A DNR open house is coming to Atlantic in a couple weeks to help answer landowner’s questions about dams.

To assist local residents that own property with a dam and also owners of larger dams, the DNR is hosting seven open houses across the state this summer in cooperation with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The session in Atlantic will primarily focus on maintaining dams and constructing ponds on an owners property.

Attendees will be able to ask DNR and NRCS staff questions about maintaining dams, constructing new ponds, fish management and stocking, regulations regarding dams, available technical and financial assistance, and water quality.

Those considering building a new pond or lake, as well as professionals who assist landowners with pond construction and maintenance, may also want to attend.

The Atlantic meeting is August 2nd at the Rock Island Depot from 3:00 to 7:00.

Homecoming ceremonies for two Iowa National Guard Units in the middle east will take place in Denison and Red Oak Wednesday.

Ceremonies for Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry will be held at 3:00 Wednesday at the Crawford County Fairgrounds. Approximately 130 soldiers are part of that unit.

Ceremonies for Company F, 334th Brigade Support Battalion, both with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division will be held at 5:00 Wednesday at the Red Oak football field. Approximately 80 soldiers are part of the unit.

These units are part of the approximately 2,900 members of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division deployed to Afghanistan. The units arrived in Afghanistan in November 2010.

A Denison couple has been arrested after an investigation into dependent adult abuse.

In December of 2010, police began investigating questionable financial expenditures of 40 year old Wendy Mosier and her husband, 48 year old Van Mosier, both of Denison.

Wendy Mosier had been employed by WESCO Industries in Denison from 2005 until January of this year. WESCO is a facility that assists and cares for mentally disabled individuals. As part of Mosier’s job, she was in charge of purchasing items for clients of WESCO, and using the clients’ money held in financial accounts controlled by WESCO.

Felony arrest warrants were issued Friday for Wendy Mosier. She was charged with Dependent Adult Abuse and Ongoing Criminal Conduct. Both are felonies.

Wendy’s husband Van Mosier was also charged with Felon in Possession of Firearm and Possession of Controlled Substance.

The investigation into the incidents is ongoing.