750 feet south of 128th Trail, in Harrison County. Traffic will be detoured on-site to the east of U.S. 30.

All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting anytime between 4:30 and 6 p.m. at the Dunlap City Hall (716 Iowa Ave). The meeting will be conducted utilizing an open forum format. Iowa DOT staff will be present to informally discuss the proposed improvements. No formal presentation will be made.

For general information regarding the proposed improvements or public meeting, contact Scott Suhr, transportation planner, Iowa DOT District 4 Office in Atlantic, at 712-243-3355 or 800-289-4368.

Leaders of the Iowa Hospital Association are raising concerns about Republican proposals they say would end federal funding of health care coverage for more than 100-thousand low-income Iowans. Ted Townsend is president and C-E-O of UnityPoint-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. “People fear the health care system in this country,” Townsend says. “…Our goal is to try to protect the fact that we’ve made some progress.”

The expansion of government-paid Medicaid coverage that’s been part of “ObamaCare” would be phased out under the alternative that cleared the Republican-led U.S. House earlier this year. Republicans in the SENATE are crafting their own plan in private. Iowa hospital executives warn the end of Medicaid expansion will hit low-income Iowans who’ve benefited from getting regular check-ups and care for chronic conditions like diabetes. Mike Myers, the C-E-O of Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, is chairman of the Iowa Hospital Association’s board of directors.

“On a weekly basis, we would have people come in so ill that they required transport to the University of Iowa or another tertiary center for very extensive care,” Myers says. “Since that time, it’s rare that we have somebody come in with their diabetes out of control, heart failure, an infection that they let go and the fear is to go back to that is a big step backwards in the health status of individuals.”

Steve Baumert is the president and C-E-O of Methodist Jennie Edmondson Hospital in Council Bluffs. He says there are “countless stories” in his city of people who’ve been helped by the expansion of Medicaid, including one homeless man who was a frequent emergency room patient who’s now seeing a doctor regularly, has a job and is living in a home. “Those types of efforts clearly would be threatened with the reduction in Medicaid funding,” Baumert says.

Charity care at his hospital in Council Bluffs has been cut in half since 2013 when Medicaid was expanded. Iowa Hospital Association C-E-O Kirk Norris says hospitals all across the state are seeing similar trends. “Charity care levels since the expansion of Medicaid in Iowa have severely dropped,” Norris says.

The Iowa Hospital Association represents 118 hospitals.

(Radio Iowa)