The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says three people were hurt in separate, recent accidents. Monday night, 19-year old Marcus Parker, of Malvern, suffered minor injuries during an accident at the intersection of Jabber Road and Keys Avenue. Parker was driving a 1997 Jeep southbound on Jabber Road at around 8:35-p.m., when he ran a posted stop sign and failed to negotiate a turn in the road because of excessive speed. The SUV went out of control and entered the north ditch before rolling onto its top. Parker was transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs by private vehicle.

Last Thursday morning, 18-year old Meghan Ronk, of Malvern, was transported to Mercy Hospital by Malvern Rescue, after she lost control of a 1996 Chevy on a gravel road. The vehicle entered a ditch off of Lambert Avenue, east of 377th Street, went through a barbed-wire fence and rolled once before partially coming to rest in a harvested corn field.

Later that same morning, 26-year old Sara Kittle, of Glenwood, was transported by Glenwood Rescue to Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, after the 2001 Chevy she was driving crashed into a metal light pole, causing the pole to break-off and fall onto a power line. The incident resulted in a power outage to part of Glenwood. The accident happened as Kittle was turning from 221st Street south of Glenwood, on to ramp to eastbound Highway 34.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office said today (Wednesday), an Adams County woman was arrested last week on theft and drug charges. 28-year old Misty Ann Cross, of Corning, was arrested Friday afternoon for Theft in the 2nd and 3rd Degrees, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Prescription Drugs. Cross was held in the Mills County Jail on $9,000 bond. At the same location and time, 26-year old Tyler Jason Chambers, of Glenwood, was arrested Friday, for Fraudulent use of Registration, and Driving While Barred.  Chambers’ bond was set at $2,300.

Last Thursday, Mills County Deputies arrested 26-year old Ashley Nicole Defevere, of Council Bluffs, on a Warrant for Failure to Appear (FTA) in court. Defevere was taken into custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail, and held on $1,000 bond. That same day, 29-year old Jared Pomerenke, of Glenwood, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant for Failure to Appear. His bond was set at $5,000.

And, on Nov. 8th, 37-year old Aaron Michael Greene, of Rock Port, MO., was arrested in Atchison County, MO., on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. Greene was being held in the Mills County Jail on $4,000 bond.

Police in Creston report the arrest late Tuesday night of 22-year old Allen Hall, of Creston. Hall was taken into custody following a traffic stop, for Driving While Barred. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $2000 bond.

(7-a.m. News)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A group of drivers facing tickets issued by Iowa Transportation Department officers want a judge to order the agency to stop issuing those citations. The Des Moines Register reports the group filed a motion Tuesday asking for an injunction. The drivers are trying to capitalize on a ruling last month where a Polk County judge said the agency didn’t have authority to enforce most moving violations.

That ruling came in the case of 16-year-old Peyton Atzen who was fighting a speeding ticket. The same law firm that represented him filed Tuesday’s motion. Transportation Department spokeswoman Andrea Henry says the agency plans to fight the motion. Henry says other Iowa courts continue to uphold citations the agency’s officers issue.