(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with Cass Health, in Atlantic, report the August session of “Healthy U” at CCHS, will focus on planning for the future. The program is being presented by Cass Health Care Coordinators Megan Bierbaum, LMSW and Tiara Zemanek. The session will be on Thursday, August 15 at noon in Conference Room 2 at the hospital.

The Care Coordination team will touch on topics common amongst older adults as they plan for their futures, such as home health services, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, Power of Attorney, living wills, and outlining the Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment. This session’s goal is to equip older adults with this important information, so they can make decisions that are best for their health, their family, and their future.

Space is limited! A free boxed lunch is provided for all attendees, so reservations are required. Call 712-243-7479 to reserve your seat. For more information about Healthy U, visit casshealth.org/healthyu.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report three people were arrested on separate charges, over the weekend. Two people were arrested on Saturday: 60-year-old Gary Cowan, of Malvern, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension. He has since posted bond. And, 70-year-old Dennis Burnell, of Glenwood, was arrested on two counts of Harassment in the 3rd Degree. He was being held without bond until seen by a magistrate judge, and then released on his Own Recognizance.

On Sunday, Glenwood Police arrested 36-year-old Elayna Werner, of Glenwood, for Domestic Abuse Assault. She was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail pending a court appearance.

Glenwood Police said also, a Glenwood resident reported Sunday, an incident of Criminal Mischief, and, a separate resident reported the theft of a vehicle.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports three people were arrested last Friday, Aug. 2nd. 39-year-old Sherrece Patricia Kilgore was arrested on a Union County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense. She posted a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

At around 2:35-p.m. Friday, Adair County Deputies arrested 23-year-old Genevieve Lynn Williams, of Adair, for OWI/1st offense. Williams was arrested in an alley behind the Adair Fire Station, after Adair County Dispatch was notified about a car which had struck numerous items. The caller was able to get Williams’ vehicle to stop. Her Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC) at the Adair County Jail registered .170%, or slightly more than twice the legal limit. Williams was cited, and later released from custody.

And, at around 10:40-p.m., Friday, 32-year-old Kayla Dawn Herring, of Bridgewater, was arrested in Bridgewater, for Theft in the 4th Degree, for allegedly stealing a neighbor’s go-kart, and Driving Under Suspension, for allegedly driving the machine down the street before she had to push it to her home. Herring claimed she thought her neighbors had moved, and took the cart for safe keeping in-case the owners wanted it back. The go-kart owners told police they had not moved, still have property, and pay rent. They were simply out-of-town. Herring was released from the Adair County Jail on Saturday, after posting a $1,000 bond.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports six people were arrested on separate charges over the past week. Early today (Monday), 29-year-old Dakota John Allen, of Hastings, was arrested on Interstate 29, for Driving While Barred (Bond: $2,000). Sunday evening, 37-year-old Justin Lee Parson, of Pacific Junction, was arrested for Criminal Mischief 3rd/offense, Attempted Burglary 3rd Degree, Possession of Burglary Tools, and Trespassing (Bond: $9,300).

Saturday afternoon, Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 36-year-old Steven Wayne Wurtele, Jr., of Omaha, NE, on a Mills County warrant for failure to appear. Wurtele was taken into custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail, and was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

Last Thursday, Mills County Deputies arrested 54-year-old William Joseph Cox, of Missouri Valley, on a Mills County warrant for two counts Contempt of Court. He was also arrested at the Pott. County Jail, and held without bond in the Mills County Jail. And, 30-year-old Patrick Clayton Giesting, of Malvern, was arrested Thursday night following a traffic stop on I-29 in Mills County. Giesting was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Bond: $300).

On July 30th, 18-year-old Hunter Travis Kaufman, of Thurman, was arrested at the Mils County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Possession of Controlled Substance (Bond: $1,000).

(Radio Iowa) – The University of Iowa’s Stanley Museum of Art has become the first North American institution to return artwork from its collection directly to the royal family of Benin in Nigeria. The two pieces are part of a group of thousands of artifacts, known as the Benin Bronzes, stolen from the kingdom during a British invasion in 1897. Peju Layiwola is a curator at the museum, who attended a ceremony at the royal palace in Benin City to return the art to the oba, or king, of Benin.

“The palace still exists. The lineage and the kings are still there,” Layiwola says, “and so going to the palace of the oba of Benin, to the very place that was sacked, that was plundered, is absolutely the right thing to do.” Cory Gundlach, the museum’s curator of African art, also attended the ceremony. “It’s very exciting for the Stanley Museum of Art to be a leader in this particular context,” Gundlach says, “and to develop a direct relationship with the royal family and the oba in particular.”

His Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, holds up the brass plaque presented to him by Dr. Cory Gundlach (right) during the restitution ceremony at the Royal Palace. (Photo courtesy Stanley Museum of Art)

The pieces that were returned included a brass plaque and a wooden altarpiece.

(contributed by Josie Fischels, Iowa Public Radio)