The Harlan Police Department report two people were arrested in separate incidents last week. Authorities say 48-year old Curt Anstey, of Harlan, was taken into custody after he turned himself in on an active Shelby County Warrant for 5th degree theft. Anstey was taken to the Shelby County Jail on Wednesday, August 28th.

The previous day, August 27th, 55-year old Ronald Daeges, of Harlan, was taken into custody when officers responded to a disturbance in the 1000th block of 6th Street. Daeges was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct and taken to jail.

The Harlan Police Department also reports there have been several instances of criminal mischief at the Harlan Skate Park. The structure has been defaced on numerous occasions. The incidents remain under investigation. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) involved in the criminal activity.

Police in Clarinda say one person suffered possible/unknown injuries during an accident Friday afternoon. Officials say vehicles driven by 17-year old Kay Welch, of Bedford, and 17-year old Jo Ann Beason, of Clarinda, were stopped at their respective stop signs located at the intersection of 16th and Grant Streets. Both drivers entered the intersection at the same time, but neither saw the other. As Welch turned left from Grant onto 16th Street, the 2001 Dodge Durango she was driving hit Beason’s 2000 Dodge Dakota pickup. Welch was transported to the Clarinda Regional Health Center by ambulance.

Damage from the collision, which occurred at around 4:30-p.m., Friday, amounted to $3,000. Officials say Welch was cited for Failure to Yield upon making a left turn.

The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reports a road that sits along the Shelby-Crawford County line, is currently closed for a culvert replacement project that’s expected to last about 3-to 4-weeks. The culvert is located in the 1500 block of Shelby County Street F-16, and Crawford County Avenue Y…a county line road.

The road is located between Shelby County road M-36 and Crawford County’s 300th Street. The closure will be located east of Astor Cemetery and west of 1531 Street F-16, or the Roger Ahrenholtz residence, in Greeley Township, Section 4.

Local residents and emergency responders should plan to take an alternate route until construction is completed. For more information call the Shelby County Engineer at 712-755-5954.

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The Atlantic Police Department reports the arrest on Monday of 18-year old Kody Hansen, of Atlantic, and 31-year old Jesse Westover, of Oakland. Hansen was arrested for OWI/1^st offense, while Westover was arrested for Driving While Barred. Both were booked into the Cass County Jail.

And, authorities say no injuries were reported following a fender bender in the Atlantic Hy-Vee parking lot last Friday night. Officials say a vehicle driven by Sarah Scott of Lewis, was backing out of a parking stall at around 8:35-p.m., when the trailer hitch on her vehicle hit the bumper and right rear quarter panel of a legally parked car owned by Keegan Pace, of Marne. The total damage to both vehicles amounted to just over $2,000.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Gov. Terry Branstad wants residents in every part of Iowa to have better access to broadband internet technology.  Branstad on Tuesday announced a new effort designed to improve broadband access and adoption across the state. Branstad says enhanced access will spur economic development, through business creation and by giving rural residents the ability to telecommute.

State officials note that Iowa ranks 11th out of 12 Midwestern states in the TechNet State Broadband Index. The index ranks states looking at household broadband adoption rates, network speeds available and the number of jobs that benefit from broadband technology. Branstad has asked a committee that works on broadband access to provide him with recommendations on how to build out broadband infrastructure and also to create a long-term plan for the state.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports six people were arrested over the Labor Day weekend and early this week. 44-year old Joseph William Rauber, of Omaha, was arrested early this (Tuesday) morning on 190th Street, and charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia He was being held in the Mills County Jail on $300 bond.

On Monday, 69-year old James Esley Stotts, of Glenwood, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense. His bond was set at $1,000, and, 33-year old Steven Stanley Bowser, of Bellevue, NE, was arrested and held without bond, on a charge of Domestic Assault.

On Sunday, 23-year old Christopher Wayne Sherrod, of Avoca, was arrested for Driving While Revoked. His bond was set at $1,000. Last Saturday, 21-year old Mackenzie Mae Steinman, of Glenwood, was arrested in Mills County on a charge of Public Intoxication. Her bond was set at $300. And, on Friday, 28-year old Brenton Charles Gordon, of Omaha, was arrested for Violation of Probation. He was being held in the Mills County Jail on $10,000 bond.