Police in Creston report 23-year-old Maxim Kozlov, of Shannan City, was arrested at around Noon, Tuesday. Kozlov was taken into custody at the Creston Walmart, on a charge of Indecent Exposure. He was later released from the Union County Jail, on a $300 bond. And, at around 12:22-a.m. today (Wednesday), 38-year-old Angel Valdovinos Rodriguez, of Creston, was arrested for Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct. Rodriguez was being held in the Adams County Jail, on a $600 bond.

Police in Red Oak arrested a man Tuesday evening, for Disorderly Conduct/Fighting, and Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree. Authorities say 37-year-old Michael Eugene Squires, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 6:18-p.m., in the 100 block of W. 2nd Street, in Red Oak. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) – Public meetings are underway this week in several Iowa cities, the first steps an Iowa-based company must follow as it seeks a state permit to build an underground pipeline for carbon through 30 counties. As we reported last month, the potential pipeline has been dubbed the Midwest Carbon Express by its developer, Summit Carbon Solutions. Jesse Harris, a spokesman for the company, says it would be the largest carbon capture and storage project in the world.

“Our project would connect 31 different ethanol plants across the Midwest, including 12 plants here in Iowa,” Harris says. “We would capture the CO2 emissions before they were emitted into the atmosphere. We would compress those emissions into a pipeline and we would transport it to North Dakota, where it would be permanently stored.” Harris says ethanol plants that feed into the pipeline would become a so-called “net zero” fuel source by the end of the decade.

“It would allow ethanol plants to be able to sell their product and sell it at a premium in low carbon fuel standard markets like California, Oregon, Washington and more,” Harris says, “and give them a real competitive, economic advantage in the years to come.” Businessman Bruce Rastetter of Alden, the former president of the Iowa Board of Regents, owns the company that ultimately hopes to get Iowa Utilities Board approval for the project.

The pipeline would stretch through more than 700 miles of Iowa and the first informational meeting about the plan was held Monday in Steamboat Rock. Meetings are scheduled today (Wednesday) in Rock Rapids and Sioux Center. Two more meetings on Thursday will be held in Le Mars and Sioux City.

(Radio Iowa) – A long-time aide to Republican Governors Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds has been elected to the Iowa House. Unofficial results show Republican Mike Bousselot won yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) special election in House District 37, which covers parts of Ankeny and northern Polk County. Bousselot got nearly 52 percent of the vote. Democrat Andrea Phillips finished with just over 48 percent in her second run in the district.

The seat had been held by Republican John Landon of Ankeny, who died in July. Bousselot, who is an attorney, had most recently served as director of the Iowa Department of Management. He was not confirmed for the post by the Iowa Senate this past spring and resigned from the job last month. Bousselot had previously served as Governor Branstad’s top health care advisor, then as Branstad’s chief of staff.

Late yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, Governor Reynolds set Tuesday, October 12th as the date for a special election in Iowa House District 29, which covers most of Jasper County, including the city of Newton. State Representative Wes Breckenridge, a retired Newton policeman, resigned from the seat last week. He is now the assistant director of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy.

Voters in the Audubon Community School District (Tuesday) approved the adoption of a Revenue Purpose Statement (RPS. According to unofficial results, the measure passed with 92.13% in favor (117 to 10). Voter approval means the District can use revenue from the State of Iowa’s SAVE (Secure an Advanced Vision for Education) Fund, to finish the Middle School/High School Renovation project.

Voters in the district also approved Anne Bomstad-Miller to fill an At Large seat on the Audubon School Board. She had been running unopposed. She garnered 118 votes (92.91%).

[Updated/correction] (Manning, Iowa) – Patrons of the IKM-Manning School District have failed to approve by a 60% majority, a $19.5-million General Obligation Bond Referendum that would have allowed the district to address a series of facilities needs in both Irwin and Manning. That was 56% in favor. The measure needed 60% of the votes to pass.

The results (which are unofficial until canvassed) show the measure was approved in Carroll County by a vote of 847 Yes to 68 No, while in Shelby and Audubon Counties, it failed 450 to 162. Crawford County voters cast 407 NO votes and 170 YES votes.

According to district administrators, the tax rate impact would have amounted to $118 per year on a home with a $100,000 assessed value. For agricultural property, it would have meant an additional $2.63 per acre/year, depending on where you live. The district’s tax rate would have increased from $9.51/$1,000 of taxable valuation to $11.81.