(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak, Tuesday evening, arrested 34-year-old Lucas James Bogart, of Red Oak. He was arrested in the 500 block of E. Prospect Street, for Reckless Use of Fire/Explosives (a serious misdemeanor). Bogart was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond. Two other Red Oak men were arrested late Wednesday morning, in Red Oak.

Authorities say 20-year-old Jordan Leigh Holaday and 24-year-old Dawson Allen Squires, were taken into custody at around 11:37-a.m. at 103 E. Valley Street. Holaday was being held on a $1,000 bond for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Canabidoil [aka] THC wax), a serious misdemeanor. Squires was being held on $2,000 bond for PCS/2nd offense, an aggravated misdemeanor, and Child Endangerment, also an aggravated misdemeanor.

(Radio Iowa) – A man convicted of killing his grandmother in her kitchen four decades ago has died in prison at the age of 64. Court records show Steve Davidson drove to the Cedar Falls Police Department in 1982 and told officers he had beaten, stabbed and choked his grandmother to death.

Davidson had argued that confession should not have been used against him due to his mental illness, but the Iowa Supreme Court upheld his life prison sentence, ruling Davidson had been calm and coherent as he told police about the murder.

State prison officials say Davidson died Sunday morning in a prison hospice unit where he had been taken due to chronic illness.

(Radio Iowa) – Leaders from Grinnell College and the City of Grinnell are taking steps to respond after students say passing motorists have yelled racial epithets.  Grinnell College is distributing safety kits, has put up temporary lighting and may install security cameras in some areas of the campus. Grinnell Mayor Dan Agnew says a city street that runs through the campus was temporarily barricaded for a few days.

“Just a lot of verbal activity,” Agnew says, “and some of the students are starting to feel just a little threatened.” Earlier this month, racist graffiti was scrawled on cars and campus signs. Grinnell’s mayor and Grinnell College president Anne Harris have issued a joint statement, calling for anyone who sees or experiences racist harassment or vandalism to report it to Grinnell Police.

“We are as a community and then, specifically, black constituents, enduring this sustained and aggravated racial harassment,” she says. “…We really need it to stop. It’s affecting individuals profoundly. It is affecting our community and we need to pull together against this kind of behavior.”

Grinnell College operates a shuttle service and students who are uncomfortable walking at night are being encouraged to call for rides on and off campus. Students can pick up safety kits that include flash lights and whistles at the Black Cultural Center and three other sites on campus. Classes resumed this week after the Fall break.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests took place over the past few days. There were two separate arrests each day last Friday and Saturday. On Friday, 44-year-old Cory Reed Keinow, of Glenwood, was arrested at Highway 275/34 for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia ($300 bond), and, 27-year-old Dakota John Allen, of Hastings, was arrested at 1st & Main Streets, for Driving While Barred ($2,000 bond).

On the 22nd, 47-year-old Brent William Michael, of Malvern, was arrested at 1st and Main for Driving While Barred ($2,000 bond), and 27-year-old Austin Michael Parker, of Malvern, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Violation of Probation ($5,000 bond).