Police in Creston, Monday afternoon, arrested 23-year old Tyler White, of Creston. White was taken into custody on two Union County warrants for Violation of Probation, on an original Possession of a Controlled Substance charge, and for Failure to Appear on an original Possession of a Controlled Substance, charge. He was also charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. White was being held in the Union County Jail, while awaiting a bond hearing.

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Sheriff’s officials in Mills County, Monday, said a Pottawattamie County man was arrested at around 1:40-a.m. Monday, on drug charges. 18-year old Joel Dixon-Clark III, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in the area of Highway 34 and 284th Street, for Possession of Controlled Substance/Delivery Marijuana. His bond was set at $5,000.

No injuries were reported following a house fire late Monday morning, in Oakland. Authorities say a firefighter saw smoke and discovered the fire at 410 Center Street. No one was home at the time the blaze broke out. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Oakland Firefighters were assisted by crews with the Carson Fire Department in handling the blaze.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman suspected of driving drunk narrowly missed students getting off a bus as she pulled into a Des Moines school drop-off spot. Station KCCI reports that the woman was dropping off her 5-year-old daughter Monday morning at Garton Elementary School when she hit a curb that kept her from plowing into the students. Police say the bus driver, the school principal and the dean of students wouldn’t let the woman leave the scene.

Polk County court records say 43-year-old Heather Mapes is charged with failure to use child restraint device and reckless driving. Jail records say she remained in custody this (Tuesday) morning.

(Radio Iowa) — Republican David Young of Van Meter plans to review all the data he can from the 2018 election results before deciding whether to run again for congress. Last month Democrat Cindy Axne of West Des Moines defeated Young’s bid for a third term, finishing about 77-hundred votes ahead of Young in the third congressional district balloting. “Anybody anywhere in the country who was just defeated should do a forensic audit, look at the numbers, look at what happened and not make any kind of emotional decision right away, but take some time and also just see what other kind of opportunities are out there,” Young told Radio Iowa. “No doors are closed.”

Young is still a voting member of congress until the end of the year. “The work is not over and so I need to get back to DC and finish out the session strong,” Young told Radio Iowa. Young says votes on the Farm Bill and federal spending are at the top of the docket when congress returns. This week’s congressional votes were postponed, due to observances in the capitol to honor former President George H.W. Bush. Young’s first job in politics was as one of two paid staffers working on Bush’s 1992 reelection campaign in Iowa.

“That’s where I kind of cut my teeth on politics and ever since then have been motivated to stay involved in the service aspect of it, really,” Young told Radio Iowa. “Campaigns are necessary, very necessary because you want to make sure people have a choice in who serves them, but I like the public policy angle. I’m kind of a wonk in that sense.”

Young has never missed a vote in a House committee or on the House floor. Three bills sponsored by Young have become law, including one which dealt with deficiencies in the suicide prevention hotline for veterans.