Audubon County Sheriff Todd Johnson reports one-person was arrested early this (Friday) morning following an investigation into an incident in Exira that allegedly occurred late Thursday night. 49-year old David Lee Nelson, of Exira, was arrested at around 12:50-a.m. on a charge of Domestic Assault.

Nelson was being held without bond in the Audubon County Jail, pending an appearance before the Magistrate.

(9-a.m. News)

Residents in Harlan will see an increase in electricity rates starting in July. In a board of trustees meeting Thursday, Harlan Municipal Utilities set in motion to approve a four percent increase in electric rates starting on July 1st. The board approved the recommendation from John Burmeister of Public Financial Management (PFM). Burmeister proposed the recommendation at a previous HMU board meeting in April.

In other news, HMU said a transformer along Industrial Avenue in Harlan failed on Wednesday afternoon causing a disruption in the distribution system. The failure led to a loss of power to customers in the south 12th Street area of Harlan. The outage began around 3:40pm on Wednesday and crews were able to restore power to all customers by 4:30.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)