Glenwood Police report one arrest took place, Wednesday. 34-year old Ivan Houser, of Glenwood, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He posted a $1,000 cash or surety bond, and was released.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa regulatory board won’t let Alliant Energy charge customers who decline to have smart meters used to track how much electricity they use. The Iowa Utility Board voted Wednesday to reject Alliant’s request to charge $15 a month to customers who opt out of the smart meter program. The board told Alliant to file a revised rate request that lets allows customers opt out without facing a fee. The board says Alliant already charges customers for meter reading in its current rates.

The board didn’t bar Alliant from seeking a future charge in a broader rate case. Alliant says its smart meter system uses two-way wireless communication to retrieve meter data and funnel it through a secure and proprietary network.

Officials with the Creston Police Department say two men were arrested on separate warrants, Wednesday. At around 7-p..m., 36-year old Richard William Putney, of Leon, was arrested on an outside agency warrant for Contempt of Court, on an original, Driving While Barred, charge. Putney was transferred to the Decatur County Jail and held without bond, pending an appearance before the magistrate. And, at around 11:45-a.m., Wednesday, Creston Police arrested 19-year old Max Dustin Kilgore, of Creston. He was taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on an outside agency warrant for Failure to Appear in court. Kilgore bonded-out, and was released from custody.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Polk County sheriff’s detective convicted of punching an Ankeny firefighter in a bar fracas has left the sheriff’s force. The Des Moines Register reports that John Negrete sent a letter announcing his retirement from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 3, three days after Sheriff Bill McCarthy wrote that he planned to fire Negrete. McCarthy retired in mid-December.

Court records say Negrete and his girlfriend, Tereasa Sunberg, were sentenced to a year of probation and given deferred judgments at their sentencings in September. The deferred judgments means their convictions can be removed from court records if they complete their probation terms.

The two were convicted of assault causing injury. Authorities say Negrete punched an Ankeny firefighter, Ross Frank, and Sunberg punched Frank’s wife, Danielle.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Fort Dodge man has been accused of scheming to defraud the Iowa Lottery. Webster County court records say 39-year-old Nicholas Hanson is charged with money laundering, conspiracy to commit lottery fraud, extortion and marijuana possession. Authorities say Hanson wanted to redeem a winning lottery ticket but didn’t want his winnings taken by various creditors, including the state of Iowa. The court records say he enlisted the aid of another person, who went with him to claim the lottery winnings.

The criminal complaints don’t say exactly how much money Hanson and the other person picked up at Iowa Lottery headquarters, describing it only as “a substantial amount of U.S. currency.”

Red Oak Police, Wednesday night, arrested 42-year old Chrystal Rush Stewart, of Red Oak. Stewart was taken into custody at around 7-p.m., for Theft in the 5th Degree. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.