Officials in Fontanelle say a water main break this (Monday) morning has resulted in a Boil Order for citizens served by the City’s water supply. The Adair-Guthrie County Emergency Management Agency says the break has been repaired, the system has been flushed, and the main has been disinfected, but due to the potential for bacterial contamination, it is being recommended that the water be boiled before using for drinking or cooking or that an alternative source such as bottled water be used.

Officials expect the results of tests for bacteria will be available within a few days. If the tests show there is no bacteria in the water supply system, the boil order will be rescinded. Meanwhile, officials advise residents not to drink the water without boiling it first. Bring all water to a boil, let it boil for one minute, and let it cool before using, or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water.  The water may be used for bathing and other similar purposes.

For more information, please contact Susan Newton at 641-745-3961. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1(800) 426-4791.

The mother of one of the two 15-year-old girls missing from Shellsburg, in eastern Iowa, says she doesn’t believe she is a runaway. Dusty Hiepler-Floyd, Skie Floyd’s mom, said she thinks her daughter is “Probably scared right now.”

Skie Floyd

The Benton County Sheriff’s Department reports the two girls may be with 16-year-old Corey Sunderman and 13-year-old Austin Boggs — who’re both from the Atlantic area. All four could be traveling in a 1997 gold Jeep Grand Cherokee with no plates. Whatever the reason for the girls’ disappearance, Hiepler-Floyd said she wants them to return home.

“I just want them to know they’re not in trouble,” Hiepler-Floyd said. “I don’t care whatever the reason is they got into that car…neither one of them are in trouble. I just want them home.” Melinda Griffith, a friend of Hiepler-Floyd, said she doesn’t believe Skie is a runaway.  “She didn’t take her purse, she didn’t take her money, she didn’t take anything with her,” Griffith said. “If you’re running away from home, you take everything you got and you definitely take your purse.”

Both Floyd and Visek are sophomores at Vinton-Shellsburg High School. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Benton Sheriff’s Department at (319) 472-2337.

(Radio Iowa)

An Atlantic woman says her son and another local teen who ran away with two 15-year old girls from eastern Iowa, teens planned their escapade, based on a romantic notion. Crystal Sunderman, is the mother 16-year old Corey Sunderman.

Corey Sunderman (photo provided by his family)

She told KJAN News that her son, along with 13-year old Austin Boggs, went missing over the weekend, along with Skie (Sky) Floyd and Jazlyn Visek. Sunderman says Skie and Austin had been dating. She said the event had been “Set up for a while.” She says all four teens planned it, and that Jazlyn’s dad agreed that the girls had “Romanticized this and are going to hold out for all it’s worth,” thinking they are “cool.”

Sunderman says the teens may be on their way to Florida for a skateboarding event. She says Corey and Austin are “serious skateboarders,” and they’ve been bragging about going to a skateboarding park in Tampa or Miami. They mentioned there’s free room and board for skateboarders in that area. She says her son left home with about $400 in cash, but even if he runs out of money, he’ll find a way to get more, because “He’s very resourceful.”

Austin Boggs

Crystal Sunderman passed along a personal message to the teens. She said “This may seem exciting, but you really have no idea what you’re in for.” She says as much trouble the kids think they might be getting into, as their parents, they will try to “Protect them as much as possible,” and get them the help they need. She implored them to contact “Anybody, from any phone. You don’t have to tell us where you are if you don’t want to, just let us know you’re okay.”