The Glenwood Police Department reports two arrests over the weekend.

On Saturday, September 24th Officers arrested 34-year-old Seth Peters for Driving Under Suspension. Peters was taken to the Mills County Jail and held on $300 bond.

On Sunday, September 25th Glenwood Police arrested 42-year-old Brian Johnson of Plattsmouth, NE for Controlled Substance Violation, Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense, and Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp. Johnson was booked into the Mills County Jail on $32,000 bond.

The Creston Police Department reports three arrests over the past weekend.

On Friday, September 23rd at 3:42 p.m. Creston Police arrested 43-year-old Brady Gale Richert of Creston at his residence. Richert was charged on 2 Union County Warrants for Failure to Appear on Violation of Probation. Original charges were Operating Under the Influence 2nd Offense. Richert was transported to the Union County Jail and held on $4,000 cash only bond.

Also on September 23rd at 5:37 p.m. Officers arrested 36-year-old Michael Dale Sheldahl at his home on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault, Strangulation. Sheldahl was taken to the Union County Jail and later posted $2,000 bond.

On Saturday, September 24th at 9:58 p.m. Creston Police arrested 41-year-old Robert Gene Shimer of Creston on a charge of Public Intoxication 1st Offense. Shimer was taken to the Union County Jail and later posted $300 bond.

Sioux City’s “Camp High Hopes” is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Sarah Morgan is the camp’s executive director.

Archery and canoeing are among the activities for campers. The facility opened in the fall of 2012. Morgan says there’s been a lot of growth since then and new programs are being added this fall and next spring.

A crowd gathered at the facility Sunday for a celebration that featured games, a fire truck — and two birthday cakes. Morgan says there were smiles all around.

The Camp High Hopes property covers 90 acres and includes a lake and a lodge. Fundraising for the camp began in 2004 and it opened eight years later. Campers come from Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota.

With six weeks remaining in the 2022 campaign, Iowa Republicans have about a four-and-a-half percent statewide voter registration edge over Democrats. Jeff Link is a consultant who’s worked for a number of Democrats, including Fred Hubbell, the party’s nominee for governor in 2018.

Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann says a big turning point was in 2020, right after the Iowa DEMOCRATIC Party’s presidential Caucuses.

For years, independents were the largest voting block in Iowa. During the last midterm election, back in 2018 — 36 percent of all active registered voters were independents. Link says having independents shrink from being the largest to the smallest block of voters in Iowa is significant.

Kaufmann says he intends for the G-O-P to keep its foot on the pedal and seek out new voters.

As of September 1st, there were a TOTAL of over one-point-eight MILLION active registered voters in Iowa.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports an accident between a pickup and a stationary tractor on Sunday evening. At approximately 8:52 p.m. a 2007 Dodge RAM 1500 pickup was traveling South on Green Valley Road and came upon an unoccupied tractor along side of the road.

The pickup, driven by 41-year-old Cody Allen Schaffer of Creston, attempted to swerve to miss the tractor but ended up side swiping the tractor and spun out and came to rest in the east ditch. No injuries were reported.

The owner of the tractor later showed up and said the tractor was broke down and had a flat tire. The tractor was then towed from the scene. The pickup sustained approximately $8,000 damage and the tractor sustained approximately $2,000 damage.