Three people were arrested on separate charges recently, in Shenandoah. According to Police, two people from Nebraska were arrested after allegedly attempting to steal from a Shenandoah business. Officers today (Thursday) witnessed a black Jeep pull into the Earl May parking lot at 301 South Fremont Street around 1 a.m. Those same officers say the Jeep’s occupants began loading the vehicle with flowers.

Following an investigation, 63-year-old Rickey Lynn Frame and 34-year-old Tiffany Jane Byrd — both of Lincoln, NE., were arrested. Frame was charged with third-degree theft. He was also wanted on a Mills County warrant for fifth-degree theft. Byrd was charged with fifth-degree theft. Frame was being held in the Page County Jail on $2,300 bond. Byrd was released from the jail after posting $300 bond.

And, Wednesday, Shenandoah Police arrested 44-year-old Nikki Lynn Garner. She was taken into custody on a Page County warrant for violation of probation. During the arrest, officers say Garner was found to be in possession of marijuana. She was additionally charged with possession of marijuana/2^nd offense, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Garner was being held in the Page County Jail on $3,300 bond.

(Radio Iowa) – The final holiday of one of the strangest summers in memory is just ahead. Mark Peterson, spokesman for Triple-A-Iowa, expects a boost in vacation traffic on Iowa’s roads for the three-day weekend, but he notes it likely won’t be bumper-to-bumper due to the pandemic. “Labor Day is the last big hurrah for the summer travel season,” Peterson says. “It won’t be as crowded as it has been in the past but we’ll still probably find some increased travel through the coming weekend.”

Road trips will be cheaper than Labor Day of 2019, as gasoline prices in Iowa are averaging two-dollars and 11-cents a gallon. That’s down from an average of two-40 a gallon a year ago.  “Low gas prices will continue and will probably make going out affordable for a lot of the travelers,” he says. “It appears drivers will pay some of the lowest Labor Day prices in four years. National average is about $2.23 a gallon which is about 35-cents less than it was last Labor Day.”

Triple-A reports Iowa’s most expensive gas is in Iowa City at $2.27 a gallon, while it’s cheapest in Council Bluffs at $2.01.

(Radio Iowa) – Woodbury County Auditor Pat Gill says he will not appeal a judge’s decision that nullified thousands of absentee ballot request forms Gill’s office mailed out that included the voter’s I-D number. Gill says he strongly disagrees with Republicans who say that endangered election security. “Everything I did was to make sure that the voters of Woodbury County could participate in the election safely and securely,” Gill says.

A judge issued a temporary injunction last Friday, invalidating the forms Gill mailed to Woodbury County voters Gill estimates it will cost about 30-thousand dollars to send a letter to voters in Woodbury County and a letter explaining they must fill out a new, blank form to request an absentee ballot. A hearing on the G-O-P’s lawsuit against Johnson County’s auditor over absentee ballot request forms is scheduled next week.

Linn County’s Auditor also sent forms that included the voter’s name and voter I-D number. A judge has already issued an injunction invalidating the 50-thousand forms he mailed out.