The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Thursday) said four people were transported from the Douglas County, NE., Jail to the Pott. County Jail this (Thursday) morning, to address their various warrants out of Pott. County. 30-year old Aryn Alfred Anzalone was wanted on a warrant for Theft in the 2nd Degree. 30-year old Rebecca Sue Cardona and, 23-year old Benjamin Daniel Reynolds were transported to Pott. County on warrants for Violation of Probation. And, 31-year old Autumn Anne Nicole Jones was transported to the Pott. County Jail, where she was wanted on three counts of Child Endangerment/Abandonment – Bodily Injury, and three counts of Abandonment of a Dependent Person.

AMES, Iowa – February 21, 2019 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Thursday, March 7th to discuss the proposed bridge replacement on Pottawattamie County Road G-12 over Interstate 29, in Pottawattamie County.  The proposed project provides for removing the existing bridge and replacing it with a 2-span, pre-tensioned and pre-stressed concrete beam bridge that is 252 feet by 36 feet. Westbound traffic would be detoured during construction using I-29 northbound, U.S. 30, and I-29 southbound.  Eastbound traffic would be detoured during construction using I-29 southbound, Rosewood Road, and I-29 northbound.

All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting anytime between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. March 7th at the Desoto Bend Mini Mart, 15001 Desoto Avenue, in Missouri Valley. The meeting will be conducted utilizing an open forum format. Iowa DOT staff will be present to informally discuss the proposed improvements. No formal presentation will be made. The meeting space is accessible for persons with disabilities. However, if you require special accommodations at the meeting, please notify Scott Suhr, transportation planner, Iowa DOT District 4 Office in Atlantic, by calling 712-243-3355 or 800-289-4368. Those same numbers may be used for general information regarding the proposed improvements or public meeting.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — One of the people charged in a southeast Iowa slaying has pleaded not guilty. Des Moines County District Court records say 44-year-old Derrick Parker, of Chicago, entered the written pleas Monday to charges of conspiracy and first-degree murder. His trial is scheduled to begin April 30. Prosecutors say Parker conspired with four other people to kill 26-year-old Demarcus “Peanut” Chew. He was fatally shot in a car outside his mother’s Burlington home on Sept. 10, 2017.

One of the men , Antoine Spann, pleaded guilty earlier this month to conspiracy and other crimes and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors dropped a murder charge in exchange for his pleas. Spann’s plea agreement says he must testify against any others charged in the slaying.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The partial collapse of a roof has forced classes to be canceled at a Waterloo elementary school. Waterloo Community Schools Superintendent Jane Lindaman told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that no one was injured when the roof section buckled Wednesday morning under the weight of snow at Lowell Elementary. The district had canceled all classes Wednesday, but Lowell’s students will be getting today (Thursday) off as well.

Lindaman says the district had been monitoring and removing snow as needed, saying the overnight snow “certainly came heavier, and there was plenty of it.” She says district officials will know more today (Thursday), about whether school can be held in the Lowell building Friday.