(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken, Tuesday, updated the Board of Supervisors on Secondary Roads Department Maintenance and Activities. With the recent rain and muddy spots being formed by traffic, they’re working on filling those-in with road rock. They”re also doing some ditch work and driveways. Construction-wise, Wolken said work is being done on three bridges in the County.

Wolken said their goal is to have work on the G-30 bridge and the bridge near Anita, finished before Winter.

And, Supervisor Mark O’Brien thanked Wolken’s Secondary Roads Dept. crews, for removing a large tree on the courthouse property that fell during high winds and storms that occurred last we

(Sac City, Iowa) – A man from northwest Iowa’s Sac County was arrested Monday on sex abuse and other charges. The Sac County Sheriff’s Office reports 38-year-old Antonio Deon Pharms from Lytton, Iowa, is charged with three counts of sex abuse 2nd degree and three counts of lascivious acts with a child.

(State News) – The Iowa State Patrol is investigating three separate accidents that resulted in the deaths of three people. According to a report, 78-year-old Jerome Leach, of Fredericksburg died, when he was struck by a 1999 Toyota Camry in Chickasaw County, at around 4:45-p.m., Tuesday. The car, driven by 85-year-old Edmund Emerson, of Cedar Rapids, was traveling east on U-S Highway 18, west of Falcon Drive, when Leach was hit as he was walking on the road in Fredericksburg.

Another accident happened at around 6:50-p.m., Sunday, in Winnebago County. The State Patrol reports a 2017 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 65-year-old John Connolly, of Glennwood, MN, was pulling a two-axle trailer with benches on the Winnebago Industries lots, when the trailer became unhitched. The tongue of the trailer traveled backwards, sapping the safety chain. 76-year-old Joyce Engstrom, of Frontena, MN, who was a passenger of the trailer, tried to jump off, but was drug under the trailer. She later died from her injuries.

And a man walking on the shoulder of U-S Highway 30 in Cedar County, was struck and killed by a 2004 Ford Expedition, Tuesday. The accident happened at around 11:25-p.m.  The State Patrol says the unidentified victim was walking on the south shoulder of the highway, when for reasons unknown he crossed the road before being hit by the SUV. The name of the SUV’s driver was being held withheld while the accident remains under investigation.