The results of the November 6^th General Election for the Audubon County Supervisors race are now official. Officials say the Election Board in Audubon County canvassed the votes Wednesday afternoon, and determined the winner remained unchanged. The night the elections were held, just  eight votes had separated Republican Duane Deist and Democrat Kent Grabill. Diest received 1,550 votes, while Grabill has 1,542. After all the votes, including Absentee were counted, Deist had a 10-vote victory, and was officially declared the winner, on Wednesday.

Both men were vying for the second seat on the Audubon County Board of Supervisors. Incumbent Republican Todd Nelson secured one of the open seats, with more than 18-hundred votes. A fourth candidate, Jerry R. Carter, was out of contention for the seat, with 1,080 votes.

The final results of the vote were left in question, because some Absentee ballots were still being received in the mail, and two provisional ballots had yet to be examined. The post election day count yielded just five more votes for Deist, for a total of 1,555, and three more votes for Grabill, who garnered 1,545.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest this (Thursday) morning, of 18-year old Julia M. Sheler, of Clarinda. Sheler was taken into custody shorty after midnight, on a warrant charging her with Assault with the Intent to Inflict Serious Injury. The charge stems from an incident which allegedly occurred November 4th at the Villisca Foods Store, in Villisca. Sheler was located by authorities in Clarinda and transported to the Montgomery County Jail without incident. Her bond was set at $2,000.

And, late Wednesday night, deputies from Montgomery County arrested 51-year old Gary L. Mattson, of rural Villisca, on a warrant for Contempt of Court/Illegal Resistance to an Order or Process. Mattson was located at his residence and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held on a $1,000 cash only bond.

In other news out of Montgomery County, police officials in Red Oak Police report the arrest Wednesday, of 18-year-old Kaylie Louise Hudson, of Red Oak. Hudson was taken into custody at around 8-p.m. for providing false information to a law enforcement officer. The woman was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash only bond.

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County say three people have been nabbed in connection with the theft of copper wiring from a cell phone tower north of Council Bluffs. According to the Sheriff’s Department, 24-year old Jodi R. Huftless,  of Platts­mouth, Neb.,  32-year old April M. Hinman, of Pacific Junction, Iowa, and 31-year old David J. Jay, of Glenwood, Iowa, were arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of stealing copper from a U.S. Cellular phone tower. The trio  were charged with first-degree theft, first-degree criminal mischief, third-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools.

Authorities say at around 6-a.m., Saturday, a sheriff’s deputy stopped Dodge Durango SUV for speeding on River Road. The suspects were in the Durango, with Huftless driving. The deputy had also seen the sport utility vehicle enter the U.S. Cellular tower location. While speaking with the vehicle’s passengers, the deputy received an alarm call from the U.S. Cellular site.

A search of the Durango by deputies resulted in the discovery of industrial-sized bolt cutters, smaller bolt cutters and the copper wire. A representative from U.S. Cellular later matched the wire found in the vehicle to the tower site.  Authorities estimated the copper’s worth and damage to the cell tower at $12,000.