Police in Creston, Wednesday, arrested 49-year old Derek Reha, of Creston. Reha was taken into custody at around 11:30-a.m. at his home. He was arrested on a Union County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense, and was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing. Reha was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and two-counts Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, the bonds for which amounted to $1,600.

And, just after 8-a.m. Wednesday, 35-year old Nichole Rinehart, of Creston, was arrested at her home on a Union County warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. Rinehart was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

Police in Council Bluffs are looking for four, unknown persons who allegedly were going through vehicles in the Sulley Towing company parking lot this (Thursday) morning. Three of the white males entered the business at 15 S. 20th Street through a window, at around 2:50-a.m., while the fourth person remained outside. An employee was at the business. When the suspect saw him, they left the scene.

Still frame images of suspects (C.B. P-D photos)

At around 3:12-a.m. Bluffs Police were dispatched to a hit and run accident in the area of Ave D and North 16th Street. Upon officers arrival they were informed that after the crash, two males exited a black Acura and ran from the scene. One male was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and the other was wearing a black t-shirt. Officers were informed that Real Value Auto might have video of the accident. As they were reviewing the video they noticed the same males who broke into Sulley Towing were also on scene at Real Value Auto before the accident and they stole a GMC Yukon.

Both the incidents are being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division. If anyone has any information regarding these incidents it is encouraged to call the Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728 or anonymous tips can be given by calling 712-328-STOP (7867).

President Donald Trump is set to attend a Republican Party fundraiser in Iowa in June. According to the Des Moines Register, the state party said the president will attend the private event June 11 in West Des Moines. A spokesperson for the Republican Party of Iowa told the newspaper Gov. Kim Reynolds, Sen. Joni Ernst, Sen. Chuck Grassley and U.S. Rep. Steve King will be invited.

President Trump last visited Iowa in October 2018 when he held a large rally in Council Bluffs.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed one tornado in southeastern Iowa on Wednesday that injured a man. The Des Moines Register reports that the tornado hit Wednesday afternoon near Barnes City in Poweshiek County. The name and medical condition of the man injured was not immediately released. The tornado also damaged a farmstead in the area.

The National Weather Service says the tornado was among a spate of reported tornado sightings throughout the state on Wednesday. Chad Hahn, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Des Moines, said reports of tornadoes east and north of the Des Moines metro began around 4 p.m., starting in Sac County.