Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater today (Tuesday), reports 29-year old William Albert Bethke the 4th, of Orient, was arrested last Thursday night for Public Intoxication. Bethke was taken into custody at around 11:35-p.m. in Orient, after the Sheriff’s Office received a call about a suspicious, possibly intoxicated male. The caller said also, the subject (Identified as Bethke), had been in a bar in Orient with another man. Together, they broke a couple of glasses and were asked to leave. Bethke and the other man left and walked down the road before standing there and eventually throwing rocks at passing vehicles.

When a deputy arrived on the scene, Bethke was in the 100 block of W. Tuttle Drive, in Orient. In speaking with the man, the deputy noticed Bethke had an odor of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes. He also had trouble keeping his balance. Bethke admitted to the deputy that he had consumed too much alcohol. He also thought he was in Creston, and that his friend left him there. The deputy noted Bethke had wounds on his head, which he said occurred when he fell down while walking. The deputy speculated the wounds instead came from rocks thrown at Bethke. The man was checked out by Orient Rescue, and released.

He was transported to the Adair County Jail and released early Friday morning on a $300 bond.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been accused of setting two fires in Cedar Rapids. Linn County court records say 48-year-old Carolyn Mittman is charged with two counts of arson. Mittman’s next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 28. Court documents say Mittman told investigators that she’d set a fire Oct. 22 at an apartment and set one on Oct. 13, 2017, at her former home to collect insurance money.

Red Oak Police say no injuries were reported following an accident Monday afternoon. Authorities say a 2012 Freightliner Semi-tractor trailer registered to XPO Logistics and driven by Beau Kinney, of Glenwood, was traveling south on Broadway Street from the intersection of Highway 34. A 2004 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Jeffrey Steven Whitt, of Villisca, was merging onto Broadway from Highway 34, when he failed to yield to the semi in his lane. The semi hit the car on the driver’s side, causing minor damage. Whitt was cited for Failure to Yield upon entering a highway, and Failure to show proof of insurance.

And, the Union County Sheriff’s Office says there were three accidents on Friday. At around 2:30-p.m., a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 15-year old Tessi May VanScoy, of Creston, was traveling south on Highway 25, in an area where cars were slowing for another vehicle that was being pulled from a ditch. VanScoy slowed down as well, but was unable to stop due to the road conditions. Her car hit the rear of a vehicle that then left the scene. Damage to the Pontiac was estimated at $3,000. No injuries were reported.

Just before 6-p.m. Friday, a 1999 Chevy Tahoe driven by 27-year old Samantha Kay Gyles, of Knoxville, was traveling east on Main Street in Lorimor, when the vehicle went out of control on the snow covered road. The SUV hit a legally parked 2008 Honda Accord, which in-turn, was pushed into a legally parked Volvo. There were no injuries. Damage from the mishap amounted to $4,000.

And, At around 6:30-p.m. Friday, a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by 70-year old Roger Henry Shephard, of Creston, went out of control due to the slippery road, as it was traveling south on Cherry Street Road. When the van swerved into the northbound lane, a 2018 Ford F-250 pickup driven by 31-year old Kody Karl Nielsen, of Guthrie Center, struck the left rear of the van. The impact caused the van to spin around and slide backward into the west ditch. Shephard was transported the hospital in Creston by ambulance to be checked-out. Damage from the collision amounted to $10,000.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines City Council has been urged to adopt a ban on racial profiling by police. Creation of a civilian review board was among the proposals aired at the council meeting Monday night. The proposals include bans on what were described as “pretextual stops”: traffic stops in which police use minor traffic violations as excuses to pull over people officers find suspicious because of their race or sex.

The council also was urged to make marijuana possession Des Moines’ lowest police enforcement priority because, the activists said, it unfairly targets minorities. The council voted to instruct City Manager Scott Sanders to research and report on each of the proposals. Des Moines Police Chief Dana Wingert disagreed that the city needs a civilian review board. He says that’s something for cities with major problems within their police departments.