Des Moines – The Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources recently announced that 41 Iowa communities have received low-interest water quality loans totaling more than $123 million through the State Revolving Fund.  State Revolving Fund Construction Loans are a low-cost construction financing option available for Iowa cities and municipalities for water quality initiatives. Planning & Design Loans are zero percent loans that assist with the first phase of project expenses. Locally: the City of Anita received a $520,000 loan for Sewer Planning and Design. Jamaica, in Guthrie County, received a $375,000 loan for Water Planning and Design; Kiron, in Crawford County received a $305,000 loan for Water Transmission Improvements; and, the City of Early in Sac County received a $515,000 SRF loan for Water Planning and Design.

Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Debi Durham says “Reliable water infrastructure is essential for Iowa families, businesses and communities alike. The State Revolving Fund has helped more than 600 Iowa communities invest in more than 2,000 water quality initiatives to date and is available to help many more.”

Iowa communities and municipalities have received a total of nearly $3.3 billion in Construction Loans and more than $240 million in Planning & Design Loans since the program’s inception. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides annual capitalization grants to states. Leveraged bonds and loan repayments expand the reach of the federal investment. More than $3 in assistance has been leveraged for Iowa water quality projects for every $1 of federal funds. More information is available at IowaSRF.com.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Manhatten, KS., was arrested at around 5-a.m. today (Wednesday) in Underwood, after authorities received a report about an armed subject. Dispatch advised a man had pulled what appeared to have been a knife, on another man outside the Subway sandwich store on Magnolia Road. While deputies were enroute, dispatch further advised the man did not actually display a knife, but had a long knife sharpener and several other knives on him. They said the subject was also intoxicated. Deputies arrested 39-year old Timothy Martin Bohl for Harassment in the 3rd Degree and Public Intoxication. His bond was set at $600.

Two juveniles were arrested following an investigation into a theft report, Tuesday evening. The Pott. County Communications Center advised a 16-year old female caller in rural Underwood reported some stole her credit card and that she did not have any suspect information. The female juveniles, ages 14 & 15, face charges of Credit Card/ATM Fraud (Under $1,500) and Theft in the 5th Degree (under $300). Their names were not released.

A man from Plattsmouth, NE., was transported to the Pottawattamie County Jail, Tuesday afternoon. 49-year old Thomas Allen Light was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender. His bond was set at $2,000. The sheriff’s office said also, 19-year old Jyden Shawn Trotter, turned himself-in Tuesday, on a Polk County warrant for Violation of Probation. Trotter was transported to the Polk County Jail and was being held without bond.

39-year old Rollo Andre Cook, SR., of Omaha, who was being held in the Pott. County Jail on a felony Burglary charge, was served with a warrant out of Douglas County, NE., for being a Fugitive from Justice. His bond was set at $10,000. And, 57-year old Christine Lynn Wishecoby, of Omaha, turned herself-in to the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office, Tuesday. She was wanted for Theft in the 2nd Degree. Wishecoby was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail, and held on a $5,000 bond.

Creston Police, late Tuesday morning, arrested a woman on a Union County warrant for a felony, Controlled Substance Violation. 34-year old Elizabeth Clayton, of Creston, was taken into custody in the 400 block of N. Oak Street, and transported to the Adams County Jail, where she was awaiting a bond hearing.