DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities charged a man with animal neglect and other crimes after an animal rescue group removed around 100 cats from horrid conditions at his central Iowa property, where around 200 cat carcasses were found. Polk County court records say 65-year-old Dennis Carlson is charged with three counts of failure to dispose of a dead animal and five counts of animal neglect. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa says in a news release that the cats and carcasses were discovered Tuesday in several buildings at the property, which sits a little more than a mile southeast of Madrid. Rescuers had to wear respirators and protective suits because of the garbage, cat feces, urine and carcasses inside the buildings. League CEO Tom Colvin says it’s by far the worst hoarding case the Iowa organization has seen in more than 10 years.

A Sheriff’s Deputy in Pottawattamie County arrested a Council Bluffs man Tuesday afternoon, at the Pott. County Courthouse. 21-year old Dillon Michael Palen was taken into custody on a valid State of Iowa warrant for Conspiracy to Commit a Non-forcible Felony. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on a $5,000 bond.

There were also several prisoner transfers to the Pottawattamie County Jail from other correctional institutions, Tuesday, for persons who needed to address warrants in the County.

• 25-year old Andrew Allen Ross, of Council Bluffs, was wanted for Probation Violation.
• 20-year old Tyler Michael Markey, of Omaha, was wanted for Violation of Probation.
• 63-year old Dennis L. Morlan, was wanted on warrants for Absence from Custody and Forgery. His bond was set at $1,000 for the Absence charge, which was a 2nd offense.
• 55-year old Shawn Joseph Horton, was wanted on Pott. County warrants for OWI/3rd or subsequent offense – a felony; Violation of Probation and Willful Failure to Stop for Law Enforcement. He was being held on a total of $6,000 bond.
• And, 25-year old Dennis Eugene Combs, Jr., was transported to the Pott. County Jail to address a warrant for Forgery and Theft in the 5th degree.

The CAM School District’s Board of Education will hold a Special, closed session 12:30-p.m. Thursday, in the Nodaway Valley High School Media Center. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct formal interviews with three finalists for the shared Superintendent’s job. When the Board returns to open session, they may take action on offering a contract for the position prior to adjournment. As previously mentioned, the candidate finalists include: IKM-Manning High School Principal Brian Wall; East Mills-Essex School District Shared Superintendent Paul Croghan; and Woodward-Granger Superintendent Brad Anderson. Whomever is selected will begin their duties on July 1st.

The Board will also meet 6:30-p.m. Thursday at the same location, to consider approval of contracts.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a food pantry that serves more than 5,000 people a month in Sioux City is being evicted because the building it operates from has been sold. The Midtown Family Community Center houses the food pantry, a free Saturday meal and a 4-H program. Janet Reynolds of the Jones Street Neighborhood Coalition says the center’s closure will be a “huge loss for the community.”

Boys and Girls Home Inc. owns the building and had allowed the community center to use the building rent-free. But the building was sold last month. Boys and Girls Home is moving its programs to a centralized campus at the site of the former Indian Hills shopping center.

Reynolds says the grant funding the center receives provides only food for the pantry and Saturday meal. She says officials are looking for another neighborhood space to reopen.