The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday) released a report on arrests made over the past week. On Saturday, 36-year old Melvin Benny Jurey, of Sidney, was arrested for Felony Assault and Domestic Abuse Assault. And, 26-year old Charles Franklin Liles, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Public Intoxication.

Last Wednesday (Feb. 12th), 24-year old Leanna Mae Jackson and 23-year old Sherika Shana Shelly, both of Omaha, and 23-year old Kamisha Kay Childs, of Raytown, MO., were arrested in Fremont County for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

On Tuesday (Feb. 11th), 36-year old Roger Eugene Straw,of Red Oak, was arrested for Violation of a Protection Order, and on Feb. 4th, 32-year old Christopher Charles Bowers, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Reckless use of Fire and Trespassing.

A thin glaze of ice covered by heavy, wet snow caught some motorists off-guard this morning in western Iowa. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports one person was transported to the hospital following a rollover accident at around 7:30-a.m. on Interstate 29 northbound at the I-80 split. And, an injury accident was reported in Council Bluffs, but no further details are currently available on either accident.  Other, minor accident occurred in some area counties.

The Atlantic Police Dept. reports two people were arrested, Friday. 34-year old Heather Christensen, of Atlantic, was arrested on a warrant out of Storm Lake for Possession of a Controlled Substance, and, 19-year old Brooklyn Terry, of Atlantic, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Terry and Christensen were booked into the Cass County Jail.

The experts are keeping a close eye on Missouri River conditions as they try to predict whether water levels will be high or low in the coming months. Jody Farhat is chief of the Missouri River Water Management Office of the U-S Army Corps of Engineers. Farhat, who’s based in Omaha, says low river levels and above-normal runoff may balance each other out.
“The drought situation in the basin is much improved from a year ago, however, the main stem reservoirs remain drawn down five to 11 feet as result of the 2012 drought,” Farhat says. “Soil moistures going into the winter were quite wet across much of the upper basin, which creates the potential for above-normal runoff this spring, even if precipitation is normal.”

From one point of view, it’s fortunate that river levels are still quite low since the drought, or else significant flooding might be in the forecast. Bill Doan, an engineer in the Corps’ water management office, says they expect higher-than-normal runoff along the upper end of the Missouri River basin. “The 2014 calendar year runoff forecast is 26.7-million acre feet above Sioux City. This is 106% of normal,” Doan says. “Above Gavins Point Dam, we’re forecasting 24.3-million acre feet. This is, again, 106% of normal.” The figures represent an increase since the January forecast due to several factors: a greater than expected January runoff, a higher precipitation forecast for February and slight increases in the runoff forecast for May through July.

(Radio Iowa)

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A 54-year-old registered Iowa sex offender has been given nearly 30 years in prison for child pornography and enticing a child into sexual activity.  Timothy Koenck, of Fenton, was given 355 months earlier this month after pleading guilty to several charges in September. He was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Sioux City.

Koenck also was convicted in 2002 of enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography. Koenck must serve 10 years of supervised release after leaving custody.