The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests: Today (Thursday), 34-year old Timothy Michael John Miller, Jr., of Carter Lake, was arrested on an Atlantic Police Department warrant for Felony Theft in the 2nd Degree. Miller was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $5,000 bond. On Monday, 26-year old Joel Shawn Thomas White, of Atlantic, was arrested on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. White was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held to serve time.

And, this past Sunday, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 33-year old Kelsey Deann Schmidt, of Massena, on charges of (Simple) Assault and Criminal Mischief 5th Degree. 42-year old Brian David Krauth, also of Massena, was arrested for Simple Assault. Both parties were taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on their own recognizance.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new survey of bankers suggests the economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The overall index for the region remained negative at 44.1 in July even though it improved from June’s 37.9. Any score below 50 suggests a shrinking economy, while a score above 50 suggests a growing economy, survey organizers say. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says weak agriculture crop prices, retail sales and layoffs have hurt the bankers’ economic confidence.

Bankers from Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming were surveyed.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a man apparently shot and killed a woman and then killed himself. Police on Thursday identified the woman killed in the Wednesday afternoon shooting as 27-year-old Miranda Arlene Stierwalt. Investigators believe she was shot by 33-year-old Daniel Francis Dooley, who then shot and killed himself. The couple lived together in the Des Moines home. Officers found their bodies Wednesday after Stierwalt’s 10-year-old child entered the home and found her body. The child called 911 and said she was injured.

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say they have launched a massive search for a 10-year-old missing girl in a rural area outside of Clinton, Iowa. Davenport Police Maj. Jeff Bladel said that “newly developed information” in the disappearance of 10-year-old Breasia Terrell has shifted the search to the Clinton and Camancha area in eastern Iowa. He says that a dozen law enforcement agencies and scores of volunteers were participating in the search, based in the tiny town of Low Moor.

Bladel says that investigators have identified a “wide area to search.” Terrell vanished last week after spending the night at the apartment of her half-brother’s father, who has been called a person of interest.