Police in Council Bluffs late Thursday evening released additional details concerning a stand-off that occurred earlier in the day. Sgt. Chad Meyers said at 11:10-a.m., members of the Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force were attempting to serve a felony arrest warrant on 39-year old Daniel E. Hannon, at 2126 6th Avenue. As members of the Task Force made initial contact with Hannon the residence, a single shot was fired by one of the Task Force members. Hannon then retreated back into the house at that address.

Due to the shot being fired, and Hannon’s arrest history, the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Emergency Services Team was activated, along with a team of Crisis/Hostage Negotiators . As the Negotiators were speaking with Hannon inside the home, he indicated that a female was inside with him and she would be coming out. The female then exited the home, uninjured.

At 12:15-p.m, Hannon exited out the front door and was taken into custody without further incident and transported to a local hospital, where he was treated for a wound to his upper right arm. The member of the Southern Iowa Fugative Task Force that fired the shot is a member of the U. S. Marshals Service assigned to the Southern District of Iowa. The Council Bluffs Police Department will be conducting the investigation into the shooting.

The Superintendent of the Glenwood Community School District says a Glenwood High School teacher resigned last week after being the subject of an internal investigation. Superintendent Devin Embray told the Daily NonPareil Russell Crouch, a social studies teacher, was placed on paid administrative leave on May 19th

Residents of a neighborhood in Council Bluffs were told to leave late this (Thursday) morning as personnel with several law enforcement agencies converged on a home and were involved in a brief stand-off. Omaha television station KETV reports residents in the vicinity of 21st Street and 6th Avenue in Council Bluffs, were asked to leave their homes at around 11:30-a.m.

Council Bluffs police, Pottawattamie County sheriff’s deputies and Iowa State Patrol troopers were all at the scene with their guns drawn at around 12:15-p.m. One male subject was taken into custody moments later.

Additional details are currently not available.

Officials with the Cass County Health System (CCHS) report nurse Heather Foresman, was the recipient of the Cass County Health System 2014 Health Careers Scholarship. Todd Hudspeth, CEO, presented the award to Heather, an RN who currently works at Cass County Memorial Hospital.

Todd Hudspeth, CEO, presented the award to Heather Foresman.

Heather is pursuing her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Frontier University in Kentucky. Through a combined educational program she will also become licensed as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Nurse Midwife. Heather received her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the University of Iowa in 2011. Prior to that, she earned her RN and LPN certifications from Iowa Western Community College.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors heard from two officials from the City of Atlantic during their meeting Thursday, with regard to the need for the County’s participation in funding an Animal Shelter. Mayor Dave Jones and City Administrator Doug Harris spoke before the Board.

Atlantic City Administrator Doug Harris (Left) & Mayor Dave Jones.

Jones said there have been committees established over the past 8-to 10-years, tasked with trying to find a way to control the amount of abandoned and stray animals, but nothing was ever accomplished. The need is greater now, he says, in light of the death of a Marne resident whose dogs were left to fend for themselves, and other recent incidents of animals being dropped-off in town and with requests from other cities in the county for help with their animal control problems.

Doug Harris says most of the calls the Atlantic Shelter gets are from people outside of Atlantic looking to find a place for dogs and cats, but mostly dogs. He said the City wants to explore with the County what the need is, what the level of service should be and what a fair pricing system is. Harris said the City is feeling the pressure of an expanded need for an animal shelter. He says it costs about $40,000 per year to run the shelter now. He said if the shelter and its costs were shared county-wide, that would be about 5-cents on the tax rate. He said Atlantic is “Ham strung” budget-wise, on how much more it can do alone.

The Supervisors suggested Harris and Jones call a meeting of the Mayors in the County, so they can sit down and discuss how bad the animal control problems are in other communities, and gauge the level of interest they might have in contributing to the costs of running a County-wide shelter.