MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — The owner of an eastern Iowa recycling business is accused of cheating customers who turned in cans and bottles to get back their deposit money. Delaware County court records say 39-year-old Greg Rogers, of Manchester, is charged with theft. The records say Rogers owns Can Do Too Redemption Center in Manchester. A criminal complaint says Rogers stole more than $10,000 from customers by not paying them or not paying them the correct amount for item redemption.

Iowa law says consumers must pay 5-cent deposits on bottled or canned beverages and can then take the containers back to a store or redemption center to get back their deposits. Beverage distributors pay redemption centers 6 cents per item returned.

Three men were arrested following separate traffic stops in Glenwood. According to Glenwood Police, 26-year old Ivan Lozano, and 58-year old Douglas Prior, both of Council Bluffs, were arrested Wednesday. Lozano was arrested for Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $2,000. Prior was arrested for Driving Under Suspension. Bond was set at $566.

Today (Thursday), 53-year old Michael Holtz, of Malvern, was arrested for Driving While Barred. Bond was set at $2,000.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit was called to a residence in Bedford, Wednesday. The K9 “Ciba” indicated to the presence of narcotic substances, and following an investigation, two people were arrested: 44-year old Elmer Harwell,  and 36-year old Cynthia Butler, both of Bedford, were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance – Marijuana, Possession of a Controlled Substance – Methamphetamine, and two counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Harwell was being held on in the Taylor County Jail on a $4,300 bond. Butler’s bond was set at $2,300.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors will meet 9:00-a.m. Friday in the Boardroom at the Courthouse in Atlantic. On their agenda is action on extending a joint agreement between Cass and Montgomery Counties, for an Engineer. Cass County Engineer Charles Bechtold was approved as interim Engineer for Montgomery County, when Brad Skinner resigned last April as the Montgomery County Engineer. The original agreement between the counties was for 60-days.

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors have been looking for a full-time Engineer ever since. They recently interviewed three candidates, but the Montgomery County Board has yet to act on a successor to Skinner.  It’s possible, if Cass County approves, Bechtold’s contract could be extended for another 30-to-60 days. His services are needed by Montgomery County, for signing off on paperwork and other administrative duties.

In other business, the Cass County Supervisors will act on approving the closure or limiting  access to a roadway through Marne, for the RAGBRAI weekend. The action items include: Determining the compensation of “other employees” with regard to Secondary Roads; Authorizing allowances for personal cell phone use when used for Official County Business; Approving a Resolution increasing operating transfers and amending expense appropriations for FY 2019 (if any); and, the adoption of a new Employee Information Handbook.

A woman from Nebraska was arrested in a Pottawattamie County courtroom, Wednesday, on valid Pottawattamie County warrants. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office reports 23-year old Breanna Nicole Evans, of Omaha, was arrested for Child Endangerment/Abandon – bodily injury, and Theft in the 5th Degree. She was transported to the Pott. County Jail.

Authorities in Creston report two men were arrested on separate charges, Wednesday. According to the Creston Police Dept., 51-year old Walter Hughes, of Creston, was arrested on charges of OWI 1st Offense & Carrying Weapons. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $3000 bond. And, 58-year old Michael McCutchison, of Waterloo, was arrested in Creston on a Blackhawk County Warrant for Probation Violation. He is being held in the Union County Jail on a $5000 bond or transfer to Blackhawk County.

And, a resident of the 700 block of E. Jefferson Street in Creston, reported to police Wed. afternoon, that sometime between 2:45-and 3:45-p.m., Wednesday, someone keyed his father’s vehicle while it was parked in the driveway at 609 S Stone. An estimated $500 damage was done to the vehicles’ passenger side rear door, front door and front fender.