One person suffered possible injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Creston early Saturday morning. Officers responded to the crash near Casey’s General Store at 12:22 a.m. Saturday. After investigation it was determined that a 2015 Chrysler 200 driven by 29-year-old Lisa Marie Spore of Waterloo was leaving the Casey’s parking lot and making a left hand turn on US Highway 34 and pulled out in front of a 2003 Ford Explorer driven by 43-year-old Jason Patrick Lillie of Creston. Lillie then struck Spore broadside causing severe damage to both vehicles. Spore was transported by EMS to Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston for treatment of possible injuries.

Damage to the Chrysler was estimated at $6,000 and damage to the Ford was estimated at $3,500. No citations were issued at the scene.

A distracted driver caused a four-vehicle chain reaction crash on Thursday evening in Creston. At 6:09 p.m. Officers responded to a crash at Adams and Sumner Streets in Creston. Three vehicles were stopped at a red light heading southbound in the inside lane of Sumner Street. A fourth vehicle, a Jeep driven by 17-year-old Jackson Spencer Gerdes of Jefferson, was distracted and failed to stop behind the line of vehicles striking the third car in line in the rear. This caused that vehicle to hit the second vehicle and then the second into the first. The driver of the first vehicle, a passenger in the second vehicle, and the driver of the third vehicle were all transported Greater Regional Medical Center by GRMC and Afton EMS for the treatment of possible minor injuries.

No damage was observed on the first vehicle, the second vehicle sustained $1,000 damage, the third vehicle $3,000 damage, and the fourth vehicle sustained $10,000 damage and had to be towed from the scene by Hi-Crest Auto. Gerdes was charged with Failure to Stop in Assured Clear Distance.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors, during their regular session, Tuesday morning, will act on a Resolution to establish speed limits, etc., on a roadway (including portions of 620th St. and Lansing Road), to and from the rock quarry, south of Atlantic. During last week’s meeting, the Board’s consensus was to establish 40 mph as the speed limit for roadways designated as hauling routes, and to place additional signage.

The Board, Tuesday, will also discuss the closing of a 570th Street at the I-80 underpass (52.6 mile marker, north of Marne), per a request to consider from the Iowa Department of Transportation. In a 2016 study, the DOT deemed the road a “Low Priority” for repairs/maintenance, due to the low volume of traffic.

In its I-80 Planning Study, the DOT says “It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Transportation to secure permanent closure of existing local (non-primary) roads/streets, when in the judgement of the Department, it is in the best interests to close these roads/streets.”

In other business, the Board will enter into a closed session as required by Iowa Code, to evaluate the performance of Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken, who was hired earlier this year, after a more than six-month search for a qualified person to replace former Engineer Charlie Bechtold. Wolken started working for the County in March, 2020.

The Board’s meeting begins at 9-a.m., Tuesday. It will be held in-person at the courthouse, and electronically, via Zoom (meeting ID 138 870 131   Password: 012064)

A traffic stop in Red Oak early Sunday morning resulted in a woman being arrested on multiple drug charges. At 1:50 a.m. Officers conducted a traffic stop in the 1600 block of Summit Street. After investigation 28-year-old Priscilla Ann Jones of Red Oak was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Serious Misdemeanor), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Simple Misdemeanor), and Interference with Official Acts (Serious Misdemeanor). Jones also had an active warrant out of Douglas County, Nebraska for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Jones was further charged with False Identification and Fugitive from Justice. Jones was taken to the Montgomery County Jail where she was held on no bond.

The Red Oak Police department reports the arrest of a Red Oak man late Sunday night. At 11:40 p.m. Officers arrested 41-year-old Keith Benard Johnson Jr. in the 400 block of E Hammond Street for Child Endangerment-No Injury and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Johnson was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest.

Two teenagers were injured during an ATV accident Sunday afternoon, in Page County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2011 Kawasaki KVF-750 four-wheel ATV operated by a 13-year old male from Clarinda was traveling westbound on 180th Street at around 3:22-p.m., when  for reasons unknown, the machine went out of control and entered the south ditch.

The ATV then went airborne, causing both the operator and his 14-year old male passenger from College Springs to be ejected. The ATV came to rest on top of a fence. Both teens were transported to the Clarinda Hospital. Their names were not released.

The accident remains under investigation. Page County Sheriff’s Deputies and Clarinda Rescue assisted at the scene.

U-S Congressional candidate J.D. Scholten will be in Audubon County, Monday (Sept. 21st). Scholten is running for Iowa’s 4th District seat vacated by Steve King.  “J.D.” as he is known, is running a grassroots campaign that includes touring all the towns in the 39 counties in the NW quarter of Iowa in his “Sioux City Sue” Winnebago RV.

Scholten will be at the Exira City Park 2-p.m. Monday, and at the Audubon City Square at 3-p.m.