The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 46-year old Jennifer Wolbach, of Glenwood, was injured at around 7:20-a.m. today (Wednesday), during a single-vehicle accident on 221st Street. Authorities say Wolbach was driving a 2015 Ford northbound, when she hit a patch of ice on the road while negotiating a curve. The vehicle crossed the median and rolled once before coming to rest on its wheels in the west ditch. Wolbach was transported to Mercy Hospital by Glenwood Rescue.

And, Sheriff’s officials say 32-year old Kenneth Ryan Hartwell, of Glenwood, was arrested Tuesday night, for Driving Under Suspension, and Speeding. His bond was set at $300.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports that after numerous calls from residents in Afton regarding vehicles being entered and items being taken, Sheriff’s Deputies, Afton Police, and Creston Police executed a search warrant at the Afton Park Apartments. Taken into custody Tuesday evening, was: 29-year old Steven Mathew Behlers, who was arrested on a Union County warrant for burglary 2nd degree. Behlers was being held in the Union County Jail on $10,000 bond; And, 30-year old Cherrie Lee Palmer, was arrested on a Union County warrant for forgery – five counts of unlawful use of credit cards. Palmer was being held for Union County in the Adams County Jail, on $10,000 bond.

Separately, 24-year old Melissa Marie Shinn, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday morning, for driving while barred. Shinn was released from the Union County Jail on $2,000 bond.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A 19-year-old Iowa man has been arrested hours after police say he stabbed his grandmother to death on her birthday. Darian Lensgraf was arrested early Wednesday in Muscatine after a convenience store clerk called 911 to report that he was in the store holding a bloody knife. About 15 minutes earlier, police had received another call reporting that a woman was found stabbed to death at a home in Muscatine. Diana Lensgraf has been identified as the victim. Wednesday marked her 66th birthday.

Darian Lensgraf allegedly told police during an interview that he took the knife to her home with the intent to kill her. He made an initial appearance Wednesday and is being held in jail on a $5 million cash-only bond. He was charged earlier this year with stealing a handgun from a friend with whom he was staying.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are searching for an eastern Iowa work-release inmate who has gone missing. The Iowa Department of Corrections says 29-year-old Demon Deonte Daniels failed to report back to a Waterloo residential facility as required Tuesday night. Daniels is serving time for a domestic abuse assault conviction in Black Hawk County.

He was admitted to the work-release facility on Monday. Corrections officials say anyone with information on Daniels’ whereabouts should contact their local police.

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced on Wednesday (today), that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) granted her request to provide assistance in the form of low-interest disaster loans for Polk County, along with seven contiguous counties impacted by the June 6-July 2, 2018, flooding and severe weather event. Homeowners, renters, businesses and most nonprofit organizations in Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Polk, Story and Warren counties, whose property was damaged or destroyed by this disaster, will be able to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the SBA.

Applications may be made in person at the SBA’s Disaster Loan Outreach Center located at Polk County River Place, 2309 Euclid Avenue, Des Moines, beginning December 13, 2018, at 8 a.m. Representatives from the SBA will be on hand at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center to answer questions about the disaster loan program, explain the application process and help individuals complete their application. The center’s normal hours of operation will be Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. until further notice. Please note for the holidays, the center closes at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21 and reopens at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3. No appointment is necessary.

Applicants may apply online and receive additional disaster assistance information, at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela. Applicants may also call SBA’s Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email disastercustomerservice@sba.gov for more information on SBA disaster assistance.

Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the full list of she calls a “Teachers Cabinet” that she says will give teachers a more prominent voice in education policy in the state. Reynolds announced the first seven members of the cabinet in August and received nomination from the public for the final nine. Included among the cabinet members, from western Iowa, is:

• Alex Oliver, Social Studies Teacher, Riverside High School in Carson, Riverside Community School District, Cross Country, Wrestling and Track Coach
• Denise Hoag, Computer Science Teacher, Thomas Jefferson High School, Council Bluffs Community School District, was previously employed in the corporate world as a computer programmer
• Jodie Geist, Special Education Teacher, Mount Ayr High School, Mount Ayr Community School District, specializes in helping students transition from high school to adult life
• and Vanesa Sanchez, Elementary Dual Language Teacher, Denison Elementary School, Denison Community School District.

The governor says cabinet members will meet quarterly with her and Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise to offer their advice about how to better prepare all students. Reynolds says it will strengthen the direct line of communication between the governor’s office, schools and communities. The first meeting will be January 4th in Des Moines.