(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a deputy took custody Friday of Atlantic man, who was wanted on valid warrants through the State of Iowa. 36-year-old David Michael Theisen was picked-up from Cass County (Iowa) Correction on an Absence from Custody charge, on an original charge of Driving While Barred. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.

A man from Council Bluffs was cited for Violating the Pott. County Burn Ban, Friday evening. 58-year-old Vincent Paul Tangeman told a deputy he thought that with all the rain he had received Thursday night, the burn ban was lifted. If fact, it wasn’t lifted until just this (Monday) morning.

And, an Omaha man being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail, was served with a valid arrest warrant out of Douglas County, Nebraska. The warrant was for being a Fugitive from Justice. 34-year-ol Paul Matthew Hughes was presented with the warrant, and then return to the custody of Pott. County Corrections staff.

(Radio Iowa) – Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is launching a new national organization positioned to compete with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2020, Republican leaders criticized the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for endorsing some Democratic congressional candidates. In a news release, Branstad said America’s business owners and entrepreneurs have not been well-represented in Washington.

The new group is named “The American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce” and Branstad will be its chairman. The new group’s C-E-O will be Gentry Collins. Collins is an Ames native who ran George W. Bush’s Iowa campaign and has served as political director of the Republican National Committee and the Republican Governors Association.

(Panora, Iowa) – A man from Adair was injured during a single-vehicle accident late Sunday night, east of Panora. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports 18-year-old Colten Cody Morrill was traveling on Highway 44 near Viola Avenue, at around 10-p.m., when he fell asleep at the wheel of a 2006 Chevy Cobalt. The car ended-up in the north ditch. A female passenger in the car was uninjured.

Colten Morrill suffered what were described as suspected minor/non-incapacitating injuries (to his face and/or neck), and was transported by Panora EMS to the Guthrie County Hospital. He was cited for Failure to Maintain Control. The car sustained $3,000 damage to the right front side.

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston, Saturday, arrested a man on assault and interference charges, as well as on eight total warrants. Authorities say 24-year-old Kane Allen Michael Farlow, of Creston, was arrested at around 3-a.m., at his residence on E. Fremont Street. Farlow was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault-Strangulation and Interference with Official Acts. Farlow was also arrested on a Department of Corrections Warrant for a Violation of Parole.

Farlow also had 7 Union County Warrants:

• 2 counts each: DUS-Driving while License Denied, Suspended, Cancelled or Revoked a Simple Misdemeanor; Eluding-Speed 25 mph over limit-Second or Subsequent and Reckless Driving.
• and 1 count of Leaving the Scene of Property Damage Accident

Farlow was taken to the Union County Jail where he was being held without bond. Later in the day, Saturday, 38-year-old Frank Sylvester Mills Sr, of Lenox, was arrested at the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center. He was charged on a Union County Warrant, with Assault – a Simple Misdemeanor. Frank Mills, Sr. was being held without bond in the Union County Jail while serving balance of jail sentence.

And, at around 2:30-a.m. Sunday, 26-year-old Tyler Jacob Knutson, of South Dakota, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of OWI/1st Offense. Knutson was later released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.