Police in Creston report two arrests took place Wednesday. At around 8:15-p.m., 50-year old Troy E. McKinney, of Creston, was arrested on charges of OWI/2nd offense, Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of drug paraphernalia. McKinney was being held in the Union County Jail on $5,000 bond.

And, 22-year old Travis Dunham, of Creston, was arrested at around 4:30-p.m., Wednesday, for Driving While Suspended. Dunham was later released on $300 bond.

A man cleaning a weapon at a home in Atlantic Wednesday evening was shot in the leg when the .9-mm handgun he was handling accidentally discharged. According to Atlantic Police, 26-year old Jarred Johnson, of Kimballton, suffered a gunshot wound to his lower left leg. He was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic by Medivac Ambulance and later transferred to a hospital in Des Moines for further treatment.

The incident happened at around 7:20-p.m. at 803 Cedar Street, in Atlantic.

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The City of Atlantic’s Personnel and Finance Committee is beginning a search for a new City Attorney. The Committee met Wednesday evening at City Hall, to review the contract of current City Attorney Dave Wiederstein, and their options for a future City Attorney. Committee Chair Kathy Somers said while Wiederstein has not formally given a 30-day notice of intent to resign, he did mention to her that he “Really does not want to be the City Attorney past December 31st,” but he added that he would be “Willing to make an extension of that for one-month, for reasons he also gave in a letter to Somers.

From left to right: Interim City Administrator John Lund; Mayor Dave Jones: Councilpersons Jimerson, Somers & Halder. (Ric Hanson/photo)

Wiederstein is running for Cass County Attorney in the November General Election. He also serves as attorney for the City of Audubon. Somers said he provided the committee with a list of qualifications in a letter that they should look for in a new City Attorney, including having someone who is local, experienced in municipal law and real estate. Wiederstein said the attorney should be “Responsive,” also. Meaning a higher priority should be given to City matters over the attorney’s other clients.

The Committee, comprised of Somers, Councilmen Dana Halder and Chris Jimerson, along with Mayor Dave Jones, made it clear they want whomever is selected to attend at least 90-percent of the Council meetings.

The Committee decided to send letters of Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) to law firms located within Atlantic, informing them of the opening, and allowing them until November 21st to submit a sealed bid. The Committee will open the bids at a meeting in early December and present them before the Council during their meeting on December 3rd, along with a recommendation.

Police in Red Oak say two juveniles were arrested late Wednesday afternoon on theft and harassment charges. Authorities say a 13-year-old male juvenile was arrested for 2nd degree harassment and 5th degree theft. He was detained at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center. A13-year-old male was also arrested for 5th degree theft.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The governing board for Iowa’s three public universities will discuss a plan that would raise tuition and fees by 1.75 percent next year. The Iowa Board of Regents will meet at the University of Iowa on Thursday for the second of a two-day meeting. Regents are expected to consider the tuition plan, but not vote on it until December.

It would raise the cost of tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduates from Iowa to $8,220 at the University of Iowa, $7,851 at Iowa State and $7,933 at the University of Northern Iowa. The proposal comes after the board has frozen tuition rates for the prior two years, for the first time since the 1970s.

The increase would cover the expected cost of inflation and generate $14.5 million in new revenues.