(Red Oak, Iowa) – Two women were arrested on separate charges late Friday, Sept. 5th, in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, officers arrested 25-year-old Courtney Ann Redd, of Red Oak, at around 7:45-p.m. in the 200 block of E. Oak Street. Redd was charged with Domestic Abuse-Serious Assault. She was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, pending an appearance before a magistrate.

And, at around 9:15-p.m., Red Oak Police arrested 26-year-old Samantha Duffield-Cunningham, of Red Oak, for Theft in the 5th degree and Public Intoxication. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

(This report was researched and written by the Iowa Capital Dispatch) – An Iowa nursing home inadvertently locked a resident out of the facility, leaving her outside the building overnight in the rain. The Iowa Capital Dispatch says according to state inspection records, a female resident of the Harmony Marshalltown nursing home exited the facility at 8 p.m. on July 7, to sit in the home’s courtyard. The resident couldn’t get back into the facility until 6 a.m. the following day.

Inspectors allege the staff failed to do visual bed checks on the woman for 10 hours, leaving her pounding on the door of the building amid rain, thunder and lightning. The woman “began to panic, became fearful, scared and crying,” inspectors allege. Eventually, a kitchen worker heard her pounding on the door and let her inside.

The woman “experienced serious actual psychosocial harm due to being left outside overnight,” the inspectors reported. Inspectors concluded that while the courtyard door’s locking mechanism wasn’t engaged, the latch and the weight of the door effectively locked out anyone not strong enough to open it. The door “failed to open without excess force,” the inspectors concluded, which resulted in “in a serious likelihood of serious injury, impairment or death.”

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing proposed three fines against Harmony Marshalltown totaling $19,000. The fines have been held in suspension while the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determines whether a federal fine is warranted.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Auditor’s Office reports two new filings from candidates for public office in the upcoming City elections on Nov. 4th:

Lewis City Council (Vote for 2):

David Raymond

Griswold Mayor (Vote for 1):

Brad Rhine

With the addition of Raymond and Rhine, the race for city offices is beginning to take shape. There are now three candidates for two seats on the Lewis City Council: David Raymond; Jim Triller and Russell Miller.

Each of the other offices in the County have one candidate (as of Friday, Sept. 5th):

• Dana Halder is running for re-election to the Atlantic City Council 5th Ward.
• Deanna Andrews is running for one of 3 seats on the City Council in Anita.
• Jeremy Butler is running to fill one At-Large seat on the Atlantic City Council.
• Rob Clausen is a candidate for Mayor in Atlantic.
• Matthew Dolch is in the running for one of 3 seats on the Cumberland City Council.
• Rachel McCann is a candidate for Mayor in Cumberland.
• Dorri Borras in hoping to fill a Vacancy seat on the Cumberland City Council.
• (as mentioned above) Brad Rhine filed papers Friday to become Mayor in Griswold
• and there are the three candidates (mentioned above), who are running for two seats on the Lewis City Council.

There is a little less than two-weeks left for persons interested in running for a city office in Cass County to file their completed nominations papers with the Cass County Auditor’s Office. The deadline is 5-p.m.Thursday, September 18th.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Friday (today), released a report on three recent arrests:

• On August 30th, 36-year-old Samantha Jo Christensen, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving with a revoked license. Christensen was transported to the Cass County Jail where she was booked and later released on bond.
• On August 31st, 23-year-old Dylan Lee Main, of Cumberland, was arrested for OWI-1st offense. Main was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and later released on his on recognizance.
• And, on September 3rd, Cass County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 36-year-old Alysha Anne Buell, of Council Bluffs, for possession of controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Buell was transported to the Cass County Jail where she was booked and later released on her own recognizance.

(Clarinda, Iowa) – Page County Attorney, James L. Varley, reports the following activities in the Iowa District Court for Page County for the week of August 11, 2025. 

Ryan David Heath, age 33, Talmage, Nebraska, appeared by counsel and pled guilty to Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Registry Requirements. The defendant was sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended. The defendant was placed on probation for two years. Defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $855, surcharges, court costs and court-appointed attorney fees.

Oren William Keller, age 27, Clarinda, Iowa, appeared with counsel and admitted to violating the terms and conditions of his probation. The defendant’s Deferred Judgment was revoked and he was found guilty of Possession of Marijuana. The defendant was sentenced to 1 day in jail. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $430, court costs and court-appointed attorney fees.

Aydien Kale Price, age 21, Carson, Iowa, appeared with counsel and admitted to violating the terms and conditions of his probation. The defendant’s Deferred Judgment was revoked and he was found guilty of Possession of Marijuana and Persons Ineligible to Carry Dangerous Weapon. The defendant was found in contempt and sentenced to 4 days in jail. The defendant was ordered to pay court costs and court-appointed attorney fees.

Tory Ann Stalder, age 31, Tabor, Iowa, appeared by counsel and pled guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance, Marijuana. The defendant was fined $420 and ordered to pay court costs, surcharges and court-appointed attorney fees.

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, today (Friday), released information about a property damage chain-reaction accident that occurred at around 12:35-p.m. on Aug. 24th, in Stanton. Authorities say the incident occurred in the 300 block of Broad Avenue, when 72-year-old David Allen Hart, of Stanton, was backing-up in his SUV, a 2023 GMC Acadia, out of his parking spot. A 2016 GMC pickup driven by 22-year-old Seth Michael Barkman, of Stanton, was passing by the parking spot, when Hart’s SUV struck the front bumper of the pickup truck.

The impact was strong enough that it set off the airbags on pickup to deploy, and it disabled the right front tire on the pickup. The accident caused Barkman to lose control of his vehicle, which struck parked vehicles that included a 2017 Hyundai Elantra registered to 38-year-old Lindsay Anne Valdez, of Red Oak. The collision caused her car to be shoved forward from its parked position into a streetlight. The other parked vehicle that was struck by the pickup was registered to 78-year-old Pamela Sue Bradley, of Red Oak. The make and model of her vehicle was not indicated in the report.

No injuries were reported. Combined damage to the vehicles amounted to $29,500. The City of Stanton streetlight sustained $1,500 damage. Sheriff’s Deputies cited David Hart for unsafe backing.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says she’s encouraged by the move to have more F-B-I agents working out of regional offices. Two weeks ago F-B-I director Kash Patel met in the Omaha field office with Bird and other law enforcement officials from Iowa and Nebraska.

“One of the things that director Patel was very interested in was what resources might be needed by us from the FBI so that they could help us in our investigations, whether it’s getting illegal drugs off the streets or human trafficking,” Bird said.

Patel’s visit came shortly after federal officials announced five people who own, operate and manage hotels in the Omaha area had been arrested and 27 victims of human trafficking had been rescued – including 10 children.