The Shelby County Sheriff’s office reports three arrests took place from Jan. 13th through the 17th. Last Thursday, Deputies arrested at a residence in Elk Horn, 53-year-old Rosemary Ann Yoder, of Omaha, on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in Shelby County District Court. Yoder was also charged with violation of no contact order and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was transported to Shelby County Jail and after initial appearance, was being held in the jail under a $1,200 cash/surety bond.

On Jan. 15th, authorities with the Department of Public Safety Commercial Motor Vehicle Division arrested 38-year-old Anthony Lee Nielsen, of Council Bluffs, as a result of a traffic stop. Nielsen was arrested for a driving a commercial vehicle under a suspended license in the State of Iowa. He was transported to the Shelby County Jail without incident and was released shortly thereafter by posting a cash bond. He was subsequently given a future court date.

And, on Jan. 13th, Harlan Police and Shelby County Deputies arrested 38-year-old Joshua Lynn Mauseth, of Omaha, on an outstanding warrant out of Kansas. Mauseth was transported to Shelby County Jail without local charges and held pending an extradition waiver hearing. He was then transferred into custody of the Cloud County Kansas Sheriff’s Department.

Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer reports two arrests took place last Thursday. On Thursday, and again on Saturday,40-year old Joshua Robert Saunders, of Audubon, was arrested for Violation of No Contact Order.  Both times Saunders was arrested and appeared before a magistrate. And, 33-year old Jamie Carine Christiansen, of Audubon, was arrested Thursday, for Violation of No Contact Order.  Christiansen made an appearance before a magistrate.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests over the past few days. Early Sunday morning, 37-year old Brandy Lynn Blamble, of Bellevue, NE., was arrested for OWI/1st offense. At around 9:20-p.m. Sunday, 22-year old Chase Donald Walseth, of Marshall, MO., was arrested following a traffic stop on I-29. Walseth was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. At around 5:20-a.m. Saturday, 35-year old John Anthony Love, of Pacific Junction, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. And, at around 12:20-a.m. Friday, 30-year old Joshua Arthur Rhodes, of Council Bluffs, was arrested following a traffic stop on I-29. He was charged with OWI/1st offense, two counts of Child Endangerment, and Assault causing bodily injury. Bond was set at $9,000.

ADEL, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa school district official has been given three years of probation for embezzling nearly $217,000 over the course of several years. Dallas County District Court records show 35-year-old Melissa Lantz was given a 10-year suspended prison sentence during a hearing Friday in Adel. The judge also ordered her to pay restitution and perform community service. Lantz had pleaded guilty to theft from Woodward-Granger Community School District. She was hired in 2012, assigned to payroll duties and eventually became business manager.

Her arrest followed a state audit that identified improper and unsupported disbursements by the district over five years, including 101 checks that Lantz issued to herself on top of her authorized paychecks. The district serves around 1,000 students about 20 miles northwest of Des Moines.

The Iowa State Patrol was investigating a serious injury accident this (Monday) morning, north of Cumberland. Rescue crews from Cumberland and Massena, along with Medivac ambulance were dispatched to the scene on a bridge 690th Street (County Road N-28), just south of Oxford Road (County Road G-43), at 7:40-a.m. One person, a female, was injured. The “Jaws of Life” was used to extract her from the vehicle. LifeNet transported the victim to the UNMC in Omaha. The accident remained under investigation, and no other details are currently available.