(Atlantic, Iowa) – Rescue crews and law enforcement responded to the scene of a single-vehicle accident Wednesday evening, south of Atlantic. The page about the SUV accident at 620th (S. Olive St.) and Jasper Road, went out at around 7:13-p.m.  Two people were injured, one suffered from a head laceration. The other arm pain. A helicopter was dispatched out of Des Moines was asked to land at the Cass County Hospital. The vehicle license plate came back as being registered to a 2004 Jeep Liberty.

Atlantic Police, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies, Atlantic Fire & Rescue along with Cass EMS. Additional information was not immediately available.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Cass County, Wednesday, released information with regard to recent arrests.

On Wednesday, June 21st, deputies arrested 33-year-old Jeffrey Rowland, of Council Bluffs, on a warrant for Violation of Probation.  Rowland was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held.

On June 18th, Cass County deputies arrested: 44-year-old Daniel Anderson, of Adair, on a valid arrest warrant; and, 32-year-old Charles Masmar, of Waterloo, was arrested for OWI 1st Offense.  Both men were transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending release on their own recognizance.

On June 17th, 28-year-old St Raed, of Council Bluffs, for Driving While Barred.  Raed was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on bond.

On June 15th, 59-year-old Connie Nichols, of Atlantic, was arrested on a warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance.  Nichols was transported to the Cass County Jail where she was booked and held pending her later release on her own recognizance.

And, on June 13th, 43-year-old Nathan Hobbie, of Shenandoah, was arrested in Cass County for OWI 1st Offense.  Hobbie was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release.

(Rural Carroll County, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol, Wednesday evening, released details about a fatal UTV accident that took place Tuesday afternoon, southeast of Carroll. The Patrol reports a 2017 Chevy Express van driven by 60-year-old Paul Heuton, of Carroll, was traveling north on Olympic Avenue at around 2:26-p.m., at the same time a 2022 John Deere Gator UTV operated by 62-year-old Randy Daniel, of Glidden, was traveling east on 230th.

When Daniel failed to stop at the posted stop sign prior to entering the intersection, Heuton took evasive action, but was unable to avoid striking the UTV on its passenger side.

The UTV rolled and entered the northeast ditch, along with the Express van. Randy Daniel was transported  by ambulance to the Carroll County Hospital, where he died from his injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt. Another person was injured, but the Patrol’s report did not indicate that person’s name or age. It’s also not clear which vehicle that person was a passenger in.

Carroll County EMS and Carroll County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports no one was injured during a single vehicle accident on Tuesday afternoon. Deputies responded to the accident on Wagon Road at 2:26 p.m.

After investigation it was determined that a 2007 Buick Lucerne driven by 70-year-old Vernon Arthur Pote of Stuart was southbound on Wagon Road and went off the road onto the west shoulder and lost control. The car went into the cable barrier causing damage to the car and barrier before coming to a stop.

Pote was not injured in the accident and following a field sobriety test was charged with OWI First Offense and Failure to Maintain Control.

Damage to the car was estimated at $1,500 and damage to the cable barrier was estimated at $6,000.

Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is hoping to insert guaranteed federal investment in broadband infrastructure in the next Farm Bill.

Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, is co-sponsoring a proposal with lawmakers from Minnesota and Illinois that would make the U-S-D-A’s ReConnect pilot program permanent. Since 2018, the pilot program has been providing grants and loans to extend high speed internet to rural areas.

Five years ago, President Trump’s ag secretary redirected 200 million dollars in agency funds to a pilot program and it has continued in the Biden Administration, but congress has not voted to make these U-S-D-A loans for broadband permanent. Nunn says Iowa currently has the second slowest internet speeds in the country and that’s unacceptable.

And Nunn says slow internet speed can be a health issue, as rural Iowans who have telemedicine appointments with a doctor who’s miles away can’t get a reliable connections.

Nunn says broadband is also critical for precision agriculture — farm equipment connected to the internet so it adjusts planting and fertilizer applications based on field maps. A U-S-D-A report in 2021 found 30 percent of U-S farms had either no or very slow internet.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Council Bluffs woman was sentenced June 15th for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. 33-year-old Amanda Marie Sprinkel was sentenced to 60 months in prison following her plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Sprinkel must serve a four-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, on September 20, 2022, Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force executed a search warrant on a home in Council Bluffs. Amanda Sprinkel was located sitting in a vehicle in the driveway of the Council Bluffs residence. Officers witnessed Sprinkel throw an object on the driver side floorboard. A backpack was found containing 62 grams of suspected methamphetamine. A search of Sprinkel’s phone would later show messages negotiating narcotic transactions and other messages arranging and discussing narcotic sales.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force investigated the case