The Atlantic Police Department says no injuries were reported following a collision Saturday afternoon, at 6th and Walnut Streets. Officials says vehicles driven by Lisa Stockley, of Lincoln, NE.,  and Angela Dobney, of Walnut, collided at around 1:50-p.m., when Dobney’s vehicle hit Stockley’s car as Dobney was turning left onto Walnut, from eastbound 6th Street. Damage from the accident amounted to $3,000. Angela Dobney was cited for Failure to Yield Upon Entering a thru highway.

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports the arrest Sunday night of a Shenandoah man on an assault charge. 20-year old Steven Thomas Shane was arrested for Simple Assault in connection with an incident involving a 17-year old male. Officials say while deputies were enroute to a residence in Coin after being notified of the alleged assault, they received word Shane had left the scene.  He was stopped a short time later and taken into custody, about half-way between Coin and Shenandoah.

Steven Shane was transported to the Page County Jail and later posted bond before being released. The Iowa State Patrol assisted in handling the incident.

Governor Terry Branstad is expressing support for students and parents, but not yet embracing a tuition freeze for Iowa residents attending the three state universities in Ames, Cedar Falls and Iowa City. The board that governs Iowa, Iowa State and U-N-I has endorsed keeping next year’s tuition rates at this year’s levels, but warns they’ll have to raise tuition if the governor and legislators don’t provide at least 16 million more to the universities next year. “I’m certainly empathetic with the students and their parents who have seen significant increases in the two previous administrations,” Branstad says.

That’s a reference to the 12-year period when Tom Vilsack and Chet Culver served as governor. During Branstad’s first, 16-year run as governor, tuition increases ranged from three-point-two percent up to nearly 13 percent. “I want to make sure that we try to keep higher education affordable for Iowa families,” Branstad says.

But Branstad says he needs to wait for a report on state tax revenue and a few other items before he puts together his own state budget plan — and makes a recommendation on state taxpayer support of the three universities. By law, Branstad must present legislators with a state budget proposal by the end of January, but he has often released it earlier.

(Radio Iowa)