The Glenwood Police Department Monday (today), said 19-year-old Brian Johnson, of Glenwood, was arrested Friday. Johnson was taken into custody on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation.

A traffic stop on a vehicle at around 12:30-p.m. Saturday, in Council Bluffs, resulted in the discovery of two missing New York teens. Council Bluffs Police says a Council Bluffs Police Traffic Unit officer conducted a traffic stop on a Toyota Van with New York license plates. The vehicle was traveling 94 mph in a 65 mph zone, in the area of the 3 mile marker on I-80 West Bound. Upon making contact with the occupants, it was found the driver was a missing 14-year-old male out of New York.

His passenger, an 11-year-old female, was also reported missing out of New York. The juveniles were placed into protective custody. Officials in New York were contacted and they are in the process of bringing the juveniles back home. The names of the juveniles are not being released due to their age.

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds has scheduled a 6:05-p.m. live address to Iowans, with regard to COVID19, the need for Iowans to practice safe mitigation efforts, as well as to announce new steps to fight the virus in order to protect lives, livelihoods, hospital resources and health care workers. It will be livestreamed and posted in full on Governor Reynolds’ Facebook Page. 

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a mother and her two children were injured this weekend escaping an apartment fire in West Des Moines. Television station WOI reports that firefighters were called just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday to the West Glen Apartment complex. Arriving firefighters saw smoke coming from the building and called for a second alarm, and police arrived to help evacuate the building. Officials say a mother and her two children were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after escaping through a third-story window. Fire crews quickly brought the fire under control. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Monday (Today), reports four people were arrested Sunday on theft, burglary and other charges:

• 23-year old Ra Say, of Omaha, was arrested at around 1:40-a.m. in the area of 310th Street, for Theft in the 2nd Degree, Ongoing Criminal Conduct, four counts of Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Felon in Control of a Firearm, and on a warrant out of Pottawattamie County for Failure to Appear. Bond was set at $43,000.
• 27-year old Per Kaw, of Omaha, was arrested at around 1:40-a.m. Sunday, for Theft in the 2nd, Felon in Control of a Firearm, Ongoing Criminal Conduct, and four counts of Burglary in the 3rd Degree. Bond was set at $41,000.
• And, 38-year old Eh Sher Ku, of Des Moines, was arrested at around the same time and place, on the same charges (Theft in the 2nd, Felon in Control of a Firearm, Ongoing Criminal Conduct, and four counts of Burglary in the 3rd Degree). Bond for Ku was also set at $41,000.
• 21-year old Kpor Kue, of Omaha, was arrested at around 11:40-a.m. Sunday for Theft in the 2nd Degree, Ongoing Criminal Conduct, and four counts of Burglary in the 3rd Degree. Bond was set at $38,000.

That same day, four individuals, one from Bennington, NE., the others from Malvern, reported incidents of Burglary. The latter three took place in the vicinity of Prospect Avenue, and were reported between 4:15-and 4:20-a.m., Sunday

The Guthrie County Public Health Department has issued a request of Superintendents and School Board in the County, with regard to Thanksgiving and a return to classes. In his statement, Guthrie County Public Health Director Jotham Arber says “In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our county and help reduce the strain that a high positivity rate puts on our community’s resources, the Guthrie County Public Health Department is asking that our school districts consider lengthening the time that students are away from school over the week of the Thanksgiving break.

Arber said “We recommend that all schools include Monday, November 23rd and Tuesday November 24th to the days that students are not in person on campus. This would allow students and staff to remain at home with their families and away from others for 9-to 10-days before and throughout the holidays.” He said the thinking is that the move would provide a decrease in the daily positive cases and overall positivity rate.

Officials with the Panorama CSD will follow the recommendation from the Guthrie County Public Health Department and conduct virtual remote learning on Monday the 23rd and Tuesday the 24th of November. District meals will not be provided to students on November 23rd or 24th. Office hours in both buildings will be from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The secondary library and elementary cafeteria will be available for WiFi on both dates. Panorama students in grades Pre-k through 8th grade will need to be accompanied by an adult if utilizing the library or cafeteria. Face masks will be required of any adults utilizing the secondary library and elementary cafeteria during these time periods.

Derrick Demon Penelton (Iowa DOC photo)

DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 26-year old Derrick Demon Penelton, who was convicted of Willful Injury and other crimes in Polk County, left the Fort Des Moines Residential Facility without permission Sunday night, and has not returned. Penelton is a black male, 5-feet 9-inches tall. He weighs about 176 pounds. Penelton was admitted to the work release facility on October 1, 2020. Persons with information on Penelton’s whereabouts should contact local police.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa State Education Association says schools should be allowed to go online until coronavirus infections subside, without seeking approval from state officials. More than 40 school districts are currently operating all or some grades under temporary virtual learning waivers from the Iowa Department of Education. Many are struggling to staff classrooms and bus routes because of the number of employees in quarantine. Mike Beranek, president of the state teachers union, says it shows that schools are not immune to the pandemic. “While there may be less of an opportunity for students to be symptomatic, they are still fully capable of spreading that virus,” he says. “When they go out into the communities they interact with other individuals who may not be following the protocols which are necessary.”

Beranek says the state’s two-week waivers don’t fit the public health guidelines for quarantine and isolation, because not everyone in a school gets exposed at exactly the same time. “If that requires students to be home for a longer period of time than five days or two weeks, then districts should be able to make those decisions without having to go through the waiver process,” he says.

Last week, Governor Kim Reynolds issued a partial mask mandate for some indoor gatherings of more than 25 people, but it does not apply to schools. Beranek says it should. According to a survey by the ISEA, 40 percent of Iowa school districts do not require students and teachers to wear masks.

(Reporting by Iowa Public Radio’s Grant Gerlock)