(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department today (Wednesday, July 2), issued a report on two arrests that took place June 22nd. Authorities say 51-year-old William Weis, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a Mills County Warrant for driving while barred. His cash-only bond was set at $5,000.

And, 40-year-old Richard Germar, of Glenwood, was arrested June 22nd for: having a used or expired drug tax stamp, and a controlled substance violation (both Class-D felonies; possession of a controlled substance/2nd offense (a serious misdemeanor); gathering or keeping a premises for controlled substance (an aggravated misdemeanor), and possession of drug paraphernalia (simple misdemeanor). Germar’s bond was set at $14,300. His preliminary hearing was set for July 3rd, arraignment will take place July 28th, with a jury trial is slated to take place September 16th.

(Corning, Iowa) – The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports two drug-related arrests took place last month. In their report issued today (July 2nd), the Adams County Sheriff’s Office said 28-year-old Kenton Ray Ward, of Missouri, was arrested June 11th, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana (148 grams), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His arrest occurred following a traffic stop at Highway 25 and 265th Street. Ward was booked into the Adams County Jail. He posted a $1,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned July 8th.

And, on June 6th, a traffic stop on a speeding pickup truck in Adams County, resulted in the arrest of a woman from eastern Iowa.  When an Adams County Deputy made contact with the driver, 32-year-old Renessa Renee Salinas, of Waterloo, he detected an odor of marijuana. After a probable cause search of her 2022 Ford F-350 was conducted, Salinas was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance – Marijuana/2nd offense. After she was transported to the Adams County Jail, Salinas admitted to have a folded dollar bill in her wallet. The bill had a crystalline white substance that field tested positive for methamphetamine. Salinas was charged at the jail with PCS/2nd offense (Non-marijuana). She was additionally cited for speeding, driving under suspension, and operating without SR-22 insurance.  Salinas posted a $500 cash-only bond and is set to be arraigned July 8th.

And, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office says Deputies received a call on June 6th about a domestic situation that occurred in Nodaway. An investigation resulted in the arrest of 34-year-old Zach Gilbert, of Nodaway, on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault – Strangulation causing bodily injury. Gilbert posted a $15,000 bond, and is scheduled to be arraigned on July 8th. A No Contact Order is in place.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa County Supervisor Abigail Maas says she’s running state auditor in 2026. Maas, a Republican, says her experience as a county supervisor and in helping cities balance their budgets will set her up for the role of state auditor.  “I know better than most people would on where to look to find the issues and where to find the fraud, and just even the gray area…It’s not always black and white,” she said. “There are things that are not explicitly illegal, but I question are they the best use of taxpayer dollars.” Maas plans to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties over the next four months and learn from local government officials how to make the auditing process more efficient.

Abigail Maas

“I think what we need to do is also reach out and mend the bond between the state and local governments,” Maas says. “We have our county auditors. We have city clerks…They’re really the boots on the ground. They know what’s going on. They know where to look — where, you know, where we’re missing things.” Maas is a farmer who owns a flooring company in South Amana. She says because of that experience and her role as a county auditor, she’s learned how to cut costs and make local government budgets work without raising taxes. Maas says if elected state auditor, she hopes to implement statewide software for local governments to input their budgets line-by-line.

Lieutenant Governor Chris Cournoyer — a Republican from Le Claire — announced this spring that she’s running for state auditor.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Governor Kim Reynolds, Tuesday, ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff and remain at half-staff from sunrise to sunset this Thursday, July 3rd, in honor and remembrance of Iowa Senator Rocky De Witt. De Witt, of Lawton, was a former Woodbury County Sheriff’s Department Deputy. He was elected to the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors in 2016, and had served as the board’s Chair. In 2022, De Witt was elected to the Iowa Senate as the representative for District 1.

In early 2024, De Witt announced his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. He died on June 25^th of this year. Flags will be flown at half-staff on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex. Flags will also be at half-staff on all public buildings, grounds, and facilities throughout the state.

Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop early today (Wednesday), in Montgomery County, resulted in an arrest. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies stopped a vehicle in the 2500 block of 240th Street, near Stanton at around 1:55-a.m., and upon further investigation, arrested 42-year-old Jason Andrew Miller, of Braddyville, for Driving Under Suspension. Miller was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on bond amounting to $491.25.