DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa agency overseeing the state’s transition to a privately managed Medicaid program says it recorded over 225 grievances in the first three months of the new system. The Iowa Department of Human Services says three insurance companies that now run the program received the notices of dissatisfaction in April, May and June from Medicaid patients. The department says the grievances were resolved within 30 calendar days.

The department provided the information Friday as part of a roughly 60-page quarterly report, which was required by the Legislature. Some lawmakers are expected to review the report Monday. DHS estimates in the report that the switch to the privatized system saved the state more than $22 million in the program’s first three months.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following an accident Friday morning, on the south side of Shenandoah. Deputies were notified of the crash at around 9:42-a.m. The accident happened at the intersection of A Avenue and Highway2.  An investigation showed 86-year old Claude Randall Apperson, of Shenandoah, was driving a 2004 Buick LaSabre.  21-year old Caleb William Chupp, of Cumberland, was driving a 2009 Dodge 3500 pickup with a 1998 Take 3 trailer hauling H & H trailers for sale that are all owned by H & H Trailer of Clarinda.

Chupp was westbound on Highway 2, east of A Avenue.  Apperson had stopped at the stop sign at A and Highway 2, and had started southbound across the Highway. He didn’t see Chupp’s approaching pickup.  Chupp saw the car enter the intersection and swerved to the south, but his truck struck the front driver’s side fender of the Apperson vehicle.

Chupp continued west / south into the south ditch where the pickup / trailer jackknifed causing totaling damage to the pickup.  The action also caused damage to the Take 3 trailer and one of the cargo trailers that was being hauled. Apperson spun west prior to coming to rest in the westbound lane of traffic.  His car was considered a total loss as well. The total dollar amount of damage was estimated at $17,000.  Both driver’s refused medical medical treatment.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Shenandoah Fire Department, Shenandoah Ambulance Service, and the Shenandoah Police Department.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Friday, issued a report on recent arrests. Last Sunday (Aug. 21st), the Atlantic Police Department arrested 29-year old Joshua Robert Olwell, of Atlantic, on a Cass County Sheriff’s Office warrant for Possession with Intent to Delivery Methamphetamine. Olwell was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $10,000 bond.

On Monday, deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office arrested 31-year old Derik Wayne Bud Pickrell, of Fontanelle, on a Cass County Sheriff’s Office warrant for OWI 1^st Offense and an additional charge of OWI 1^st Offense. Pickrell was taken to the Cass County Jail and was released the following day on $2,000 bond.

And, as mentioned earlier this week, on August 22nd, the Atlantic Police Department arrested 25-year old Alexandra Lynn Stone and 19-year old Lucas Lee Stone, both of Atlantic, on Cass County Sheriff’s Office warrants for Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine. Both parties were taken to the Cass County Jail and later released on their own recognizances.