A man and woman were arrested on separate warrants this (Tuesday) morning, in Creston. The Creston Police Department reports 38-year old Matthew Neipert, of Creston, was arrested at around 1:20-a.m. at his residence, on a Union County Warrant for the charge of Theft 4th. Neipert was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond. And, at around 12:35-a.m., 20-year old Natalie Eslinger, of Creston, was arrested at her residence on a Union County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault – Injury or Mental Illness. Eslinger was being held in the Adams County Jail, while awaiting a bond hearing.

CRESCO, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for a man accused of killing his wife in northern Iowa. Mason City station KIMT reports that an Aug. 8 starting date was set Monday for 34-year-old Brian Fullhart. He’s pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and going armed with intent. Howard County District Court records say Fullhart shot his wife with a handgun early March 1 at a mobile home in Cresco and later used a bow to twice fire arrows at officers who’d been sent to investigate gunshot reports. A criminal complaint says one arrow struck a squad car. Fullhart surrendered peacefully to end the more than five-hour standoff.

MARENGO, Iowa (AP) — A woman accused of killing a trucker at an Iowa rest stop along Interstate 80 has been ruled mentally fit for trial. Court documents show the ruling was filed Monday following a March 19 hearing for 44-year-old Mariana Lesnic. She’s pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. Authorities say she shot 60-year-old Ernest Kummer inside his truck cab last September at the westbound rest stop near Victor, about 40 miles west of Iowa City.

A doctor who examined Lesnic says in his report that she didn’t appear to be suffering from any mental illness when he examined her and says she’s competent to stand trial. The judge has scheduled an April 6 hearing to set a trial date.

Four people suffered non-life threatening injuries in a three-vehicle accident east of Council Bluffs Saturday afternoon.  Sergeant Jim Doty with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident happened at around 4:15 p.m. on Highway 92 near 220th Street. He says the accident involved a pickup, a Ford Taurus and a Ford Mustang. He says two occupants were taken by ground ambulance to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, one was taken by ground ambulance to Mercy Hospital and another was air-lifted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

The victim’s names have not been released.  The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

(from our sister station – KNOD/Harlan)