(College Springs, Iowa) – An investigation into an incident late Monday evening in College Springs, resulted in an arrest. The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies were called at around 7:25-p.m. to a motor vehicle accident near the intersection of Missouri Avenue and Spruce Street, in College Springs. An investigation determined 39-year-old Gelena Ann Gladman,  of College Springs, was the operator and only occupant of a 2013 Nissan.

Witness’s said that Gladman was “passed out” with the vehicle running and her foot on the brake. Witness’s were unable to gain entry to the vehicle as the vehicles doors were locked as the vehicle was in gear. Witness’s tried to wake Gladman up and Gladman took her foot off the brake, causing the vehicle to move. The vehicle struck a stop sign and then came to rest in the back yard of a residence on Spruce Street after striking a trash container.

Gelena Gladman

Gladman was evaluated by Clarinda EMS and released. Gladman was arrested for OWI 2nd Offense. She was transported to the Page County Jail where she was held on a $2,000 bond pending further court proceedings. The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Clarinda Ambulance service, Clarinda Fire Department, and College Springs Fire & Rescue.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Two men from Omaha were arrested Wednesday morning in Mills County, following a traffic stop on Highway 34. Sheriff’s officials report 34-year-old Darnell Travon Lee and 32-year-old Jerome Dupree Matthews, were taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Their bonds were set at $1,000, each. And, 34-year-old Jessie Amanda Harman, f Glenwood, was arrested on Hammond Avenue in Mills County at around 10:30-p.m. Wednesday. She was charged with OWI/1st offense and held on a $1,000 bond.

A woman from Glenwood was transported to the hospital by Glenwood Rescue, after her vehicle struck a deer. 41-year-old Kathryn Hartley was driving a 2015 Hyundai westbound on Highway 34 at around 9:50-a.m. Wednesday, when a deer crossed in front of her vehicle near Hilman Road. The animal was struck by the left front portion of the car.

(Clarinda, Iowa) – The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports 45-year-old Tracey Lynn Ballinger, of Clarinda, was arrested Wednesday at her residence,on a Page County Warrant for Contempt of Court. The warrant stems from a sentencing charge of Driving while License is barred.

Ballinger

Ballinger was transported to the Page County Jail where she is being held on $2000.00 cash only bond pending further court proceedings.

(Clarinda, Iowa) – Deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Office, Tuesday, arrested a woman on a warrant for Failure to Appear. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says 49-year-old Brandee Lee Greve, of Clarinda, was arrested in connection with an original charge of having a prohibited, vicious animal. Greve was arrested at the Page County Courthouse and transported to the Page County Jail, where she was booked in and later posted a $300 bond.

Brandee Lee Greve

Greve was then released, pending future court proceedings.

(Radio Iowa) – A six-story building in Shenandoah’s downtown district may wind up being renovated after being vacant for more than two decades. Margaret Brady started a realty company in 2019 to renovate and resell flooded properties in the area and is taking on the project and its estimated half a million dollar cost. “If you’ve ever even driven by that building you know it probably has some stuff in there that needs to come out, so the first thing we’re going to do is demo floors one and two. It’s like the storefront and then offices about that and it still has the old mill equipment in there, so that’s going to have to come out,” she says, “so there’s quite a bit of work to do inside.”

The Johnson Brothers building – a livestock feed mill — was built in the early 1940s. The business closed in 1998. Shenandoah officials initially began discussing demolition more than a decade ago, but city officials are now supporting Brady’s plan to turn the building into retail and office space as well as a storehouse and workshop for doors, windows and other materials rescued from other properties. Brady says tuck pointing on the brick building’s exterior is scheduled to start in October. “So hopefully in just a few months they’ll start making the outside look better,” Brady says.

Shenandoah officials and Brady are working on a tax increment financing package of up to a quarter of a million dollars to support renovations.  “It’s not something that I deal with very often, so it’s a little outside my realm,” she says, “so it’s been really a good process and I’m excited to get that project going.” Brady says if all goes well, the renovations will be done in the fall of 2023. She’s hoping the project spurs other redevelopment. “Any time you see positive growth, whether it’s a house or a building, everybody thinks they can do a little better on theirs, too,” Brady says.

Members of the Johnson family have donated 165-thousand dollars toward restoration of the building that was home to the family business for more than 50 years.

(Walnut, Iowa) -The victim of a collision Wednesday afternoon near Walnut that involved a train and a semi-tractor trailer hauling grain, was identified this (Thursday) morning, as 54-year-old Ronaldo Huntoon, of Council Bluffs. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office the accident happened at around 2:40-p.m., Wednesday, south of Walnut, on 510th Street, between Rosewood and Pinoak Roads.

The train dragged the semi approximately 100-150 yards, according to law enforcement. Authorities say when first responders arrived on the scene, the truck was on fire — “fully involved.” The train was traveling east and the grain truck was traveling south when the accident occurred.

No one on the Iowa Interstate Railroad train was injured.