A man and woman from Guthrie Center were arrested Tuesday on outstanding warrants from Audubon County. The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office reports Callie Jean Henderson and Todd Ray Eivins were charged with Theft in the 4th Degree, and Assault. The charges stem from an investigation into a Nov. 6th incident, in Hamlin. Henderson and Eivins were picked up from Guthrie County authorities and transported to the Audubon County Jail, where their bonds were set at $1,300.

They remain in the jail pending an appearance before the magistrate.

One person died in an explosion and fire Tuesday night, in Harlan. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports Harlan Police and Fire, Medivac Ambulance and Sheriff’s Deputies were called to 4025 Ridgeway Drive at around 11:18-p.m. When officers arrived, they located a vehicle next to a shed in the back yard of the property. The vehicle and shed were fully engulfed in flames. After the fire was extinguished, human remains were found inside the vehicle. The remains will be sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for identification and cause of death.

An initial investigation determined the vehicle was traveling north on Highway 59 when it left the road near the intersection with Hawkeye Avenue. The vehicle traveled across a grassy area before striking several trees. It then came to rest against the shed, where both caught fire. No names or other information will be released at this time, pending positive ID of the victim and notification of family. The incident remains an ongoing investigation.

Officials with the Creston Police Department report two men were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday. Just before 11-a.m., 50-year old Joel Weeks, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Barred. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond. And, at around 7-p.m. Tuesday, 18-year old William Wulff, of Chariton, was arrested in Creston on a charge of Theft in the 5th Degree. He was later released on a Promise to Appear in Court.

Creston Police said also, a resident of the 600 block of S. Park Street reported Tuesday morning, that sometime between 10-p.m. Monday and 8-a.m. Tuesday, someone stole a Marine Band CB radio from his vehicle parked near the residence. The loss was estimated at $140. And, a woman residing in the 700 block of W. Adams Street in Creston, reported to police that sometime between 5:50-p.m. and 6-p.m., someone broke a window at her residence. The loss was estimated at $150.