The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports five people were arrested over the past week, on a variety of charges. On Monday, 51-year old Russell Dean Robinson, of Shenandoah, was arrested on charges of Burglary in the 1st degree, Domestic Abuse, and Criminal Mischief in the 5th degree. Last Saturday, 19-year old Richard Charles Golden, of Sidney, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, Failure to display license plates, and for driving on the wrong side of the road.

On April 2nd, deputies in Fremont County arrested 35-year old David Allen Keeton, of Sidney, on a Serious Domestic Assault charge, and for obstruction of emergency personnel. That same day, 22-year old Micheal Lee Glenn, of Farragut, was arrested for probation revocation. 34-year old Shaun Allen Akers, of Sidney, was arrested on the same charge, on March 30th.

DOW CITY, Iowa (AP) – A western Iowa man has pleaded not guilty to murder in connection with a fatal shooting outside a small town bar. 28-year-old Benton Wingrove is charged with killing 29-year-old Adam Lary in Dow City after the two men argued at a bar. Both men were from Dow City.  Authorities say Lary left the bar first, but was shot while driving and his car crashed into a house.

Prosecutors say Wingrove fired nearly a dozen shots at Lary as he tried to drive away, and Wingrove had a handgun when he was arrested.

For the second time in a little over a month, a bridge in Adair County has been hit by a truck, causing traffic to be rerouted. The Iowa Department of Transportation reports the westbound Interstate 80 bridge near Casey was damaged when it was struck by a truck hauling an excavator. The accident took place at around 8:30-p.m., Monday, between exits 83 and 96. DOT Transportation Planning Director Scott Suhr, based in Atlantic, told KJAN News the accident happened as the truck was traveling south Antique Country Drive, south of Casey. He says he’s not sure if the truck was oversize or if the load was at the wrong height. Either way, he says “It did some damage.”

The same bridge was hit in nearly the same location, last month. Suhr said when the north end was hit on March 4^th by a dump truck, one of the concrete beams was damaged. This time, about three or four beams were damaged. The result of the most recent accident, is that traffic is being rerouted using the entrance and exit ramps at Casey. Bridge Inspectors from Ames were expected to take a look at the damage and assess the structural safety of the crossing this morning. Meanwhile, the bridge remains closed until it is deemed safe for traffic.

The accident that occurred during the early morning hours on March 4^th, happened when 62-year old Duane Nelson, of Casey, forgot to lower the box on a 1991 Mack dump truck registered to Schildberg Construction, in Greenfield. As the vehicle was traveling southbound on Antique Country Drive, south of Casey, the truck box hit the westbound I-80 bridge support beam. The impact tore the box section off of the truck, but it became wedged against the support beam at the point of impact.

The Patrol cited Nelson for driving a vehicle with excessive height.

The Iowa Department of Transportation reports  westbound Interstate 80 is currently blocked between exit 83 and 96 (near Casey) due to an earlier crash where an oversize load struck a bridge. Traffic is being routed around the blockage using the entrance and exit ramps at Casey.

Iowa Department of Transportation bridge inspectors will be onsite this (Tuesday) morning to inspect the damage. The bridge will remain closed until that inspection is completed and the bridge is deemed safe.

(8-a.m. News)