(Humboldt County, Iowa) – The pilot of a small airplane made an emergency landing Tuesday, in a Humboldt County soybean field. According to reports, the pilot was flying home to Colorado after attending a wedding in Wisconsin, when his aircraft ran out of gas. He brought the plane down safely in the field off of Utah Avenue. Neither the pilot nor his passenger were injured.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s office said someone gave the pilot some gas and he took off again off of the gravel road on Texas Avenue nearby.

The pilot has agreed to pay the farmer back for the damage his soybean field.

(Radio Iowa) – A couple who live across the street from the governor’s mansion is seeking a zoning change so they can sell guns out of their home. A hearing with the Des Moines Zoning Board is scheduled for July 27th on the request from Travis and Elizabeth Aslin. The couple told Axios they conducted a few online gun sales from their previous home in a Des Moines suburb as a hobby and let customers pick up the guns at their house in Grimes.

Des Moines officials seeking to deny the couple’s request to sell guns near the governor’s residence will have to show the home business would endanger public health and safety or impact the neighborhood. Those are the guidelines from a law Governor Reynolds approved aw last month that restricts city and county ordinances for home based businesses.

During House debate of the legislation, Republican Representative Skyler Wheeler of Orange City said Iowans should be able to operate a business out of their home if they aren’t disturbing neighbors.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – A man from Nebraska was injured during a motorcycle accident Saturday evening, in Mills County. Sheriff’s officials say 48-year-old Bennette Roberts, of Omaha, was riding a 2020 motorcycle eastbound on Highway 34 near 180th Street, when for reasons unknown, the cycle drifted into the median and hit an embankment for a median turnaround. When the cycle went airborne, Roberts was ejected. The accident happened a little before 6-p.m., Friday.

Multiple bystanders came to Roberts’ aid, one was a nurse, another was an EMT. Roberts was transported by LifeNet 1-1 to Nebraska Medicine, for treatment of suspected minor injuries. Sheriff’s officials say he was wearing a helmet.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Mills County report six arrests took place from July 15th through the 19th. Most recently, 42-year-old Billie Jo Monson, of Glenwood, was arrested Tuesday morning, on a warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. Monson was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail. Monson was previously arrested July 15th, on a warrant for Theft in the 5th as well as Trespass in the 1st (Bond $300).

Early Sunday morning, 31-year-old Marvin De Jesus Cortez, of Omaha, was arrested on Highway 34, for OWI/1st Offense, with bond set at $1,000. Sunday night, 43-year-old David Andrew Farr, of Lincoln, NE, was arrested at 195th & Lambert Avenue in Mills County. Farr was charged with Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs, Poss. of a Controlled Substance, and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. Bond set at $2,300.

At around 1-a.m. Friday, 35-year-old Christopher Douglas Grow, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at 310th Street & Highway 34 in Mills County, on charges of Criminal Mischief in the 2nd Degree, Operating a vehicle without owner’s consent, OWI/1st, Reckless Driving, and Driving Under Suspension ($5,000 bond). At around 1:10-a.m., Friday, 28-year-old Nickolaus Brett Bennett, JR., of Plattsmouth, NE, was arrested for Poss. of a Controlled Substance ($1,000 bond).

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Civil Deputy Spencer Walton reports on arrests conducted between July 7th and the 15th.

On July 14th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 35-year-old Mulap Subba, of Des Moines, on a warrant for Failure to Appear. Subba was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on his own recognizance. On the 14th also, 32-year-old Benjamin Deal, of Marne, was arrested on a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault 1st Offense. Deal was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held until his later release on his own recognizance.

On July 11th, 21-year-old Rachael Stanley, of Sac City, was arrested in Cass County, on a warrant for Violation of Probation. Stanley was transported to the Cass County Jail where she was booked and held.

On July 9th, 39-year-old Matthew Echternach, of Red Oak, was arrested in Cass County for OWI 3rd Offense and Driving While Revoked. Echternach was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on bond.

And finally, on July 7th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 45-year-old Eric Ostrander, of Council Bluffs, on a warrant for Violation of Probation. Ostrander was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on his own recognizance.

(Creston, Iowa) – A woman from Creston reported to Police Tuesday morning, that someone slashed a tire on her vehicle, unplugged a freezer, and damaged a garage door. The incident occurred at her residence in the 900 block of N. Oak Street. The loss was estimated at $257.