IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say they arrested an Iowa City man who told officers he shot paintballs at a boy who trespassed on the man’s property. Court records say 47-year-old Anthony Williams has been charged with burglary.  Johnson County Court records say Williams is defending himself. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 5.

The boy told officers Friday afternoon that Williams had pounded on his trailer doors and windows around 1 a.m., demanding the boy open a door. The boy says Williams shot paintballs at him when he opened the door and then shot more after Williams entered the trailer.

Williams denies entering the trailer but says he fired the paintballs in retaliation because the boy had gone onto Williams’ property.

JESUP, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say an Oelwein man suspected of several crimes in northeast Iowa has been accused of stealing more than $13,000 from Cub and Boy Scouts who operated a food booth during Jesup Farmers Days.

Jesup police say 21-year-old Jason Cole is charged with theft and burglary. He’s suspected of breaking into the food booth early on July 9 and taking money the Scouts had raised serving meals. His attorney in a Fayette County case didn’t immediately respond to a message left Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Cole also has been accused of burglarizing a church in Oelwein and of several break-ins in Bremer County.

The Creston Police Department today (Tuesday), said a resident of the 300 block of N. Jarvis Street in Creston reported early this morning, that sometime between 4:30-p.m. Monday and 1:30-a.m. today (Monday), her Maroon 1987 Chrysler New Yorker bearing the license plate BFX 888, was stolen while it was parked at her residence.

No arrests have been made.

Following a failed bid last year in his run for the Cass County Board of Supervisors in District 1, Atlantic’s Mayor has announced his bid for re-election. Dave Jones confirmed the Cass County Auditor’s report that he filed his nomination papers Monday, and intends to seek a third term in office. Jones has spent eight-years as Mayor, and is pleased that many goals have been accomplished under his watch.

His main focus, according to Jones, continues to be making the Schildberg Recreation Area “An icon” for Atlantic. That includes a sustainable income for the area, and more bike paths. Voters in Atlantic will determine in November, whether or not the Hotel-Motel Tax, which funds the future development of the Schildberg Area, bike path and walking paths, is increased from 4% to 7%.

Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones (8/28/17)

Jones said that tax is very important to the future of the parks and recreation system in Atlantic, and keep property taxes manageable. Other issues that are important to him, include keeping up conditions of the City’s streets, and improving the City’s bond/credit rating.

Jones was elected to the City Council At Large in 1996, and later was elected Mayor.

The Atlantic Cemetery Association, which is run by a private board of directors, is near insolvency. That was the word during a meeting Monday evening, of the City of Atlantic’s Personnel and Finance Committee, at City Hall. Councilman Dick Casady and Gerald Brink are on the Cemetery Board.

Brink explained the Cemetery Association’s financial situation in more details, and why they have a good deal of red ink on their books. He said “The way things look right now, basically, probably around the first of the year we’re probably gonna run out of money. We probably will need in the vicinity of $25,000 a year just to sustain this thing.”  Brink said one of the reasons they’ve run into financial issues, is that there used to be well over 100 burials per year. The last several years, however, the average has been around 60 burials per year. More cremations also mean less funds for the Cemetery, because urns cost less to bury.

The cost of burials and interments were raised back in April to help compensate for the loss of funds. Brink said the cost of repairing equipment for burials and grounds maintenance for the 44 acres is another expense they’re dealing with. There is only one full-time employee and a couple of part-time employees working for the Cemetery Association, who are in charge of burials and grounds maintenance.

The City will submit a letter to the Iowa Insurance Commissioner requesting a draw-down of funds from the Perpetual Care Trust, but according to Brink, they can’t touch that. About $200,000 is in the Trust. Brink says the best they could hope for is to gain some funds from interest on the Trust. He said also, that if they run out of money and have to shut down, according to law, the City of Atlantic will have to assume full operation of the Cemetery. Brink suggested it would be better for the City to subsidize the Cemetery, than it would be for the City assuming the sale of burial plots.

After much discussion, the Personnel and Finance Committee agreed to recommend to the Atlantic City Council, that the City pay $2,000 per month from January 1^st through June 30^th, 2018, to keep the Cemetery Association afloat, and find explore other options during that time frame.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa authorities say a man believed to have key information about a Des Moines slaying has been found in North Dakota. Des Moines police said Monday night that Randy Miles Jr. has been detained in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Des Moines detectives will be traveling there to interview Miles. No criminal charges have been filed.

The detectives are investigating the slaying of 26-year-old Christopher Lenhart, who was set on fire Friday afternoon. Police say Lenhart died Sunday at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.  Police say Lenhart’s death is Des Moines’ 23rd homicide so far this year.