The Atlantic Police Department has released a report containing numerous arrests. On Sunday, 39-year old Bridget Barnholdt, of Atlantic, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana), and on a Cass County warrant for OWI/2nd offense. Also arrested Sunday, was 18-year old Robert Mwalia, of Atlantic, for Public Intoxication.

On Saturday, 26-year old Carly Seddon, of Atlantic, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree, and Trespass/1st offense. Last Friday, 23-year old Shawn Jensen, of Atlantic, was arrested for Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct. On Oct. 11th, 18-year old Rene Cole, of Atlantic, was arrested on Cass County warrants for Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Theft in the 3rd, and Conspiracy to Commit a Non-forcible felony.

On Oct. 10th, 25-year olds Curtis McCoy and Jacob Sweeney, both of Atlantic, were arrested for Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Theft in the 3rd, and Conspiracy to Commit a Non-forcible felony. And, 56-year old Paul Hansen, of Atlantic, was arrested for Assault Causing Injury, and Criminal Mischief in the 5th degree. On Oct. 7th, 24-year old Nicholas Renner, of Atlantic, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault. The previous day, 19-year old Parrish Wright, of Atlantic, was arrested for Attempted Burglary/3rd degree (Vehicle related). Wright was cited into court and released.

On Oct. 2nd, 28-year old Justine Jacobs, of Atlantic, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct, and on Oct. 1st, 27-year old Kawaichy Alafen, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI.

Police in Glenwood report two recent arrests, and three, non-injury accidents. On Monday, 29-year old Levi Charles Daniels, of Bellevue, NE, was arrested on a warrant for 5th Degree Theft. His bond was set at $300. And on Sunday, 33-year old Jeremiah Louis Roenfeld, of Malvern, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. His bond was set at $1,000.

The accidents occurred Oct. 10th, 13th and 14th, and involved the following drivers: Eugene Murdock, of Glenwood, who was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop sign, and Lora Haefele, of Bellevue, NE; Benjamin Mouw, of Council Bluffs; Samantha Joslin and Tevis Langel, both of Glenwood. Again, no injuries were reported in any of those accidents.

Exira-EHK Superintendent Trevor Miller had some good news to report during Monday evening’s school board meeting. He said the District was up 13.46 students with concurrent classes factored-in. That means more money for the District next year. Miller also discussed the District’s financials. He said their Unspent Authority went up, and the District is staying at its 19-percent ratio, which is good, because the State’s fluctuate is between 5 and 15, so it looks better for the next few years, because school officials assumed enrollment would be going down. That, he says, always helps with the complicated school finance formulas.

In other news, the Exira-EHK Board awarded Viking Construction of Exira, the contract for the roofing and siding of the Weight Room building. Work on the project will likely begin later this Fall or Winter, depending on the weather. They also approved the Special Education Report to the state, which showed a positive ending near the end of the fiscal year instead of a negative deficit. Also approved was the district’s Certified Annual Report (CAR), along with the Transportation report.

INWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man died in a northwest Iowa farm accident. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred Friday on a farm northwest of Inwood. The office says 59-year-old Paul DeBoer was operating the machine when it rolled over and pinned him. DeBoer was pronounced dead at the scene.

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• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 can tomato soup
• 1 can water
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons raw rice
• 3 cups raw cabbage, grated or sliced fine
• 1 tablespoon salad oil

Brown beef in oil until crumbly.  Mix in onion, salt, pepper and rice.  Cook 2 to 3 minutes.  Add soup and water and mix.  Remove from heat.  Place cabbage in 2-quart casserole.  Pour meat mixture on top but don’t mix together.  Cover and bake in slow oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or slow cooker for 3 to 4 hours on medium heat.  This is also good with ground pork.

(Deb Pedersen)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Construction has begun on a world-class skate park in downtown Des Moines after years of fundraising. The Des Moines Register reports that ground was broken Monday for Lauridsen Skatepark. Officials say the skate park will be the second-largest in the country, with 65,000 square feet of skating surface. It covers five-acres of riverfront land just northeast of Wells Fargo Arena.

The park was first proposed in 2004, but raising the $3.5 million needed was slow going. A recent $1 million donation from Nix and Virginia Lauridsen and a $400,000 grant from Prairie Meadows helped push the total raised to $3.3 million, and donations are still being sought to cover the remaining $200,000.

The park will have a lower level pedestrian walk, a plaza, a downhill snake run and several skate bowls and pools for skateboarders.

Officials with the Creston Police Department say a woman residing in the 1000 block of S. Division Street reported Monday afternoon, that at around 3:30-a.m. Monday, someone broke into her husbands truck that was parked at the residence. Two Bosch Nail Guns, two Coil Roofing Nailers and a Plastic Cap Stapler were stolen. The loss was estimated at $615.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a licensed practical nurse has admitted diverting pain medications from residents of two northeast Iowa nursing homes. Federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Lacey Staveley, from Evansdale, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. The charges: one count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception or subterfuge; and one count of false statements relating to health care matters. Her sentencing has not yet been scheduled.

Court records say Staveley admitted diverting pain pills from two patients at Cedar Falls Health Care Center in November 2016 and admitted diverting pain pills earlier this year from two patients at Harmony House in Waterloo. Authorities say she didn’t tell Harmony House officials about her employment at Cedar Falls Health Care Center.