(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak report two people were arrested early this (Sunday) morning. Officers arrested 21-year-old Adriana Rose Monreal, and 22-year-old Deven Anthony Hatfield, at a residence in the 2400 block of N. 8th Street, in Red Oak. They were taken into custody at around 2:40-a.m.  Monreal was arrested on an active Montgomery County warrant for Failure to Appear/Violation of a No Contact Order. Her bond at the Montgomery County Jail, was set at $1,000.

Hatfield was arrested for Assault on a Peace Officer w/out injury, Interference with Official Acts, Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree, and Public Intoxication. His bond was set at $2,000.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Officials with AAA report (as of August 18th), the price of regular unleaded gasoline was down 5 cents per gallon over last week, averaging $3.22/gallon. That’s also down an average of 49-cents from a year ago. The national average for unleaded as of August 18th, was $3.41/gallon, down 4-cents from the week before.

Retail diesel prices in Iowa were three-cents lower, averaging $3.51/a gallon. One year ago, diesel was selling for $4.12/gallon in Iowa. The current Iowa diesel price is 23 cents lower than the national average of $3.74/gallon, according to the automobile club. By comparison, the national price of diesel last year on Aug. 18th, was $4.35/gallon.

(Clear Lake, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol reports a woman from Minnesota was injured during a collision Saturday night, in northern Iowa’s Cerro Gordo County. The crash happened at around 9:15-p.m. near Clear Lake, when a 2023 Tesla Model X, driven by 38-year-old Dina Loginova, of Seattle, WA, was rear-ended by a 2005 Ford Focus, that was driven by 27-year-old Kyle Haney, of St. Paul, MN.

Both vehicles were traveling south on Interstate 35 near mile marker 192, when Loginova slammed on her brakes to avoid striking wildlife on the road. Haney was injured when his vehicle hit the Tesla. He was transported by Clear Lake Fire/EMS to Mercy Hospital in Mason City.

(Stuart, Iowa) – Stuart Police Chief David Reha, Saturday evening, posted a report on social media, with regard to an ongoing investigation that has resulted in multiple arrests, the recovery of incendiary devices, drugs and a “hit list” with the names of several law enforcement officials. A Stuart man, 52-year-old Bobby Glen Agan, was arrested and booked into the Adair County Jail. He faces several felony and misdemeanor charges including Stalking (Dangerous Weapon), Possession of a Controlled Substance (x2, Second Offense), Possession of Prescription Medications, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of an Offensive Weapon, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

Chief Reha says officers with the Stuart Police Department successfully executed a search warrant in the 500 block of South Harrison Street Friday night, August 16th, and continuing into the early hours of Saturday, August 17th. Their action was the culmination of a month-long investigation by Stuart Police, aimed at addressing a series of incidents involving projectiles directed at a local residence.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The City Council in Atlantic is set to meeting 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21st, in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. Among the Action items on their tentative agenda, is:

1. An Order to Close Selected Streets on Friday, September 27, 2024, Between 2:15 P.M. and 3:30 P.M. for the Atlantic Homecoming Parade.
2. An Order to Approve Fireworks Event Permit for Alan Zelmer at 805 West 10th Street for the Tractor Pull on August 24, 2024.
3. An Order to Approve Engineering Agreement with Snyder & Associates for the 2025 West 22nd Street Improvements
   Project.
4. A Resolution (# 49-24) “Extension of Maximum Vacation Hours for Police Department Employees Unable to Utilize Their Vacation Time.”
5. An Order to Approve Pay Application #1 for $30,975.83 the 2024 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation – UV CIIPP Lining Project.
6. A Public Hearing on a Proposed Ordinance Vacating the 66’ Wide Street Right-of-Way of West Fourth Street in the City of Atlantic, Iowa Described as Follows: Beginning at the West Right-of-Way Line of Laurel Street Extended, Thence West to the East Property Line of the Iowa Interstate Railroad. Said Parcel Containing Approximately 0.7 Acres. Said Described Real Estate is Subject to a Stormwater Sewer Easement Reserved unto and Held by the City of Atlantic, Iowa.
7. And, the First Reading of Ordinance No. 1045 “Vacating the 66’ Wide Street Right-of-Way of West Fourth Street in the City of Atlantic (as described above).