Officials with the Des Moines Police Department say officers were investigating a report this morning, of a mountain lion sighting within the City. Video from  is being examined to confirm the presence of the animal. Snapshots taken from the video in the area of 31st and I-235 appear to show a mountain lion near some steps and a park bench.

Mountain lions have been inside the city before. Police fatally shot one on the city’s north side in October 2012. Authorities said residents should “exercise an abundance of caution with children and pets in this area.”

These pictures come from I-235 & 31st St. near Callanan Middle School in Des Moines.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowans are being reminded by the Internal Revenue Service that new tax laws mean new calculations for payroll taxes. I-R-S spokesman Christopher Miller says Iowans should be sitting down with their tax returns and their paychecks this week in order to consult the I-R-S’s withholding calculator. Miller says, “The withholding tables also changed and that means that what’s being taken out of their paycheck may have changed and they need to be aware of that.”

Miller says the special Paycheck Checkup tool on the agency’s website will help you and your employer better tailor your withholdings under the new laws. Miller says, “You enter some information about your situation and it will help you understand whether or not the right amount for your particular situation is being withheld from your paycheck.”

The I-R-S is also asking Iowa businesses to look at their payroll and make sure employees are having the right amount of pay withheld. Miller says changes to the tax law means that the withholdings you might have been using over the last several years are insufficient.  “If they received a smaller refund than they expected this year, or perhaps even if they had a tax bill that was unexpected, this will allow them to adjust their withholding,” Miller says.

Find the special Paycheck Check-Up page online at I-R-S-dot-gov.

The Creston Police Department reports 29-year old Terry Ray Hankins Lund, Jr., of Creston, was arrested Wednesday morning at his home, on three Union County warrants. The warrants were for: charges of Criminal Mischief in the 2nd degree & burglary in the 2nd; Criminal Mischief in the 3rd degree & Domestic Abuse Assault; and, Obstruction of Emergency Communications. Lund, Jr.’s bond was set at $10,300, with no bond on the assault and 3rd degree Criminal Mischief charges. He remains in the Union County Jail.

25-year old Zachariah Benn, of Creston, was arrested late Wednesday evening at his home, on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear for a jail sentence, with regard to an original charge of Driving While Barred. Benn was being held in the Union County Jail, until the balance of his sentence is complete. 30-year old Kayla Hoffman, of Creston, was arrested at her home Wednesday morning, on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Theft in the 5th degree. She was being held for Union County in the Adams County Jail, on a $300 bond. At the same residence, 30-year old Caleb Fredrickson, of Creston, was arrested on Union County warrants for Failure to Appear on a Theft in the 3rd degree charge, and Violation of Probation. He was also charged with Driving while Suspended. Fredrickson was being held in the Union County Jail on a total of $12,300 bond.

Creston Police said also, a man residing in the 400 block of N. Poplar Street reported Wednesday, that sometime over the past two- or three-months, someone stole a gun from the glovebox of his vehicle. The Smith and Wesson .38-caliber handgun was valued at $450.

(Radio Iowa) — Two competing Iowa-based convenience store chains are working together to raise awareness about human trafficking. Casey’s General Stores and Kum-and-Go are training their 25-hundred employees through “C-SAT,” Convenience Stores Against Trafficking. Casey’s spokesman Mike Richardson says workers in the industry’s stores, which are open round-the-clock, are in a unique position to help.

“Our employees will be trained in the next three-to-four weeks probably everyone will be completed in order to watch for any signs of human trafficking,” Richardson says. “On top of that, we’ll be placing stickers in the restrooms to either write the number down or text it to somebody that they are actually in that situation.”

Des Moines-based Kum & Go has almost 400 stores in 11 states while Casey’s, headquartered in Ankeny, has 21-hundred stores in 16 states.