The Creston Police Department released details Monday on multiple recent arrests.

On Saturday, August 13th at 1:28 am officers arrested 21-year-old Mariah Johannes of Osceola after a traffic stop at Adams and Maple Streets in Creston. She was charged with Driving while Suspended and later released from the Union County Jail on $300 bond.

Also on Saturday at 10:10 pm officers arrested 30-year-old Joshua Coulter of Bridgewater at the intersection of Montgomery and Pine Streets in Creston.  He was arrested on a Union County Warrant for the charges of Criminal Mischief 4th and Trespass – injury or damage greater than $200. He is being held in the Union County Jail on a $1000 bond.

On Sunday, August 14th at 7:44 pm officers arrested 25-year-old Matthew Thomas of Creston at his residence on a Union County Warrant for the charge of Failure to Serve Jail Sentence on the original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance. He is being held in the Union County Jail to serve the balance of his 48 hour sentence.

Also on Sunday at 4:37 pm officers arrested 49-year-old Todd Kinkade of Creston.  He was arrested at Summita and Pine Streets in Creston on a Union County Warrant for the charge of Assault Causing Bodily Injury or Mental Illness. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $1000 bond.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office also released details on on recent arrest. Deputies arrested 56-year-old Tommy Allen Green Jr of Lorimor on Saturday, August 13th at 5:37pm at the Law Enforcement Center.  Green was arrested on a Union County warrant for failure to appear.  He is being held in the Union County Jail on $10,000 bond.

A domestic incident in Council Bluffs, Saturday afternoon resulted in a brief foot pursuit and the use of a stun gun to subdue a suspect. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 33-year old Andrew Michael Hasbrouck, of Council Bluffs, ran from law enforcement as they were questioning him outside of a home in the 19,000 block of Beverly Manor Lane, following an investigation into a disturbance. Hasbrouck was hit with a stun gun deployed by a law enforcement officer and taken into custody without further incident. He was brought to the Pott. County Jail and charged with Disorderly Conduct, Interference with Officials Acts, and Violation of a No Contact Order.

The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office reports two men were arrested early Saturday morning for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, by allegedly providing alcohol to persons underage during a party in Underwood. 23-year old Allen Joseph Wilcoxen, of Carter Lake, and 21-year old John Edward Olsufka, of Council Bluffs, admitted to supplying booze to a large number of juveniles and underage persons. The suspects were transported to the Pott. County Jail. Two females under the age of 21 had a blood alcohol content above the legal limit, and were cited for Minor’s in Possession of Alcohol.

Several people were cited for Minor in Possession and contributing alcohol, following an investigation just before 1-a.m. Sunday, in northeast Council Bluffs, after a neighbor called authorities to complain about loud music. The caller also mentioned the parents were not home while the party was underway. Those cited at the party include, from Council Bluffs: 19-year old Colton Petersen, 19-year old Dallas Raymond-Akers, 19-year old Shasta Logemann, 18-year old Grant Forristall, 19-year old Taylor Peatrowsky 19-year old Darrin Jackson, 19-year old Kelley Welch, 18-year old Jensyn Hanson, 19-year old Emily Rindone, 19-year old Payton Mehsling, 18-year old Hunter Vredenburgh, 18-year old Deontae Davis, 18-year old Edward Bourg, 9-year old Codie Exley, and a 17-year old male; 19-year old Spencer Hardesty, of Crescent; 19-year old Brock Massey, of Omaha; 18-year old Corey Ehlers, a 17-year old male, both of Glenwood.

Authorities said also, 41-year old Craig R. Janssen, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Saturday night for being a Fugitive From Justice. He was taken into custody after a deputy was following up on a report of a suspicious person in the vicinity of 152nd and the Old Morman Bridge Road. The deputy noted Janssen appeared to be intoxicated. While running a check on his driver’s license, the deputy learned Janssen was wanted on a warrant out of Nebraska for alleged Terroristic Threats. He was brought to the Pottawattamie County and held for Nebraska authorities.

A Council Bluffs man was arrested late Saturday on charges of Child Endangerment w/out injury, OWI/1st Offense, and Driving While Revoked. 37-year old Heleodoro Mora, was taken arrested after a deputy observed Mora’s pickup speeding up and slowing down in front of the deputy’s cruiser. When the vehicle was stopped, and after questioning, Mora was taken into custody on the charges mentioned. The child endangerment charge was due to Mora’s 10-year old daughter being in the vehicle with him while he was allegedly impaired.

And, an Omaha man was arrested late Saturday night following an accident near the Harrison County line. 52-year old Timothy F. Shanahan suffered apparent minor injuries when he drove his SUV down a steep embankment and into a corn field near the 31,000 block of 145th Street. Shanahan tested over twice the legal limit for intoxication, and was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was also cited for Failure to Maintain Control.

Shortly before 10:00 a.m. Monday morning Page County Deputies and Clarinda Police Officers were summoned to a reported unknown emergency situation at the Page County Courthouse.  Upon arrival, authorities learned that there were some individuals involved in a domestic quarrel in the Clerk of the Court’s Office. The situation was de-escalated quickly by Page County Deputies with back-up assistance provided by the Clarinda Police Department.

Clarinda Police are once again reminding residents to keep their vehicles locked at all times and keep valuables and cash removed from the vehicle if possible or out of sight after another rash of vehicle break-ins overnight.  Monday morning the department took numerous reports of unlocked vehicles being ransacked overnight and cash and miscellaneous personal property taken. Residents are asked to contact the Page County dispatch center if suspicious activity is observed.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office released details on Monday of multiple recent arrests.

