Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports his office, in conjunction with the U-S Drug Enforcement Administration, is taking back unwanted prescription drugs on April 27th, at the Sheriff’s located at 2814 200th Street, in Sidney. The hours are from 10-a.m. until 2-p.m.  It’s the 17th time in nine years the program is being offered to prevent pill abuse, misuse and theft, by ridding homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Simply bring your pills for disposal to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office. The drop-off site will not accept liquids, needles or sharps. Only only pills or patches. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

Other (area) sponsored collections sites on April 27th include:

• In Atlantic: The Atlantic Police Department (In the lobby), and the drop-off site at Walmart.
• The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
• Council Bluffs Police Department – Walgreens drop-off site.
• Harrison County Sheriff’s Office (in the lobby).
• Glenwood Police Department – Hy-Vee Pharmacy in Glenwood.
• Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office – at the Sheriff’s Office in Mt. Ayr.

Last fall, Americans turned in nearly 460 tons of prescription drugs at more than 5,800 sites operated by the DEA and almost 4,800 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Overall, in its 16 previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners have taken in almost 11 million pounds of pills. For more information, go to www.DEATakeBack.com.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A southeastern Iowa woman accused of driving drunk has been imprisoned for a crash that killed her husband. Lee County court records say 27-year-old Noelle Cosby, of Donnellson, was sentenced last week to five years in prison. She’d pleaded guilty.

Investigators say she was drunk and behind the wheel when she and her husband were heading home from a party on Dec. 10, 2017. Officials say she lost control of their sport utility vehicle, which ended up on its side in a driveway along Iowa Highway 2 near Donnellson. Police say 35-year-old Todd Cosby was thrown from the SUV and died at the scene.

Police in Creston conducted two arrests, Monday. At around 3:30-p.m., 29-year old Scott Draman, of Creston, was arrested 1700 W. Townline, on two Union County Warrants for two counts Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Offense and Theft 5th. Draman was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,300 bond. And at around 3-p.m. Monday, Creston Police arrested 71-year old Michael Ray Christensen, of Council Bluffs, in the 600 block of E. Taylor, for Driving While Barred. Christensen was later released on a $2,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa D-O-T officials are asking legislators to help ensure their dwindling stockpile of road salt is properly replenished. Lee Wilkinson is a top administrator for the Iowa D-O-T. “This was actually our most severe winter that I can recall. We have a winter severity index,” he says. “On a winter severity standpoint, this was the highest-rated winter we’ve had — at least since the early 2000s.”

The D-O-T has “salt sheds” placed around the state, so road crews can deal with hazardous highway conditions. It’s time to start buying salt now that prices are low and fill those sheds rather than buy salt in late fall when it’s more expensive. Wilkerson says the D-O-T needs about nine million dollars extra now to jump start that process, as the agency fell behind in buying salt last summer. “This winter was sort of a perfect storm, if you will, given the severity of the winter that we faced, plus the fact that we had to actually use a part of our normal salt budget to refill our salt sheds at the beginning of this year because of the previous winter that lasted through the end of April,” he says.

The proposal is included in a bill that has cleared the Senate and a House committee — and is eligible for debate in the full House.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the slaying of a young woman found lying in a West Des Moines road. According to KCCI, Police have charged Eliazar Montoya Gama with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of Sakira Bonner.the boy with robbery and first-degree murder. Police were sent late Friday night to an area west of Interstate 35 near a busy retail district for reports of a woman lying in the road. Police say other calls about gunshots were received as officers headed to the area.

The officers found the woman in the road. She was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She’s been identified as 18-year-old Sakira Bonner. Authorities say she was from Chicago but attended high school in Des Moines.