The Creston Police Department reports two people were arrested on separate charges, Monday, while another was cited. At around 11-p.m., 39-year-old Bithia Erin Whitfield, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston/Union County Law Enforcement Center. Whitfield was charged with Assault – Intent to cause pain/injury and subsequently released on a Promise to Appear in court. And, 37-year-old Colan Kelly Hanner, of Creston, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct-Abuse Epithets/Threatening Gesture. He was being held on a $300 bond.

21-year-old Andrew George Mills, of Lenox, was cited by Creston Police, for allowing an Animal to run At-Large. He was released at the scene with the citation. Creston Police said also, a man residing in the 400 block of New York Avenue, in Creston, reported that his various yard decorations were stolen from his residence. The loss was estimated at $220.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa public schools are now allowed to stock Narcan, also known as Naloxone, the drug that when administered may be able to reverse an overdose. Ben Miskle, a professor in the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, is hosting educational sessions with district nurses in both the Iowa City and Clear Creek Amana school districts to discuss the potentially life-saving medication. He notes, opioid overdose deaths are increasing nationally, locally, and in adolescents. “There’s a big push right now to understand that we don’t always plan for a fire, but most people have a fire extinguisher. We hope it never gets used, but if it does, we’re prepared,” Miskle says. “That’s kind of the way that we’re approaching Narcan in schools. We hopefully never have to use it, but in case we do need it, we hope that it’s there.”

Iowa school boards need to create a policy, then go through the Iowa Department of Public Health to obtain their Narcan kits. “Kind of the problem with that is that not everybody is necessarily great at writing policy or is an expert at writing policy,” Miskle says. “So sometimes they need a little bit of help in getting that done, or maybe they’re not as comfortable with how to actually administer the medication, so then filling in some of those gaps with education can be really helpful.” Miskle is holding the educational sessions as a community service initiative along with a colleague, Heidi Wood, a clinical pharmacy specialist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He says they’re also meeting with individual school nurses, teachers, staff and anyone else to familiarize themselves with the drug — and their options.

“Both of our spouses actually work for school districts across Iowa,” Miskle says. “Knowing that we just need Naloxone out there, Narcan out there to help prevent overdoses, it’s definitely something that we just want everybody to be safe and all of our communities to be safe and working in health care, I think we both see that need.” The U-I aims to expand the project throughout the state and is asking U-I College of Pharmacy alumni to provide needed education to school nurses.

Police in Red Oak, Monday afternoon, arrested a woman for OWI/1st offense. Authorities say 32-year-old Amanda Jo Cacek was arrested in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street, a little before 3-p.m., Monday. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

(Polk County, Iowa) – A man from California was struck and killed by a semi tractor-trailer late Monday night, in Polk County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a semi driven by a man from Sacramento, CA, was westbound on Interstate 80 near Altoona at around 10:30-p.m., when 18-year-old Davis Cooper, of Pasadena, CA, entered the roadway and was hit. Cooper died at the scene. It’s not known why he was walking along the Interstate. The Patrol said Cooper was parked at a convenience store nearby, before entering the interstate on foot.

A traffic stop at around 11:30-p.m. Monday, in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of the driver, for having a suspended license through the State of Iowa. 47-year-old Terry J. Aherns, of Red Oak, was also cited for failure to show proof of insurance. High bond was set at $491.25.

(Clarinda, Iowa) – Police in Shenandoah arrested a man from Essex, Monday morning, following an investigation into drugs found in a vehicle at the Clarinda Correction Facility (CCF). Authorities say 49-year-old Jeffrey Scott Shane was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine, possession of contraband in a correctional facility and possession of a firearm in a correctional facility. Shane was transported to the Page County Jail and held on on $16,300 bond.

His arrest occurred after the Shenandoah Police Department K9 “Remmi” was called in to assist the Iowa Department of Corrections in an investigation around 9:30 a.m. Monday. Remmi was deployed on a vehicle and alerted to the odor of narcotics. A subsequent search revealed methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle.

CCF officials have an ongoing investigation in connection with the incident.