Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports his office was busy last week processing numerous arrests. According to the arrest report, last Saturday, 32-year old Zlatko Kendic, of Adair, was arrested early that morning in Stuart on charges of 2nd offense OWI and Careless Driving. Kendic was later released on $2,000 bond. That same day, 37-year old Gerardo Arturo Federico, of Tucson, AZ, was arrested on Interstate 80 for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Speeding, improper use of child restraints, and OWI/1st offense. He was later released on $1,000 bond.

Last Friday, Adair County deputies arrested 36-year old Satiel Devi Nichols, of Atlantic, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. In addition, Nichols was wanted on a warrant. She was later transferred to the custody of another law enforcement agency. Also arrested last Friday, was 38-year old Joseph Eric Funke, of Fontanelle. Funke was being held in the Adair County Jail to serve the remainder of his court ordered sentence handed down in June, for Driving While Barred.

On Sept. 3rd, 43-year old Joseph Leon Buckner, of Adair, was arrested on an aggravated Domestic Abuse Assault charge, for allegedly trying to impede the flow of blood or oxygen of his victim. Buckner was released Friday on $2,000 bond. Also arrested last Thursday, was 52-year old Henry Lewis Degraw, of Bridgewater. Degraw was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant.

Last Wednesday, Adair County deputies arrested 40-year old Veronica Danielle Ramirez, of Stuart. Ramirez was wanted on a warrant for Distributing drugs to a minor, a Controlled Substance Violation, Child Endangerment, and Possession of Methamphetamine/1st offense. Her bond was set at $25,000. The Sheriff’s Office says 27-year old Krystal Lee Brown, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Wednesday, on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree. She was transferred to another law enforcement agency on Thursday.

19-year old Cole Aaron Molyneux, of Stuart, was arrested Wednesday by Stuart Police, for trafficking stolen weapons, Possession of Stolen Property, and Possession of Burglary Tools. His bond was set at $5,000. And, 27-year old Juan Alberto Perez-Salazar, of Des Moines, was arrested Wednesday, for Driving Under Suspension. The man was also wanted on a warrant out of Polk County. Perez-Salazar was later released on $300 bond.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The body of a missing 71-year-old woman has been found in her car after it was pulled from a pond near where she worked in Sioux City. Someone spotted the car roof in the pond on Saturday, and the car was pulled out on Sunday. Authorities say the body of Raquel Munoz-Perez was inside the car. Her family reported her missing on Aug. 19 after she didn’t show up for work at Cloverleaf Cold Storage the day before. Sioux City police detective Nick Thompson says the woman’s death is being investigated.

Voters will be heading to the polls Tuesday (tomorrow) to elect new, or re-elect incumbent, school board members. The Daily NonPariel says one of the most hotly-contested school board elections in the area lies in Treynor, where five candidates are on the ballot, with two others running write-in campaigns, vying for three seats. Incumbent Jerry Hempel, the School Board’s President, is joined by Glen Fleming, Shawn Gillespie, Amy Graber, Sally Myers and write-in candidates Kent Boese and Jared Morse. Myers is currently serving on the board after being asked to step in for Dave Paulsen, who moved out of the district boundary. The term of board member Randy Young expires this year.

The district boasts healthy financial numbers and growing enrollment. A new in-house alternative school will keep at-risk students in Treynor instead of being sent elsewhere. Treynor faced controversy this past year, too. The community awaits a decision on the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners’ suspension of Superintendent Kevin Elwood, who remains in his position pending an appeal in Polk County District Court.

The suspension came after the Board of Educational Examiners found Elwood was present when his son Kreighton Elwood was interviewed by law enforcement officials and was aware of “serious criminal offenses” when Kevin Elwood allowed Kreighton Elwood to continue working as a part-time school custodian with unsupervised access to other students.

An administrative law judge said Kevin Elwood committed an ethics violation by prioritizing his parental duties over his responsibilities as superintendent. His son, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to assault, assault causing bodily injury and false imprisonment, which among other consequences caused him to register as a sex offender.