Seven fire departments and numerous other agencies responded to fire late Friday night at the Flint Hills Resources ethanol plant, near Menlo. Menlo Fire Chief Ben Gilman told KJAN News the call came in at around 11:30-p.m. Friday, about a fire on a conveyor for an elevator at the plant. The fire was attributed to a mechanical failure of some sort, possibly a burned out bearing.

Crews from Stuart Fire and Rescue, Casey Fire, Greenfield Fire, Adair Fire, Guthrie Center Fire, Panora Fire and Dexter Fire, also with Deputies from the Guthrie County Sheriffs Office, and Adair/Guthrie County Emergency Manger Bob Kempf, all responded to the scene.

Menlo Fire was on location for about 3 1/2 hours. No injuries were reported. The damage was said to have been confined to the conveyor.

The Council Bluffs Police Department reports the driver of a vehicle was found unconscious and injured after a crash Friday night in Council Bluffs.  At approximately 7:00pm police and fire responded to an injury crash in the 3000 block of 9th Avenue in Council Bluffs.

Upon arrival officers located 59-year-old Edward Abraham of Council Bluffs inside a minivan unconscious.  The van had rear-ended an unoccupied parked Ford Crown Victoria.  Abraham was transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs with the extent of his injuries unknown.

The preliminary investigation determined that Abraham went off the right side of the roadway onto the parking lane striking the Crown Victoria.  Both vehicles were pushed about 50 feet west before coming to rest.  Impairment is not suspected and the roadway was closed for approximately 1 1/2 hours in both directions during the investigation and was fully opened at 9:00pm Friday. The crash is still under investigation.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office released details on a couple of recent arrests.

On Friday at approximately 7:45pm deputies stopped a car driven by 35-year-old Dustin Mattox of Shenandoah in the 400 block of Main Street in Tabor. Deputies found that Mattox was driving with a suspended license and he was arrested for Driving While Suspended.  He was taken to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and he posted bond of $435.

Also early today (Saturday) at 2:00am deputies arrested 30-year-old Randall Timmerman of Percival for Operating While Intoxicated, 1st Offense after a traffic stop in Hamburg. Timmerman was taken to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and held on $1,000 bond.