Police in Audubon report the arrest on Sunday of 35-year old Christopher John Grogan, of Audubon. Grogan was charged with Disorderly Conduct and transported to the Audubon County Jail where he was being held pending an appearance before a magistrate.

Police in Red Oak are investigating the theft of video games and a gaming device. A woman who lives on North Vine Street reported Sunday afternoon, a burglary at her residence, and the theft of a Playstation 3, 10 games for the device, along with a DSI device and related games. The loss was estimated at just over $400.  Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the Red Oak Police Department at 712-623-6500.

A Nebraska suffered serious injuries during a single-vehicle accident early Sunday morning, in Council Bluffs. According to the Council Bluffs Police Department, 26-year old Ryan Seefus, of Kennard, NE, was transported to Creighton Medical Center in Omaha where he underwent emergency surgery. Officials say Seefus was traveling north on Service Road B at around 4:20-a.m., and failed to stop  at the intersection with 2nd Avenue.

Seefus’ vehicle continued northbound, crossed 2nd Avenue and hit a guardrail, before resuming a northbound track and hitting a private residence at 3624 2nd Avenue. The occupants of the home were not injured, but the residence sustained substantial structural damage. The accident remains under investigation.

A public hearing with regard to making Sunnyside Park in Atlantic entirely smoke free, will take place Monday evening, at City Hall. The meeting of the Parks and Recreation Board and public hearing follows on the heels of a proposal June 17th by Karla Akers and a group of young people who are associated with the Kiwanis’-sponsored, Middle School Builders Club.Akers said originally, the tobacco-free zone request focused on the skate park area at Sunnyside Park, but the hope is to eventually make all parks in Cass County being tobacco free, to make them “A family friendly, safe, positive environment for healthy activity.”

To that end, Akers presented the Parks and Rec Board with a signed petition requesting Sunnyside Park be designated as Tobacco Free. If approved by the Parks and Rec Board and, by the City Council at a future meeting, violators will be asked to stop using tobacco products on Park property, or leave the property. If they fail to do so, a trespassing complaint may be filed with law enforcement.

In other business, the Parks and Rec Board will receive a monthly update from Director Roger Herring, with regard to the Schildberg Recreation Area, Sunny Park Tennis Court reconstruction, the boat ramp, Summer Rec programs, the Buck Creek Dog Park, and Park Maintenance building. The meeting in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall, begins at 5:15-p.m., Monday.

A teenager from Corning is being held in a juvenile detention facility awaiting an appearance before a magistrate, in connection with a chase and crash early this (Sunday) morning. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports deputies tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation in Corning, at around 1:40-a.m., but the vehicle failed to stop, and led deputies on a pursuit through the streets of Corning.

During the pursuit, the 14-year old driver put the vehicle in reverse, and crashed into a deputies’ vehicle. The Adams County K-9 Unit was deployed during the pursuit, but the arrest took place without further incident. The name of the teen was not released.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports 5 persons under the legal age were cited Saturday night for possession of alcohol. Lake Icaria Park Officers contacted the sheriff’s department at around 11:30-p.m., for assistance in a party where numerous minors were present in the campground. Upon arrivals, five persons were written citations for being a Minor in Possession of Alcohol. All five were second offenses.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

ROCKFORD, Iowa (AP) — A small northern Iowa town unveiled a statue honoring a Navy SEAL killed in 2011 in Afghanistan and his loyal dog remembered for lying beside the soldier’s casket. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that the bronze statue of Jon Tumilson and his dog, Hawkeye, now stands in Rockford’s Fossil and Prairie Park. The Rockford, Iowa native was one of 30 American soldiers killed August 6th, 2011, when their helicopter was shot down by insurgents in Afghanistan.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — A Johnston-based Iowa Army National Guard unit has been met by a homecoming ceremony. Sixty soldiers from Headquarters Company, 1034th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion have been gone since August 2012 when they left for training in Texas before departing for Afghanistan. They returned Saturday to the public ceremony at Camp Dodge in Johnston.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Health says there are now 60 confirmed of the rare food-borne illness cyclosporiasis (cyclo-spoh-RYE-uh-sis), up from 45 cases reported Friday. The illness is most commonly contracted by eating food or drinking water contaminated with human feces containing the cyclospora parasite.

HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has issued a swimming advisory for Beeds Lake at Hampton in northern Iowa after a water sample exceeded levels for E. coli. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that a swimming advisory does not mean the beach is closed, but swimmers should avoid swallowing lake water and shower off after swimming.

A ceremony held Saturday afternoon in the Atlantic City Park for the re-dedication of a Soldiers Monument began with a a loud boom.

The replica miniature civil war era cannon and Cannoneer.

The sound of a replica, miniature canon built by Atlantic’s Steve Livengood echoed through the downtown area, and was one of many, similar events held throughout the country in commemoration of the Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary), of the American Civil War, which was fought from 1861 to 1865. The original dedication ceremony for the monument in Atlantic was held 94 years ago, on July 10th, 1919. It’s dedicated to the memory of those who fought in the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars.

Helping to commemorate the ceremony in Atlantic were members of the Col. William H. Kinsman Camp 23, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Uniformed Group, Company B, 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. American Legion Post 43 and VFW members were also on hand to provide a 21-gun salute.

Dave Hancock (podium), Steve Livengood (left), Dave Jones, Mark Wedemeyer & civil war re-enactors.

Dave Hancock, of Atlantic, was Master of Ceremonies for the event. His great grandfather is among the 640 veterans whose name is listed among the plaques surrounding the monument’s base.

Hancock said it was in the memory of his great-grandfather and all those who lost their lives in the war, that the re-dedication took place. Also speaking at the event was Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones, Mark Wedemeyer, Chair of the Cass County Board of Supervisors, and Atlantic City Councilman Steve Livengood, who also provided a history of the monument from its inception, up to and including a recent renovation. It began with a petition with 141 names which was presented before the Supervisors in 1915.

The monument cost a total of around $26,916, which includes an architects fee and a little more than $3,000 for the foundation, which is 22-square feet wide at the top, 26-square feet wide at the bottom, and 10-feet deep. It’s made up of concrete, reinforced steel, cement, sand and crushed stone. The entire monument is 62-feet 10-inches tall.

Livengood became involved in the restoration of the monument a few years ago, when a citizen asked about a missing shield on the Lady Liberty statue which rests atop the monument.

Lady Liberty sits atop the Soldier’s Memorial.

The shield had fallen off and was being stored in a Parks and Rec building.As the Council’s liaison to the Park Board, Livengood began the process of finding someone to repair the statue. It was repaired by Steve Nelson, of Nelson Machine and Forge, in Marne. The re-dedication was preceded by a bugler calling soldiers to Assembly.

Cass County Supervisor Mark Wedemeyer made official, the re-dedication, which concluded with the placing of colors, the Pledge of Allegiance, the setting of a Civil War soldiers’ field pack, wreath and flag at the base of the monument, a performance of TAPS, and a 21-gun salute.

The Color Guard stands by.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Health says there are now 60 confirmed of the rare food-borne illness cyclosporiasis, up from 45 cases reported Friday.In the KJAN listening area, 3 cases have been reported in Dallas County,  2 cases in Mills County, and 1 case in each of Monona and Pottawattamie Counties.

The illness is most commonly contracted by eating food or drinking water contaminated with human feces containing the cyclospora parasite. Iowa typically has just one or two cases a year, usually travelers. Officials believe fresh vegetables may be the culprit, but the investigation continues.

Consumers should wash fruits and vegetables to reduce the risk of the illness, which causes diarrhea that lasts an average of 57 days.

Neighboring Nebraska reported 35 cases as of Friday. A Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a message Saturday asking if more cases had been confirmed in Nebraska.