Red Oak Police report a man was arrested Thursday afternoon on a Clarke County warrant for Failure to Appear in court, on a Public Intoxication/3rd or subsequent offense, charge. 58-year old Dennis Edward Elliott, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 3:55-p.m. in the 100 block of W. Reed Street, in Red Oak. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 cash-only bond.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports that at around 2:30-a.m. today (Friday), the Fremont County K9 unit made an arrest in the 500 block of main st of Tabor. 46-year old Brian Vanderpool, of Tabor, was arrested for valid arrest warrants out of Mills County.

Brian Vanderpool (Fremont Co. S/O photo)

Vanderpool was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and later transferred to the Mills County Jail with charges of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon, Unlawful possession of Prescription Medication, and Harassment 1st Degree. His cash-only bond was set at $8,600. Fremont County Deputies were assisted by Tabor Police.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The mother of a missing Iowa college student is pleading with anyone who may have abducted her to let her daughter go and claim a fast-growing pot of reward money. Laura Calderwood said Thursday that she believes her daughter, 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, is still alive but potentially kidnapped. She says it’s the family’s greatest hope that whoever may have Tibbetts lets her go and claims the “money we have raised for her freedom.”

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — More than 200 people filled an amphitheater in Waterloo to draw attention to missing persons cases and demand justice for the slain. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Wednesday’s vigil was organized by the Family and Children’s Council of Black Hawk County. It aimed to bring awareness to missing and unsolved crimes involving young people.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials in northern Iowa are looking for a work release prisoner who walked away from a residential facility without permission. Prison officials say 29-year-old Matthew Ernest Andersen left the Beje Clark Residential Facility in Mason City on Wednesday night and did not return.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids man has been accused of producing child pornography and threatening to distribute the depictions. Federal court records say 34-year-old John Hunt has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one of extortion and four counts of child pornography possession.

A woman who says her leg fell asleep while she was driving to the Greater Regional Community Hospital in Creston, crashed her car into two other vehicles in the parking lot late this (Thursday) morning. 75-year old Paula Jean Bowman, of Lenox, was driving a 2006 Lincoln Towncar eastbound through the hospital parking lot at around 10:30-a.m., when the car went out of control and drove over the median before rear-ending a parked 2002 Ford registered to a man from Afton. The impact forced the Ford into a parked 2014 Chevy Impala registered to a woman from Slayton, MN. A witness told police Bowman’s car ramped the median and went very fast across the parking lot before hitting the Ford. It then backed up over the curb and into the bushes before pulling away to park. No injuries were reported. Damage from the accident amounted to $2,500.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The mother of a missing Iowa college student pleaded Thursday with anyone who may have abducted her daughter to let her go and instead claim a pot of reward money that has ballooned to $172,000. Laura Calderwood said during a news conference that she believes her daughter, 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, is alive but has potentially been kidnapped. She announced the new reward amount, which spiked from $2,000 offered earlier this week after donations poured in from across the nation. Tibbetts’ disappearance has baffled investigators since she went missing more than two weeks ago. Calderwood said the money would be paid to anyone who provides information that leads to her daughter’s safe return.

“If someone has abducted her, we are pleading with you to please release her,” Calderwood said. “It is our greatest hope that if someone has her, that they would just release her and claim that money we have raised for her freedom.” Tibbetts was last seen on the evening of July 18, when she went for a routine jog in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa, a town of about 1,400 people in central Iowa. She was dog-sitting that evening for her boyfriend and her boyfriend’s brother, who were out of town, at a home where she was living this summer after completing her second year at the University of Iowa.
Tibbetts was reported missing the next morning when she didn’t show up for work at a daycare in a nearby town.

The FBI and dozens of investigators from state and local agencies are working on the case but have so far hit dead ends . The latest came Thursday, when police confirmed that a possible sighting of Tibbetts at a Missouri truck stop turned out not to be her. Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa spokesman Greg Willey promised to protect the anonymity of tipsters who call in or submit tips online, saying the group uses software that scrubs identifying information. He said the group exists for people who cannot come forward to police, including those who are guilty or involved in a crime.
Mollie’s father, Rob Tibbetts, praised the investigation, saying it has been large, sophisticated, aggressive and sensitive to the family.

But he said he believes the case will be solved by someone who comes forward with new information. “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Come forward, bring information to the authorities, and let’s bring Mollie home,” he said.