Several area fire departments were called at around 7:45-p.m. to an active fire at Schrier Auto Body & Restoration, at 72031 690th Street, south of Cumberland. Cumberland and Massena Fire were responding to the scene, along with a tanker truck from the Grant Fire Department.

Additional details are currently not available.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports six arrests took place over the past week. Two people were arrested Saturday: 34-year old Michael Eugene Matherly, of Creston, was arrested for Interference with official acts, Disorderly Conduct by fighting or violence, and on an Adair County warrant for Violation of a No Contact or Protective Order/Contempt of Court. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $300 cash-only bond. Authorities say Matherly knowlingly resisted or obstructs an Adair County Deputy and Greenfield Police Officer, in the performance of their duty, and had engaged in fighting or violent behavior at a convenience store. He was arrested only after being tasered outside the convenience store after refusing to obey law enforcement’s orders.

Also arrested Saturday, was 21-year old Billy Ray Hebert, of Creston (The address on his Adair County warrant showed Mexico, MO.). Hebert was taken into custody on a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault with injury/mental illness -1st offense, and two counts of Assault Causing Bodily Injury or Mental Illness. His cash bond was set at $1,000.

Late Friday night, Adair County Deputies arrested 22-year old Keigan Eugene Armstrong, of Bridgewater, on an Adair County warrant for Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree and Child Endangerment. He was also cited for Assault on Peace Officer for head-butting the officer while resisting arrest. Armstrong’s actions caused the officer to be injured, and fall to the ground. Armstrong remains in the Adair County Jail on a $55,000 cash-only bond.

On the 24th of June, 20-year old Jonathan Trung Tin Huynh, of Urbandale, was arrested by Police in Stuart, for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on a $1,000 cash or surety (c/s) bond. On June 21st, 24-year old Kaleb Dupree Weaver and 23-year old Marissa Marie Zuniga, both of Racine, WI., were arrested at around 2:45-a.m., following a traffic stop for speeding 90 mph in a 70 mph zone on I-80. An Iowa State Patrol Trooper approached the vehicle and detected a strong odor of raw marijuana.

Zuniga was driving the vehicle. She initially denied having any marijuana in the vehicle. When asked about the smell, Weaver, who was a passenger in the SUV, produced a small container from the glove box containing a green leafy substance. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery of additional containers of marijuana, along with receipts. A Conservation Officer assisted in the search, and found a backpack with commercially packaged marijuana, with additional packages in the center console containing packaged THC gummy products. There were also an unusual number of air fresheners in the SUV.

Zuniga and Weaver were both charged with Possession of Marijuana. Zuniga faces additional charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance in a vehicle, and Drug Tax Stamp Violations. Her C/S bond was set at $5,000. Bond for Weaver was set at $1,000 C/S.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill requiring women to wait 24 hours to get an abortion. The law is similar to one struck down by the Iowa Supreme Court two years ago. Reynolds signed the measure into law Monday as lawyers for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the state were wrapping up arguments before a state court judge who must now decide whether to immediately halt its enforcement.

Planned Parenthood claims the bill is unconstitutional in the way it was passed in the middle of the night and that it violates due process and equal protection rights of women seeking an abortion.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four separate arrests: On Saturday, 19-year old Jacob Serrona, of Omaha, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. And, 22-year old Dakota M. Grund, of Louisville, NE., was arrested on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Probation Violation.

Last Friday, 46-year old Jerry Lee Dawson, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Driving While Barred. And, 50-year old Brian Chigogora, of Omaha, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation.

(Radio Iowa) — Deaths from COVID-19 in Iowa surpassed 700 over the weekend, while also reaching 500-thousand deaths globally. With new cases on the rise in some Iowa counties after having leveled off earlier, concerns are growing among health officials. Sam Jarvis, spokesman for the Johnson County Health Department in Iowa City, says they’re seeing a spike in new daily cases, with the majority in people between 18 and 25 years old.

“Certainly, as things are getting less restrictive, people I think are operating under the assumption that COVID might be over and it’s certainly not,” Jarvis says. “It’s still within our community and certainly in the state and the nation.” Nola Aigner, with the Polk County Health Department in Des Moines, says the county’s average daily case count has decreased this month. Aigner fears the trend could easily reverse if Iowans don’t take precautions, like wearing face coverings and social distancing.

“That’s what worries us because we know as a state, we’re behind,” Aigner says. “We were one of the last to peak and so that makes us very worried.” A sudden surge in cases in the Quad Cities is occurring among teenagers and young adults. Doctor Louis Katz, Medical Director of the Rock Island County Health Department in Rock Island, Illinois, says too many people are ignoring the advice they’ve heard so many times already, to wear a mask, wash your hands, keep social distancing, and stay home.

“You need to look at every asymptomatic person in the community as a loaded gun,” Katz says. “We don’t allow people to point loaded guns at other people and we shouldn’t be in public venues where social distancing is impossible or difficult, without a mask.” Katz says in April and May, the average age of infected people in the Quad Cities was 59, but during the last week it’s dropped to 29. Amy Thoreson, deputy director of the Scott County Health Department in Davenport, says 40 new cases were reported in the county last Thursday, and more possible infections are still being investigated.

“The positive case reports kept coming in like winnings on a slot machine,” Thoreson says. “We have never seen anything like it and I have colleagues who have been here for over 40 years.” State health officials say Iowans between the ages of 18 and 40 make up the largest and fastest-growing group reporting new COVID-19 infections. Dr. Katz says, “This is not the second wave. This is just the first wave getting worse as we have undertaken reopening.”

(By Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio and Herb Trix, WVIK, Rock Island)

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a woman from Lorimor reported Sunday evening, that sometime after 2:30-p.m., Sunday, she lost her Springfield Armory Model XD Mod.2, black, 9-mm handgun. The weapon was lost somewhere near Lorimor, or along the way to Macksburg and Orient.

The pistol was in a tan leather waistband holder. The weapon is valued at $600. Anyone finding the weapon is asked to turn it in to your local authorities.

SA XD Mod.2 .9mm similar to what was lost.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A man drowned after going for a swim while fishing at a Linn County quarry. Linn County sheriff’s deputies were called about 9:30 a.m. Sunday to the Martin Marietta quarry, southeast of Cedar Rapids. Friends and relatives of a man told deputies he was fishing but opted to swim a short distance. He went under the water and didn’t surface.

Teams from Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon used boats to search and found the man’s body shortly after 11 a.m. The sheriff’s office identified him Monday as 19-year old Jake Beirnes, of Cedar Rapids.

Confirmed cases of the coronavirus continued to climb in counties that are home to Iowa’s largest public universities. State public health data on Monday showed Johnson County, home to the University of Iowa, had 1,096 known positive cases, a 38% increase in a week. The number of cases began spiking around June 15.

In Story County, home to Iowa State University, known positive cases reached 677, a 44% increase since June 22. Iowa posted nearly 300 new known cases on Monday for a total of 28,728 known positive cases. There were three additional deaths for a total of 707.