(Rockwell City, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Calhoun County, Thursday, issued an arrest report for April. Among those arrested was a man from Audubon County. Authorities say on April 3^rd, 53-year-old Lynn Allen Frolich, of Audubon, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Calhoun County for failure to appear, on an original charge of driving while barred, an aggravated misdemeanor. The charge had been filed by the Lake City Police Department.

“CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE MERELY ACCUSATIONS AND DEFENDANTS ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.”

(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency is calling for volunteers to participate in a county-wide storm clean-up effort that takes place Saturday (May 4^th). Volunteers will gather at the Harlan High School’s north/back parking lot. Groups of 10-to-20 people gather at 11:30-a.m. Individuals or small groups will gather at Noon.

Grab your friends, co-workers, family, club, team, and/or neighbors. Teams should delegate a leader. Be sure to wear clothes that can get muddy, bring your gloves, and a bucket to gather small debris.

Participants will pick up debris in fields, for farmers who have requested help. If you have any questions, call the Shelby County EMA at (712) 215-8066.

Pottawattamie County, Iowa – Officials in Pottawattamie County have announced the postponement of normal outdoor warning siren testing conducted on the first Saturday of each month. The postponement means there will be no siren testing in any community in Pottawattamie County on Saturday, May 4th.

The call to suspend the alert was made with consideration of the frequent use due to recent weather activity, the operation of the first Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) this weekend, and other ongoing work in areas impacted by the tornadoes of April 26th.

Testing will be suspended until the third Saturday of the month, on May 18th. The regularly scheduled testing will resume in June. Outdoor warning sirens are tested the first Saturday of each month (a three-minute sounding) and a battery backup test each third Saturday of the month (a one-minute sounding).

For updated and ongoing information regarding the April tornado events, visit pcema-ia.org.

(Radio Iowa) – Sioux City police say seven men were charged in a recent prostitution sting. Sergeant Tom Gill says the Special Police Investigations Unit conducted the sting at a local hotel on two recent nights. Gill says prostitution has changed through the years and it is usually initiated online. “For most of the prostitution we’re seeing now along with the human trafficking and labor trafficking, exploitation of minors, that’s all done through social media and online,” he says. He says it is rare to see the crime start out in public. “I think you’ll still see sometimes some of the what they call the streetwalkers, prostitutes that are out on the street, but most of them are doing it more through social media and online, Gill says.

Gill says those who are charged are processed through the system. “The person is arrested or cited, They then have to appear in court where they’re looking at fine and short jail time,” Gill says.

The seven who were arrested ranged from a 17-year-old from South Sioux City, to a 59-year-old from Maquoketa. Two of the men were from Sioux City, one from Dakota Dunes, one from Orange City, and one from Dakota City, Nebraska.