Police in Red Oak say a 32-year old woman was arrested Saturday night on an assault charge. Marcia Lynn Funkhauser, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 11:45-p.m. Saturday, after officers in Red Oak responded to an incident of simple assault in the 400 block of Highland Avenue. Funkhauser was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on a $300 cash bond.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest early this (Sunday) morning of Brandon M. Smith, of Glenwood. Smith was taken into custody at around 4:45-a.m. on a warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree (a Simple Misdemeanor). He was transported to the Mills/Montgomery County line without incident and brought by Montgomery County deputies to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where Smith was being held on $300 bond.

An investigation into a vehicle on its top Saturday morning in Adams County led to the arrest of a Corning man. The Adams County Sheriff’s Department says 28-year old Marcus Corcoran was charged with OWI/1st offense, after authorities received a call at around 4-a.m. Saturday, about a car on its roof in the ditch at the 26 mile marker of Highway 148. Corcoran told deputies he was traveling south on Highway 148 and swerved to miss a deer, but an investigation determined he had been drinking.

After Corcoran was brought to the Adams County Jail and searched, he was found to be in possession of a pipe used to smoke marijuana. He was subsequently charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office released details Saturday about a rollover accident in the 3800 block of State Highway 2 on Friday (11/15/13).

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office along with Shenendoah and Farragut Rescue responded to the one vehicle accident at approximately 3:20pm Friday.  Responders discovered a 1999 Pontiac driven by 19-year-old Adriana Gomez of Shenendoah had slid off the south side of the roadway and then rolled several times ejecting Gomez in the process.

Gomez was transported in critical condition to the Nebraska Medical Center via Mercy One helicopter.  No further details are known at this time.

GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — A location in western Iowa for the proposed Loess Hills Archaeological Interpretive Center has been approved by the Iowa Preserves Advisory Board. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the location is on a state preserve at the south edge of Glenwood, just across the Missouri River from Nebraska.

The multimillion-dollar center will be devoted to studying the Native Americans who lived in earthen dwellings in extreme western Iowa and eastern Nebraska between 600 and 750 years ago. The 906-acre preserve, Iowa’s largest, was previously a part of the state-operated Glenwood Resource Center.

Its re-designation as a preserve was hastened by the evidence that beneath its surface are dozens of ancient earth lodges, camping areas and agricultural pursuits.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers issued a report today (Saturday), on his department’s recent arrests and incidents. Brothers says three people were arrested last Wednesday (Nov. 13th)for carrying concealed weapons.

They include 27-year old Seth Allen Simmons and 28-year old Anthony Lee Castoe, both of Clarinda, and 25-year old Jacob Tanner Franson,of Villisca. Franson was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

And, 36-year old Michael Joseph Hough, of Clarinda, was arrested on the 13th for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance. The following day, 24-year old Cody Robert Cordell, of Gravity, was arrested for public intoxication, disorderly conduct and assault causing bodily injury. Cordell was taken into custody following an investigation into a report of fight in progress in parking lot at Casey’s General Store, 318E. Washington Street.