Three people have been arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 42-year old Regina Jolene Meyers, of Glenwood, was arrested Friday evening for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. 55-year old Dawn Marie Kinsley, of Glenwood, was arrested Friday for Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Controlled Substance, Drug Offense with Firearm and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Both women were taken into custody after the Mills County Sheriff’s K9 Unit conducted a narcotics search warrant at 802 Townsend, in Glenwood. Arrest warrants were issued for other involved persons. Glenwood Police assisted the K9 Unit at the scene.

Late Saturday night, 28-year old Kyle Alexander Walline, of Leawood, KS, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance, Drug stamp and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His arrest occurred when the Mills County K9 Unit assisted a stranded motorist at Deacon Road and Hawley Road outside of Glenwood. During the investigation and a search of the vehicle, nearly 70 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found.

Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, Friday, arrested 23-year old Lindsay June Droz, of Essex, on an Iowa felony Probation Violation. Droz was arrested at the Page County Sheriff’s Office, where she was unable to post the $15,000 bond. She is currently being held in the Page County Jail pending further court proceedings.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak man on Monday morning. At 10:17am Officers arrested 59-year-old Robert Roy Woodard of Red Oak for Disorderly Conduct (Fighting) in public. Woodard was arrested in the 1600 block of North Broadway Street and taken to the Montgomery County Jail and booked in on $300 bond.

The Mills County Emergency Management Agency reports the City of Malvern has issued a Bottled Water Advisory effective immediately (4/8/19). They have experienced a failure of one of their wells and the remaining well that is operating has a high nitrate level. Water can be safely used for all household tasks except drinking/cooking. High nitrate is of significant concern to infants; therefore, this advisory has been issued until further notice. Boiling intensifies nitrates so is not a solution for drinking water. If additional information is needed, please contact 712.624.8282.

WASHINGTON – Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Cass County on April 16, Carroll County on April 17 and Buchanan County on April 23 as a part of his annual 99 county meetings.  The Cass County Town Hall meeting will take place from 9:45-to 10:45-a.m. Tuesday, April 16th, at the Cass County Courthouse.

The Carroll County meeting will be held April 17th, from 1:30-until 2:30-p.m., at in the New Hope Village gymnasium, in Carroll.

Grassley is in his 39th year of holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held at least one meeting in every county, every year since he was first elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. He takes and answers questions on any subject raised.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports five people were arrested over the past week. On Saturday, 20-year old Sophia Erin Bell, of Omaha, was arrested on a charge of Possession of Alcohol under the legal age. Bell was taken to the Cass County Jail and released on her own recognizance the following day.

There were three arrests on Friday in Cass County: 59-year old  Jeffrey Harold Jensen, of Anita, was arrested on a Felony charge of Forgery. Jensen was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $5,000 bond; 27-year old Dylan Lee Looft, of Anita, was arrested on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for two felony counts of Sexual Abuse 2nd Degree. Looft was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $200,000 bond. And, 28-year old Cole Jacob Benton, of Hamlin, was arrested Friday in Cass County, on a charge of OWI 1st Offense. Benton was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance.

Last Thursday, Cass County Deputies arrested 20-year old Dominick Gene Gramkow, of Ankeny, on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Gramkow was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $5,000 bond.

If you have any old, broken or outdated bits of technology sitting around your house collecting dust, gather your components and drop them off during an E-Waste recycling drive Thursday, in Atlantic. ThinkSpace IT and the Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron have teamed-up with Midwest Metal Recyclers in Logan, to help you clear your clutter, and get that old technology recycled so that it can have a new life.

The drop-off site is at 201 Poplar Street in Atlantic (The American Legion/Armory Building), and the hours are from 4-until 7-p.m., Thursday. There is no fee to bring your accepted items, which include the following:

• Laptops
• Desktops
• Servers
• Computer mice
• Printers
• Scanners, external and internal hard drives
• Keyboards, UPS battery backups, tablets and more.

For a full list go to www.thinkspaceit.net/events.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an 82-year-old Dubuque man was fatally struck by a vehicle being driven by his wife. Dubuque police say 84-year-old Mary Bockenstedt was backing out of a private driveway around 11:40 a.m. Saturday when the vehicle hit 82-year-old Walter Bockenstedt, pinning him underneath. Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death remains under investigation.