Authorities in Atlantic say no citations were issued after a non-injury accident Wednesday evening.  According to the police department, vehicles driven by David Crum and Ramon Smith, both of Atlantic, collided at around 5:15-p.m. Wednesday, as Crum was traveling south on Walnut Street and Smith was eastbound on 7th Street. Smith attempted to stop for the red light, but the vehicle slid into the intersection and hit Crum’s vehicle, causing a total of $3,500 damage.

Atlantic Police report also, 50-year old Robert Atkinson, of Atlantic, was arrested Wednesday, for 5th degree theft. He was brought to the Cass County Jail and held pending a court appearance.

Omaha, NE. (AP) — Families in Mills County who were affected by this year’s flooding along the Missouri River may be able to get as much as $1,000 from the American Red Cross. The Loess Hills Chapter of the Red Cross is offering the money to flood victims.

Julie Chavez says she hopes her family will qualify for the Red Cross money, because they were unable to get help from FEMA. Chavez says her family’s home was surrounded by floodwaters in June, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.

The U-S Army Corps of Engineers released massive amounts of water from dams located along the Missouri River earlier this year, to deal with heavy rains and above-average snowmelt, causing record flooding in Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri.

The Iowa State Patrol this week recently got caught up on their accident reports after last week’s snow event. One of the reports they released late this week was with regard to a serious injury accident which occurred last Thursday, December 1^st. Officials say 41-year old Jimmy Stringer, of Casey, suffered incapacitating injuries during a collision between his SUV and a car, and was flown from the Guthrie County Hospital to a hospital in Des Moines. The accident happened about 1.5-miles north of Adair at around 4:35 p.m., December 1^st. The Patrol says 28-year old Christina Funke, of Adair, was traveling south on Frontier Road when the passenger side tires of her 2006 Chrysler Sebring dropped off the west edge of the pavement. Funke over-corrected, sending the car across the center line of the road, where it hit a 1998 Chevy Tahoe driven by Stringer, head-on.

Officials say the air bags deployed in Funke’s vehicle as it continued into the west ditch. The woman was not injured, but Stringer was ejected from his SUV as it rolled into the east ditch. The vehicle ended-up landing on its wheels. Both vehicles were totaled, and a fence owned by Sam Carney, of Adair, was damaged during the crash. 

Funke was cited for failure to maintain control and driving on the wrong side of a two way highway. Stringer was cited for failure to wear safety belts.

The Iowa Department of Transportation has awarded a large grant to Mills County for a proposed business corridor near Interstate 29.  The county received an $876,510 grant to help pave a 1¼-mile stretch of 190th Street from Kane Avenue south, to Highway 34. Local officials says the road, which is currently gravel is central to a proposed 5,600-acre business complex predominantly on the west side of I-29.  Included in the pavement project are plans to elevate 190th Street to address flooding concerns.,  

The Metropolitan Area Planning Agency teamed with the county and JEO Consulting, a Wahoo, Neb.-based engineering firm, to apply for the grant. JEO’s project manager says the paving project will cost about $1.2 million.  The engineering firm developed a 30-year master plan for the business corridor, which now includes the Mid-America Motorplex and farm implement company A&M Green Power.

Officials says the corridor is prime for business,  thanks to the $140 million Highway 34 Bridge project that will extend the highway from the I-29 Glenwood exit to U.S. Highway 75 in Nebraska. A portion of Highway 34 currently on the west side of I-29 will become a county road. Rick Allely, business development manager for JEO, said the corridor would attract warehouses, manufacturing businesses and commercial projects, including hotels, restaurants and office parks.