(Updated w/additional info. 10:30-a.m.)

A search warrant executed at around 7-a.m. Tuesday in Creston, resulted in the arrest of five people on drug, and other charges. Officers with the Creston Police Department and Union County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at the address of 1000 W. Montgomery St., in Creston.  Items located during the search include: Over 5-oz. of Marijuana, one firearm, several rounds of rifle ammunition and approximately $2000 in cash.

Police arrested 28-year old Devin Guzman McInnis, 21-year old Danny Guzman, both of Creston, along with 32-year old Omasan MaCarthy, and 25-year Ashley Griggs-Thomas, and 25-year old Equishah Jacque Shanae Williams, all of Des Moines. 

McInnis, Danny Guzman, and MaCarthy face charges that include Possession with the Intent to Sell – Marijuana, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. McInnis also faces a charge of Failure to Affix Drug Tax Stamp. All three men were later released from the Union County Jail on $5000 bond, each. Ashley Griggs-Thomas and Equishah Williams were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance – Marijuana. Both were later released on $1,000 bond, each.

In other news, Creston Police say a bank on W. Taylor Street in Creston, reported Tuesday, that a counterfeit $20 bill was received at the McDonald’s restaurant in Creston. The bill was found in a deposit bag from the night of May 16^th.

A public hearing will take place this (Wednesday) evening, in Atlantic, with regard to a Fiscal Year 2016 City of Atlantic Budget Amendment. The hearing is part of a regular meeting of the Atlantic City Council, that begins at 5:30-p.m. in their chambers at City Hall.

City Administrator John Lund says “The majority of the amendment is not new spending or overspending, but issues of timing.” He says since the City operates on a cash basis, “Everything is contingent upon when we receive bills and pay them. Much of the amendment is moving monies designated for next fiscal year, up to this fiscal year.” He says also, “This is something the City does every year, and is a common practice.” Some of the changes are due to the purchase of a firetruck, receipt of bonds and grant funds. Following the hearing, the Council will act on approving a Resolution amending the budget as described and written.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will act on a Resolution setting the salaries and wages for City employees, effective July 1st, 2016. Lund says the Resolution is part of an annual process needed to equalize union and non-union employees’ pay as set for in the approved labor agreement.

The Council will also recognize retiring Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Director Roger Herring, for his five-years of service to the community.

CARLISLE, Iowa (AP) – The world’s first surviving septuplets are scheduled to graduate Sunday from an Iowa high school. Alexis, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Kenny, Natalie and Nathan McCaughey were born Nov. 19, 1997, ranging in weight from 2 pounds, 5 ounces to 3 pounds, 4 ounces. Their mother had taken a fertility drug.

The children gained international fame for their births. The Des Moines Register reports, Iowans who have watched the siblings grow often approach the McCaugheys to tell them that they can remember exactly where they were on the day the kids were born at a Des Moines hospital.

The family lives in Carlisle, which sits just southeast of Des Moines. Their parents say the seven have been promised a free college education at Hannibal-LaGrange University in Missouri.