(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports four arrests took place over the past week:

On 01/16/2024, deputies arrested Lynn Marie Ball, age 32 of St. Jospeh, Missouri, for Lascivious Acts with a Child and Sex Abuse 2nd Degree. Ball was arrested in connection to an incident that occurred in Sidney in August of 2023. Ball is being held on $35,000 cash/surety bond.

On 01/20/2024, deputies arrested Tasha Denise Beale, age 45 of Franklin, Virginia near the intersection of 210th Ave and Hwy 2 in rural Percival, Iowa. Deputies were called to a truck stop for a report of a stabbing. Deputies learned Beale was involved in a domestic disturbance leading to the victim reporting being stabbed with a set of car keys, causing minor injuries. Beale was arrested for Domestic Abuse with a Weapon and Going Armed with Intent. She is being held without bond, pending an initial appearance with a Magistrate.

On 01/20/2024, deputies arrested Anthony William Palma, age 19 of Schuyler, Nebraska. Deputies were called to a physical altercation in Randolph. The victim reported being lured from his residence and assaulted by Palma. Palma is being held on $2,000 cash/surety bond.

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On 01/20/2024, deputies arrested Jeremy James Ramos, age 39 of Tabor, Iowa near the intersection of 110th Street and 120th Street, in rural Tabor. Ramos was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense. He was released after posting a $1,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has suspended his presidential campaign, just six days after finishing a distant second to former President Trump in the Iowa Caucuses. “It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” DeSantis said. “…He has my endorsement because we can’t go back to the old Republican guard of yester-year, a repackaged form of warmed over corporatism that Nikki Haley represents.”

DeSantis made his announcement Sunday afternoon in a video posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. With the New Hampshire Primary coming up on Tuesday, DeSantis said he could not ask his supporters to volunteer their time and money if there was not a clear path to victory. A month ago, DeSantis was predicting he’d win the Iowa Caucuses. DeSantis and political action committees supporting his campaign spent 35 million dollars in Iowa and he visited each of Iowa’s 99 counties

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaking to a crowd in a Pizza Ranch in Garner, Iowa on Aug. 28, 2023. (RI photo)

“Nobody worked harder and we left it all out on the field,” DeSantis said. DeSantis, in announcing his endorsement of Trump, mentioned he had signed a pledge to honor the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. Governor Kim Reynolds, who endorsed DeSantis in November, has also been saying she’ll back Trump if he’s the nominee.

“This wasn’t about President Trump. I supported him in ’16. I supported him in ’20. I wish he would have won,” Reynolds said. “…I can tell you without hesitation whoever our nominee is, I’m going to get behind them because this country is in trouble.”

Reynolds made her comments Friday on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S.

(Creston, Iowa) – No injuries were reported following a collision Saturday afternoon at 195th and 190th Streets, in Union County. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a 1996 Dodge pickup driven by 20-year-old Logan Osterhout, of Afton, was traveling south on 195th Street at around 4:50-p.m. and had attempted to slow and turn right onto 190th Street to head westbound. The pickup struck a 2016 Chevy pickup driven by 34-year-old Kyle Thelen, of Creston, and which was stopped at the intersection.

Osterhout was given a verbal warning for Failure to Maintain Control of a vehicle. Damage from the collision amounted to $5,000.