Police in Council Bluffs responded early Saturday morning to 1400 Ave A, in reference to a man who was bleeding from his abdomen. When Officers made contact with the subject, he informed them he had been stabbed by an unknown male. The victim said also, the assailant took his backpack. The victim – whose name was not immediately released – was transported to University of Nebraska Medical Center for treatment on his non-life threatening injuries.

The incident remains under investigation. If have have information that might be helpful in solving the crime, call the Council Bluffs Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.

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The Red Oak Police Department reports an arrest just after midnight Saturday morning. At 12:07am Officers arrested 27-year-old John Todd Howard of Red Oak in the 1600 block of North Broadway in Red Oak for Public Intoxication. Howard was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

Cass County authorities were dispatched to a report of a Semi rollover accident on I-80 westbound near the 66 mile marker early Saturday. The call came out at approximately 5:40am and dispatch said moments later there were NO Injuries, and the semi was off the traveled portion of the road. (Updated 5:50-a.m.)

A man from Pottawattamie County was arrested on drug charges Friday night, in Fremont County. Fremont Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports the Fremont County K9 unit arrested 58-year old Thomas Rinabarger, of Council Bluffs, after Deputies conducted a narcotics investigation within Sidney city limits.

Thomas Rinabarger

Rinabarger was found to be in possession of approximately 43 grams of  methamphetamine, Butane Hash Oil, and Drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the Law Enforcement Center being held on a $200,000 cash bond with the charges of 2 counts of possession with the intent to deliver methamphetamine.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Tabor Police Dept.

The Guthrie County Sheriffs Office is seeking assistance from the public in finding the perpetrators in the attempted theft of a UTV painted in a camouflage style. The Cub Cadet Challenger 750 Crew UTV was parked in hunting timber five miles south of Bayard on the east side of Justice Road.

An investigation leads authorities to believe the attempted theft occurred at night, involved another ATV/UTV, and a half ton pickup or larger. A gold or silver metallic pickup with Polk County license plates was seen in the area on Sunday, August 26th at around 8:30 am.

The Audubon County Sheriff’s Department reports 32-year old Skyielynn Laverne Stephens, of Audubon, was arrested at around 11-p.m. Thursday (August 30th). Stephens has been charged with Possession of Marijuana- 3rd or subsequent offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Driving While Suspended.

The charges stem from a traffic stop on Highway 44, outside of Kimballton. The Audubon County Sheriff’s K9 “Axel” indicated to the presence of the odor of a narcotic(s).

Stephens was being held in the Audubon County Jail on a $2,000 bond following her appearance in front of the Magistrate.

ATLANTIC – Cass County Public Health is offering free car seat inspections on Saturday, September 8th from 9 am to noon in the parking lot at the Ann W. Wickman Child Development Center at 703 Linn Street in Atlantic.

Multiple certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will be on hand to inspect car seats, help parents install them correctly, give tips about car seat safety, and answer any questions.

There is no cost for the inspections, but appointments are needed. Please make an appointment by calling Cass County Public Health at 712-243-7475.

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (AP) — Police say a teacher disarmed a 12-year-old student at a junior high school in eastern Iowa. The Eldridge Police Department said in a news release that no shots were fired and no one was injured in Friday morning’s incident at North Scott Junior High School. Police say the woman disarmed the student before officers arrived.

The boy’s been charged with attempted murder and a weapons crime. His name hasn’t been released. The department declined to answer more question about the incident, including why a charge of attempted murder has been leveled. The school was placed on lockdown while officers investigated.

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that had ordered the city of Des Moines to repay more than $90,000 in fines collected from traffic camera enforcement — but it resurrected several constitutional challenges to the city’s use of the traffic camera.

The high court’s ruling Friday was one of three issued on the use of traffic cameras in the state. In the Des Moines case, a majority of justices ruled that the plaintiffs should be allowed to argue that the city’s use of an automated speed radar camera on Interstate 235 violates the due process and equal protection rights of motorists.

The ruling reverses a Polk County judge’s decision last year that threw out those claims. The high court also gave new life to a similar lawsuit in Cedar Rapids, saying that city’s law on collecting traffic camera fines doesn’t conform to state law.