Police in Creston arrested a man on numerous charges, Sunday. 24-year old Nicholas Shields, of Creston, was arrested at around 8:40-a.m. on charges that include 4 counts of Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Theft in the 1st Degree, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Attempted Burglary in the 2nd Degree, and 1st Degree Criminal Mischief. His bond at the Union County Jail, was set at $10,000.

Creston Police also arrested 46-year old Andrew Sewell, of Stuart. Sewell was taken into custody Friday night for Public Intoxication. He was later released on a $300 bond.

And, authorities in Creston say it appears the Creston City Pound had been broken into sometime between 5-a.m. and 7:30-a.m., Saturday. Four dogs were taken from the property and the locks were cut on several kennels as well as the outside gate. There was no dollar estimate of the loss or damage.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were arrested following a gas drive-off from the Casey’s Store in Villisca, Sunday night. 24-year old James Robert Castillo, and 20-year old Karaline Kay Overton, both of Bedford, were charged with Theft in the 5th Degree after the vehicle they were in was stopped at the intersection of Highway 71/Business Highway 2, on the east side of Clarinda at around 8:25-p.m. They were brought to the Montgomery County Jail and were held on $300 bond each.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Clarinda Police, the Page County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa State Patrol.

Police in Red Oak arrested a man from Nebraska Sunday afternoon on a felony warrant out of Douglas County, NE., for Violation of Parole on a prior felony charge of Possession of a deadly weapon by a Prohibited Person. 31-year old Jesse Charles Adams, of Omaha, was arrested at around 2-p.m. in the 1700 block of Broadway in Red Oak, following a report of a suspicious person.

Officers ran the vehicles’ license and registration and learned of the warrant for Adams’ arrest. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond, pending extradition to the Douglas County (NE) Jail.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Scaffolding will soon envelop the Iowa Capitol dome as workers continue a $10 million renovation project that won’t be finished for at least a year. Crews began repairs to the 131-year-old building in April but their work will become more evident this week as scaffolding goes up around the dome windows, edging up over lower parts of the Capitol’s gold-plating. The work is needed to fix internal cracks and exterior weathering.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A longtime fixture in Dubuque will leave the Mississippi River for the Ohio as the Spirit of Dubuque paddleboat departs for Cincinnati. Owner Walt Webster tells the Telegraph Herald the dual-paddlewheel boat was expected to leave for its new home in Cincinnati this week. Webster says Dubuque River Rides employed about 25 workers during summer months including employees who work at Ice Harbor Galley, a restaurant he and his wife opened in 2004.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s largest utility is in the midst of a $3.6 billion investment in wind power and intends to keep spending on the towers with a goal of producing 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources. The Des Moines Register reports that MidAmerican Energy plans to build 1,000 more turbines over the next couple of years on top of the more than 2,000 it already has around the state. The utility’s share of its energy that comes from renewable sources will jump from 55 percent to nearly 90 percent.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some Iowa City Community School District students snagged an interesting find on a recent nature field trip: a rare Central newt. Chad Swope, who leads the annual field trips, told the Press-Citizen that herpetologists confirmed the small salamander as a Central newt _ a threatened species not native to Johnson County. Fifth-grader Brody Hiscock found the newt in his next as he scooped up turtles, frogs and snails.