(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Traffic Unit are asking that anyone who may have witnessed a fatal crash on Interstate 29 this weekend, to please call them. At around 4:10-a.m., Sunday, Officers were dispatched to I-29 northbound at mile marker 50, for a reported vehicle fire. The caller advised “A vehicle is on fire on the side of the Interstate,” they were not sure at the time, if anyone was inside.’

When police and firefighters arrived, they found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. After the blaze was extinguished by Fire Department Personnel, a body was found inside. Authorities say the vehicle appeared to have struck a sign pole on the side of the roadway and split apart, causing a large debris field.

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The accident remains under investigation. If you have any information about the crash, please contact the Council Bluffs PD’s Traffic Division at 712-328-4948 or 712-890-5169.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports a man from eastern Iowa was arrested Friday morning at the Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC), in Creston. 45-year-old Antonio Derone Ross, of Waterloo, was taken into custody on two Union County warrants for Failure to Appear, on original charges of: Possession of a controlled substance (PCS)/marijuana – 3rd offense; PCS/3rd offense – a Class D Felony; and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia (Simple Misdemeanor). Ross was later released on a $2,000 bond.

At around 2:45-a.m. Saturday, 21-year-old Georgia Rain Alizabeth McKown, of Winterset, was arrested at the Union County LEC. She was charged with OWI/1st offense and later released on a $1,000 bond. Authorities said also, 36-year-old Douglas Edward Woodward, III, of Creston, was arrested Saturday morning, for Violation of a No Contract/Protective Order. He was later released on his Own Recognizance, after seeing the Magistrate.

And, staff with a car dealership in Creston reported Friday morning, that someone used a stolen identity to purchase two vehicles from the dealership. The loss was estimated at $85,400.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Veterans and active members of the military should mark their calendar and save some time over the noon hour on November 11th, for the Atlantic Rotary Club’s annual Military Appreciation Luncheon. The event takes place at the Cass County Community Center, from 11:45-a.m. Until 1-p.m., on Nov. 11th. Please RSVP by November 8th to Dolly Bergmann at 712-249-9275.

The featured speaker is Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Turner. Lieutenant Colonel Turner retired from active duty in 2021 with 2500+ hour of mishap free flight in multiple Marine Corps aircraft and 20 years of military service. His personal decorations include nine Air Medals, the Meritorious Service Award, five Commendation Medals, and the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal. He lives with his family in Rhodes, Iowa, and is Subject Matter Expert and Event Controller for the Air National Guard in Des Moines.

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