The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office say a man was arrested early Sunday morning following a hit-and-run accident, in Avoca. 26-year old Skylar Matthew Ryan, of Avoca, was charged with OWI/1st offense, and cited for leaving the scene of a property damage accident, as well as failure to maintain control, after the pickup he was driving struck a Mid-American Energy pole at the intersection of East Kearney and North Chestnut Street in Avoca. The accident happened at around 1-a.m., Sunday.

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports the arrest on Saturday of 41-year old Jeremy Leslie Williams, of Clarinda. Williams was taken into custody under the authority of a warrant charging him with Possession, receipt, transportation, or dominion and control of firearms, offensive weapons, and ammunition by felons and others. The charge was the result of an investigation conducted by the Page County Sheriff’s Office. Williams posted a $5,000 bond and was released shortly after being booked into jail.

Jeremy L. Williams

In other news, Sheriff Palmer says no injuries were reported following two separate weekend accidents. At around 10:15-a.m. Saturday, an accident took place near the intersection of 210^th Street and Tolbert Avenue, about one-mile east of Clarinda. An investigation determined 69-year old Sherry Suzanne O’Connell, of Clarinda, was driving a 1998 Ford F-150 pickup eastbound on 210^th.  When she attempted to turn left onto Tolbert, the pickup went out of control and entered the west ditch before rolling onto its passenger side. The vehicle sustained an estimated $3,500 damage.

And, Sunday afternoon, an accident happened in the 2600 block of 230^th Street, or about three-miles southwest of Clarinda.  An investigation determined 16-year old Cooper Brann Randolph, of rural Clarinda, was lost control of a vehicle as he was driving east and hit a patch of ice on the road. The vehicle went off the road and struck a power pole owned by Mid American Energy.  Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $5,000.  Damage to the power pole was estimated at $500.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports two people were arrested on drug charges last week. Greenfield Police Dec. 12th, arrested 21-year old Ashley Nicole Kelly, of Des Moines, and 25-year old Shane Forrest Dugan-Jones, of Greenfield, on felony charges of Possession with the Intent to Deliver, 5-grams of methamphetamine. The substance was found in the ashtray of the vehicle they were in. Both subjects were also charged with Possession of Meth/1st offense, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Ashley Kelly faces additional charges of Interference with Official Acts, two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance/Prescription drugs without a prescription, and a Prescription Drug Violation. Dugan-Jones was also arrested on a Polk County warrant for Theft in the 2nd Degree. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on $100,000 bond, while Kelly was being held on $50,000 bond, which was was reduced from $100,000.

Adair County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 28-year old Larry Joe Warrior, of Fontanelle, Dec. 14th, for Harassment in the 1st Degree. He was later released on $2,000 bond. The Sheriff’s report says Warrior and his sister got into an argument, during which he grabbed a kitchen knife and began to stab the door. He also allegedly threatened to kill his sister and hang her a tree in the yard if she called police. His sister fled the house out of fear for her safety. Warrior admitted to a Deputy that “His anger got the best of him,” and that he had threatened to harm his sister.

U-S Republican Senator Joni Ernst, from Red Oak, will hold a couple of public events in the area next month. Her office said today (Monday), Ernst will hold a Montgomery County Town Hall Meeting Jan. 7th, beginning at 9-a.m., at the Montgomery County Family YMCA (101 E. Cherry St.).

And, Ernst will be in Winterset Jan. 7th, for a “Coffee with Joni,” beginning 2:30-p.m., at the Northside Cafe (61 E. Jefferson St.). Ernst says one of her top priorities is to complete a 99 county tour of Iowa, so she can hear directly from residents across the state.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from western Adair County was injured during a rollover accident Sunday afternoon. 23-year old Jennifer Vandeboe, of Fontanelle, was transported by private vehicle to the hospital in Creston, after the 2003 Pontiac van she was driving went out of control after hitting a patch of ice as she was traveling north on Highway 25.

The vehicle entered a ditch and flipped over, coming to rest on its passenger side. Damage to the van was estimated at $5,000 (a total loss). A fence owned by Jeff Tussey, was also damaged during the crash. The damage was estimated at $200.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 58-year old Dubley Wade Nutt, of Des Moines, was arrested Sunday night at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for violation of probation.  Nutt was being held in the Union County Jail without bond, until seen by a judge.

Two people traveling in a single vehicle were injured during a rollover accident Saturday evening, in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 32-year old Steven Bilek, of Bellevue, NE, was driving a 2000 Ford southbound on 221st Street at around 5:45-p.m., Saturday, when the vehicle began to fish-tail due to the slippery road conditions.

The vehicle left the road and entered a ditch, where it rolled several times into a field and came to rest upright, about 100-feet from where it left the road.  Bilek and his passenger, 33-year old Catherine Bilek, were transported by rescue units to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha.

Oak Township Fire and Glenwood Rescue assisted at the scene.

The Iowa Democratic Party’s leadership is authorizing a “deep dive” to figure out why Democrats had such a “devastating” 2016. Congressman Dave Loebsack of Iowa City — the only Democrat in Iowa’s congressional delegation — is helping to raise the money for the research.

Loebsack says Democrats “have an opportunity in 2018” if the party goes to where people “live, work and play” and have a “two way conversation” with Iowans. Loeback made his comments Saturday during the Iowa Democratic Party’s State Central Committee meeting.

The next Iowa Democratic Party chair will be elected in late January.

(Radio Iowa)