Creston Police are investigating two incidents of vandalism and one incident of fraud. Officials say an Ellston resident reported fraudulent charges were made on his bank account between Aug. 6th and 7th, for nine purchases made online. The loss was estimated at $1,300.

On Sunday, Midwest Property Services in Creston reported that an abandoned property at 508 N. Elm Street, owned by the company, was vandalized at an unknown date and time. A door had been kicked-in and a window broken. The damage was estimated at $100. And, a Creston Police Officer noticed a Pepsi machine outside the Fareway Store in Creston, had been vandalized, Sunday. The inside of the machine was exposed. It’s not clear when the incident occurred. Damage was estimated at $200.

Police in Creston report three arrests took place over the weekend. Early Saturday morning, 19-year old Audreyanna Marks, and 28-year old Adam Drake, both of Creston, were arrested on simple misdemeanor charges of Trespassing. Both were being held in the Union County Jail on $300 bond.

On Sunday, Creston Police arrested 34-year old Bobbie Flynn, of Creston, on charges of Operating a vehicle without the owners’ consent, and Theft in the 3rd degree. She was being held in the Union County Jail on $2,000 bond.

Police in Red Oak report three recent arrests. Authorities say 22-year old Jordan Michelle Brown, of Red Oak, was arrested Sunday night on a charge of OWI drugged/1st offense. Brown was apprehended following a traffic stop at the intersection of N. 8th and E. Nuckols Streets.  A passenger in the vehicle, 31-year old Marcus John Josephson, of Red Oak, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana. Brown and Josephson were brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond, each. The Red Oak Police Department’s K9 unit assisted in making the arrests.

Sunday afternoon, 32-year old Bryan David Sapp, Jr., of Red Oak, was arrested in the 500 block of E. Maple Street, on a valid Montgomery County warrant for three felony counts of Forgery. While he was being arrested, Sapp, Jr. was allegedly found to be in possession of Meth and a marijuana pipe. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine, and of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was being held on those charges as well as the warrant, on bond amounting to $5,000.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Law enforcement officers from eastern Iowa gathered over the weekend to mourn the loss of a Black Hawk County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in an off-duty traffic crash. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that 34-year-old Timothy Lee Petersen was laid to rest Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery in Waterloo.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A slew of issue-advocacy groups are taking a page from White House hopefuls, flooding airwaves and knocking on doors to try to educate voters ahead of the state’s first-in the-nation 2016 presidential caucus. Groups are running ad campaigns or grassroots efforts are raising issues like early childhood education, campaign finance reform, environmental policy and the national debt.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party’s annual dinner celebration is getting a new name. The party’s State Central Committee voted Saturday in favor of a resolution to change the name of the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, which was named for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Both presidents were slave owners, and Jackson is known for the forced removal of Cherokee Indians from their land.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police say dozens of cats were taken from a Cedar Rapids mobile home, forcing a local animal shelter to shut down so its staff could care for all of them. KWWL-TV in Waterloo reports that in addition to closing its doors, the shelter had to summon all of it staff and some volunteers to tend to the animals.