Officials with the Creston Police Department report the drivers of two vehicles were injured during a collision, Tuesday afternoon. 59-year old Rhonda Lee Campbell,  and 30-year old Waymond Lee Foster, both of Creston, were transported by ambulance to the hospital in Creston, after their vehicles collided just before 1-p.m. Tuesday, at the intersection of Oak and Howard Streets. Authorities say Campbell was traveling west on Howard Street in a 2012 Chevy Equinox, while Foster was traveling north on Oak Street in a 2011 Ford E-350.

Foster claimed he stopped, and that Campbell was going too fast. Both vehicles collided in the middle of the intersection, Afterward, the Chevy continued northwest into the parking lot by an apartment complex and struck a boat/trailer before coming to rest after running into the north apartment building. The boat and building both sustained damage. The Ford continued northwest as well, and hit a large tree before coming to rest. The vehicles sustained a combined $11,000 damage. Damage to the boat and trailer was estimate at $2,100, while the apartment building sustained $1,000 damage.

Three people were arrested early this (Thursday) morning, in Creston. At around 12:15-a.m., 24-year old Jeffrey D. Ott, of Orient, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a charge of Operating a motor vehicle without consent. His bond was set at $2,000. And, just before 4-a.m., 45-year old Walter Hall, Jr. was arrested at a residence on N. Vine Street in Creston, for Violating a Protective Order, and Assault with Injury. At the same time and place, 43-year old Michelle Marie Snyder, was arrested for Violating a Protection Order. Hall and Snyder were being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Mercy Medical Center officials say the hospital would partner with a national health care company in building a 100-bed psychiatric hospital in Clive. The Des Moines Register reports that Pennsylvania-based Universal Health Services would be its partner. Universal Health has more than 350 hospitals and other facilities across the country and in Great Britain. The Clive hospital would be its first Iowa project.

Mercy’s plans for building the hospital were initially reported earlier this month, but the location wasn’t disclosed. Mercy filed a detailed application Wednesday with state regulators. The $31 million facility could open by 2020, if the state were to approve it.

Supporters say the Mercy project would address a critical shortage of treatment services in central Iowa. It would be the only free-standing mental hospital in central Iowa.