On Sunday, August 7th the Adair Police Department arrested 26-year-old Joseph Dean White of Atlantic on charges of Assault and Public Intoxication. He was arrested after walking the streets of Adair while intoxicated and banging on doors.  He also allegedly cut another individual on the shoulder while that person was sleeping.  He was released the next day on $2,000 bond.

On Monday, August 8th at 2:07 am the Iowa State Patrol arrested 21-year-old Dinesh Biswa of Omaha for OWI 1st Offense. Biswa was arrested on Interstate 80 Eastbound at Exit 88.  He was taken into custody and released Wednesday on $1,000 bond.

Also on August 8th the Adair County Sheriff’s Office took 63-year-old Mark Stephen Miller of Orient into custody on a court order for serving a sentence.  He was released on Wednesday after time served.

On Tuesday, August 9th the Adair County Sheriff’s Office arrested 50-year-old James Alan Klemish of Adair on multiple drug possession charges.  At 4:20pm Klemish was arrested at 1211 150th Street in Adair for Possession of a Controlled Substance-Marijuana 1st Offense, Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs, and Possession of a Controlled Substance-Methamphetamine 1st Offense.  Klemish was released later that evening on his own recognizance. On Wednesday, August 10th at the same address the Adair County Sheriff’s office cited and released 73-year-old Mary Kaye Klemish of Adair for a Prescription Drug Violation 1st Offense.

On Wednesday, August 10th Stuart Police arrested 41-year-old Elmer Lee Harwell of Bedford on charges of Violation of a No Contact Order and 2nd Degree Harassment.  Harwell was arrested in the 300 Block of SW Kent Street in Greenfield at 11:41pm.  He was arrested after attempting to break into a residence in Stuart by prying at the door and lock in which the resident had a no contact order in place against him.  He later sent harassing text messages to the resident of the apartment and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t talk to him.  Harwell was taken into custody and held on $7,000 cash bond.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office also arrested 27-year-old Alyssa Janeen Carroll of Des Moines on Friday, August 12th for Probation Violation.  Carroll was arrested at 6:42pm at the Dallas County Jail and held until seen by a magistrate.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who escaped from the Warren County Jail in Indianola has been seen traveling with a woman being sought by Missouri authorities. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that 26-year-old Scott Grimes escaped around 10:20 p.m. Sunday while a jailer was handing out medications to prisoners.

Scott Forest Grimes

A Des Moines couple with clipboards was across the street from the Iowa State Fair’s Grand Avenue entrance Sunday afternoon, collecting signatures on petitions. “Donald Trump would hurt our country in certain ways and Hillary Clinton hurts our country in other ways. I think we need a person of integrity who listens to both sides and isn’t going to be partisan and values those who are struggling.” Kate and Dylan Jones are part of a last-minute effort to get independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin’s name on Iowa’s General Election ballots.

“This whole two-party system is actually pretty antiquated, this idea that, ‘Oh, you have to vote for a Democrat or you have to vote for a Republican,'” Jones says. “We want people to know that you can actually vote for who you believe, that you’re still free in this country to do that, and the next three months, we just want to use our voice as much as we possibly can, because we don’t want to look back and say: ‘I wish I had done more.'”

Evan McMullin will qualify for the Iowa ballot if his supporters collect the signatures of at least 15-hundred registered Iowa voters. The signatures have to come from at least 10 counties and must be submitted to Iowa’s Secretary of State by this Friday. That’s why the crowd streaming into the State Fair was a prime target, since people come from across the state to attend. “I’ve been getting flooded by friends who say: ‘Hey, we are interested. We can’t make it to the fair today, but we want to come,'” Kate Jones says. The couple and others plan to be on the sidewalks outside the fairgrounds this week until they get the petition signatures they need.

Kate and Dylan attended the Iowa Republican Party’s Caucuses on February 1st and both supported Marco Rubio. They want to vote “for” someone in November, but neither can vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. “We would really like someone who is presidential,” Dylan Jones says. “We’ve been a little disappointed with how the Republican Party really has handled themselves throughout this whole election process, some of the things Donald Trump has said and a lot of the hate-filled rhetoric.”

The Jones’s say they want to “vote their conscience” and they’re worried about Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. “We need compassionate leaders and the ability to articulate that refugees are not ISIS. They are people who’ve gone through trauma and don’t have a lot of resources when they come here and we need to be their neighbors,” Kate Jones said.

Kate Jones is 33 years old and works as a graphic designer. Her husband is 30 and works as a landscape architect.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is moving forward with initiatives aimed at improving children’s mental health and well-being, but officials say they won’t be able to estimate the potential cost of the effort until it’s developed more fully.

The Iowa Department of Human Services and other state agencies have been working together to formally tackle components of a long-term goal to change how children in Iowa access services related to their mental health and well-being. Officials contend services can be more effective if the two issues are addressed together.

State officials began soliciting outside work this month to help develop children’s mental health crisis services. Additional bidding will be available soon for so-called learning labs that could help improve children’s well-being.

The Iowa Legislature approved at least $300,000 last session toward the planning efforts.

Police in Red Oak arrested 18-year old Dakota Lynn Girouex, of Red Oak, at around 4:15-a.m. today (Sunday), for Driving While Suspended. The woman was also charged with not having SR-22 Insurance. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.