The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports an Anita man was arrested Monday, on two Sheriff’s Office warrants. 60-year old Daryl D. Armstrong, was taken into custody on the warrants for Violation of a No Contact Order.  He was released from the Cass County Jail the following day, on $6,300 bond.

On Sept. 12th at around 6-a.m., Cass County Deputies responded to a reported accident on North Street, in Wiota.  Authorities say a 2001 Ford F250 was located on the north side of North Street in a ditch with damage to the pickup, a street sign, and a MidAmerican Energy pole. No one was in the vehicle when it was located. Upon further investigation, 35-year old Jeffrey Ford Lillard, of Wiota, was arrested on a charge of False Report to Public Entity. Lillard was booked into the Cass County Jail on September 17, 2020, and released later that day on $1,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) – Senator Joni Ernst won’t be having the “roast” part of her yearly campaign fundraiser due to the pandemic, but she’s hosting a two day “ride” for motorcyclists next month.”We are going to do a ‘Joni’s Ride Across Iowa,” she says. That’s J-RAI (JAY-RYE) — a sort of hat tip to RAGBRAI, the Des Moines Register’s Annual Bike Ride Across Iowa. Money raised from motorcyclists’ registrations for the senator’s event will go toward a Cedar Rapids-based derecho relief fund and the Puppy Jake Foundation which trains service dogs for veterans. Ernst is running for election to a second term in the U.S. Senate this year and, according to a campaign news release, there will be a short program and she’ll speak to reporters at stop along the way.

Sen. Joni Ernst on a “Roast and Ride.” (2016 file photo from Radio Iowa)

The ride starts in Sioux City on October 10th, with stops in Carroll, Des Moines that day. Riders will start out from Des Moines on October 11th, with a stop in Cedar Rapids before it ends in Davenport. Riders will not be in a tight formation, as in the previous “Roast and Ride” events Ernst has held, but are to make their way from city to city at their own pace. In 2016, Ernst’s “Roast and Ride” featured then-candidate Donald Trump. In 2017, Vice President Mike Pence rode into Ernst’s fundraiser on a motorcycle.

Police in Creston report a woman from Nebraska was arrested early this morning, on a drug charge. 51-year old Ellen Joy Kovalsky, of Omaha, was taken into custody at around 3:50-a.m. and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance – 1st Offense. Kovalsky was taken to Union County Jail and subsequently transferred to the jail in Adams County.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Dustin Liston once served as an intern for the Iowa City Police Department. Now, he may soon lead it. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that Iowa City Manager Geoff Fruin is recommending Liston, currently a lieutenant with the El Paso Police Department in Texas, to take the top job in Iowa City. Whoever is selected will lead the department through a period of change. The Iowa City Council, in the wake of racial injustice protests, has vowed to restructure the department.

Liston is originally from Eldora. He was among 18 applicants for the chief’s job following the retirement of former Chief Jody Matherly in February.

KELLOGG, Iowa – The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to investigate the September 16th discovery of a burned body in rural Jasper County. The investigation has led to the involvement of the Grinnell Police Department and the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation is on-going and is being treated as a homicide.

As reported earlier, at around 5:32-p.m., Wednesday, the Jasper County Communication Center received a report of a fire in the 8100 block of North 67th Avenue East in rural Kellogg. Responding emergency personnel found an active fire in the roadside ditch. After extinguishing the fire, a deceased body was located.

Additional information on the case is expected to be released later today (Friday).