The Creston Police Department reports two arrests early Monday.

At 1:40 a.m. Officers arrested 36-year-old William Rondal House of Creston at 304 N Vine Street for Domestic Abuse Assault- 1st Offense. House was released from the Union County Jail on a promise to appear for a later court date.

At 7:30 a.m. 45-year-old Denise Florence Jones of Creston was cited and released from the Law Enforcement Center on a Summons to Appear for the charge of Failure to Abate Nuisance Property.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop in Red Oak at around 12:25-a.m. today (Sunday), resulted in an arrest. Red Oak Police reports 49-year-old Floyd Raymond Henry, II, of Red Oak, was taken into custody near the intersection of Miller Avenue and Valley Street, for Driving While Revoked, a serious misdemeanor. Henry was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

(West Liberty, Iowa) – One person is dead following a collision between a car and a semi tractor trailer Saturday night, in southeast Iowa. The collision occurred in Muscatine County, near the town of West Liberty, just before 10-p.m. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2006 Honda Accord driven by a 30-year-old was traveling south on Highway 70 near 270th Street, when the vehicle crossed over into coming traffic.

The car was struck by a northbound 2012 Kenworth semi, also driven by a person who was said to be 30-years old. No names were released. Both vehicles ended up in the east ditch.

The accident remained under investigation. The Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office, Conesville Fire/EMS & West Liberty EMS assisted the Patrol at the scene.

The 4th Annual Mollie Tibbetts Memorial Run will take place Sunday, September 26th and begins at the BGM school in Brooklyn, Iowa, at 8:30 a.m. Laura Calderwood, Tibbetts’ mother, announced in August that she will donate half of the proceeds from her daughter’s memorial run toward the reward fund for missing Montezuma 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson who disappeared May 27th. Calderwood said she knows the deep pain of missing a child.

Organizers will be collecting free-will donations. Half of this year’s donations will be sent to the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Mollie’s honor and the other half will be donated to the Xavior Harrelson Reward Fund, established by the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office. Mollie Tibbetts Memorial apparel will be available until October 8th to help continue to raise funds. You can purchase through Mollie’s Movement by Clicking Here.

Brandie Flathers has organized Mollie’s Memorial Run for three years, raising almost $18,000 for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. “Giving back to others has always been a thing that others have always said Mollie was great at,” Flathers said.

Volunteers and authorities have been searching for Xavior since his disappearance on May 27th and continue to request information about his whereabouts. The Finding Xavior Harrelson & Mollie’s Movement are raising awareness about Xavior’s disappearance, through social media and by mailing and posting flyers across Iowa and the nation.

Anyone with information on the disappearance of Xavior Harrelson should call 911 or the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office at 641-623-5679.

Donation to the Xavior Harrelson Reward Fund can be mailed to:
Montezuma State Bank
101 South 4th Street
Montezuma, Iowa 50171

MINBURN, Iowa — Authorities have issued a boil advisory for the residents of Minburn due to a water main break that caused a drop of pressure draining the water tower on Friday night.

Residents in the city of Minburn should boil water as a precaution. Bring all water used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth or preparing food to a boil, let it boil for one minute and let it cool before using. Or, use bottled water. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water. Tap water can be used for bathing and similar purposes.

Repairs and flushing were completed. The water service will collect and test two sets of water samples, taken 24 hours apart, to determine when the water is safe and the advisory can be lifted.

Contact City Councilman Joe Stuetelberg at 515-419-1183 or the Water Supply Operator, Mitch Johnson, at 515-669-1103 for more information.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered that all flags be lowered to half-staff Saturday from sunrise to sunset in honor of an Iowan killed at Pearl Harbor who will be laid to rest. Eli Olsen, 23, was a Navy petty officer serving on board the USS Oklahoma when it was sunk by Japanese pilots during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Olsen’s remains were only recently identified. Services are being held today at the Exira Lutheran Church, beginning at 10:30 a.m. He will be buried at the Exira Cemetery.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Eli Olsen, of Exira. KIA Dec. 7, 1941 on the USS Oklahoma.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Latino Heritage Festival is back after being canceled in 2020 and enduring rain in 2019. Festival executive director, Joe Gonzalez, says he’s glad the weather forecast looks good for the weekend. And this year, there are even more sponsors to help make up for two years of lower earnings.

“We find that, you know, that it’s really, really special to us, you know, that there’s so much interest and people want to be a part of it,” Gonzalez says. There are fewer exhibitors at this year’s festival. Gonzalez attributes that to some hesitation with the pandemic. But, he says, that won’t take away from any of the fun and education.

“This time is going to be even a greater learning experience because of taking the time off. And then also because we’re, you know, a little bit smaller than usual.” Tickets for Latino Heritage Festival this weekend in downtown Des Moines are five dollars.