The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak woman on Monday afternoon. At 1:02pm Officers arrested 24-year-old Ashley Marie Matthews for Shoplifting at the HyVee food store in Red Oak. Matthews was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office is reporting six arrests from over the weekend. On Saturday: 23-year old Heather Lynn Spracklin, of Omaha, NE., was arrested for Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct. Her bond was set at $600; 48-year old Mark Monroe Moore, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance and Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $3,000; 37-year old Jenifer Lea Mendez, of Missouri Valley, was arrested for Public Intoxication, with bond set at  $300; and, 27-year old Shialea Kay Cozad, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Saturday for Possession of Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs – Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $3,300.

At around 12:35-a.m. Sunday, 33-year old Abel Vega-Rodriguez, of Bellevue, NE, was arrested in Mills County for OWI/ 1st offense. Bond: $1,000. A little after 5-a.m., Sunday, 33-year old Chad Eugene Burch, of Clarinda, was arrested for OWI 1st, No Valid Driver’s License, Operating Non-Registered Vehicle and Improper use of Lanes. Bond was set at $1,000. Burch also had warrant for his arrest of out Adams County for Failure to Appear, the bond for which was $300.

An engineer examining the safety of a building at 5th and Chestnut Street has ordered 5th Street to be closed until further notice, from the intersection east, to near the Post Office in Atlantic. The order came today (Monday), following the collapse Sunday night of an exterior brick wall on the north side of the building located in the 10 block of E. 5th. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic is prohibited from the area due to the danger of more bricks falling from the structure. Additional bricks fell during the day today (Monday), and there is concern the entire wall may collapse.

The structure is said to be over 100-years old. The building’s occupants were evacuated Sunday, when a large section of the brick wall tumbled onto the sidewalk below, collapsing that portion of the sidewalk.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is seeking to enforce a $14,700 judgment against a businessman accused of making racial slurs to belittle black employees. Bruce Smith of West Des Moines and his company, AAA Allied Building Services, have been ordered to pay lost wages and damages to an employee who says he quit after enduring the harassment. The commission has filed a case against Smith in district court to collect the damages, a rare enforcement action for the agency.

Smith called the case “a railroad job” orchestrated by a disgruntled former employee, saying “the whole thing was a lie.” The case stemmed from a complaint filed by David Curry of Des Moines, who worked on an overnight crew for Smith cleaning Petsmart, Best Buy and other businesses. Curry and a co-worker testified that Smith called them slurs and made other offensive comments. An administrative law judge ruled that Smith violated the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports numerous arrests over the past three weeks. Last Friday, 31-year old Kristine Jensine Porter, of Creston, was arrested on charges of Child Endangerment No Injury, and OWI 1^st Offense. Porter was taken to the Cass County Jail and remains held on $5,000 bond. On December 12th, deputies arrested 20-year old Dustin Lee Jones, of Atlantic, on two District Court warrants for Probation Violation. Jones was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $10,000 bond.

On December 9th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 44-year old Brad James Smith, of Atlantic, on charges of OWI 1^st Offense, and Driving While Revoked. Smith was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on his own recognizance. 29-year old Bryceton Lee Flathers, of Atlantic, was arrested Dec. 7th on a charge of OWI 2^nd Offense. Flathers was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on his own recognizance.

On December 5th, Cass County deputies arrested 40-year old Aaron Joseph Moore, of Wiota, on a felony charge of Interference with Official Acts Involving a Dangerous Weapon, and an aggravated misdemeanor charge of Carrying a Knife over 8 Inches. Moore was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $10,000 cash bond. That same day the County Sheriff’s Office arrested 40-year old Matthew David Blair, of Jefferson, on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Blair was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on $3,000 bond.

And, on November 30th, deputies in Cass County arrested 42-year old Amanda Kay Bashor, of Atlantic, on a charge of OWI 1^st Offense. Bashor was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on her own recognizance.

On December 14th at approximately 8:00 a.m., the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a two-vehicle accident at Highway 148 and Main Street in Griswold. A 2017 Chevy Explorer driven by 33-year old Jennifer Elizabeth Bissell, of Corning, was stopped at the southbound stop sign on Highway 148 when said vehicle was struck by a 2005 Dodge pickup driven by 17-year old Brock Hunter Wallace, of Griswold, who was turning from Main Street onto northbound Highway 148. Wallace turned into the southbound traffic lane and struck the front passenger side of Bissell’s vehicle. No injuries were reported. Damage to the Chevy is estimated at $3,000; damage to the Dodge is estimated at $2,500. Wallace was cited for Making an Unsafe Left Turn.