The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday) released more information about a 2-vehicle crash that happened Friday morning, west of Griswold. Officials say at approximately 10:27-a.m., the deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries at Highway 92 and County Road M-47.

An investigation revealed 68-year old Lela Lank was westbound on Highway 92 in a 2011 Cadillac Escalade, while 81-year old Richard McCauley, of Atlantic, was southbound on County Road M47 in a 2004 Chevrolet S-10. Officialssay at the intersection of Highway 92 and County Road M47, McCauley failed to stop at the stop sign and struck Lank’s SUV in the passenger side. The impact caused Lank’s vehicle to travel into the south ditch, where it rolled over. McCauley’s pickup spun around and came to rest in the ditch.

Lank was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital and later airlifted to Creighton Medical Center. A passenger in her SUV, 75-year old Cecil Boos, was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital and later airlifted to Creighton Medical Center.

McCauley was transported to Creighton Medical Center by medical helicopter. A passenger in his pickup, 80-year old Patricia McCauley, of Atlantic, was transported Creighton Medical Center by medical helicopter.

No information is available on injuries. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.

Seven southeast Iowa counties are under a heat advisory until 8 o’clock tonight (Monday) as high temperatures are forecast in the lower 90’s with a heat index over 100 degrees. Several school districts in Iowa are dismissing early due to the steamy weather. Among them is the Nodaway Valley and Orient-Macksburg School Districts, which is dismissing classes 2-hours and one-hours early, respectively. Meteorologist Jim Lee, at the National Weather Service in Johnston, says a cold front should move in later tonight.

Lee says, “While it’s going to provide some relief to the northern and northwestern parts of the state in the form of a little bit cooler weather, unfortunately, the front’s going to stall near the Iowa/Missouri border and we’re going to have several upper level systems moving overhead throughout the week that are going to cause a lot of rainfall to form along that old boundary.” Lee said it’s too early to say how much rain is expected with this system.

“It will be highly variable across the state,” Lee says. “Some places will get a little rain and others will get multiple, multiple inches totaled out over several days this week.” He says it appears the heavier rains will be falling in northern and central Iowa.  “The areas that will see the highest rainfall totals will probably be from I-80 north, but it’s hard to say whether the four- or five-day totals might be a couple of inches or even more than that,” he says. The precipitation is expected to pull out of the state by Friday, promising the possibility for a dry holiday weekend.

(Radio Iowa)

CLARINDA, Iowa (AP) – Iowa officials say Clarinda Academy has continually failed to provide adequate schooling to its special education students. The Iowa Department of Education says the private academy for troubled youths uses a “cut-and-paste, one-size-fits-all” approach to treatment and teaching of special education students.

Des Moines Register reports the state has ordered the academy to make improvements and offer additional educational services to children who were ill-served by its practices within the past 14 months. The department investigated and issued a report last week, following a complaint filed in June by Disability Rights Iowa.

The academy didn’t respond to the Register’s attempts to seek comment.

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County say a Pacific Junction man was arrested late Friday morning on a warrant out of Cass County. 34-year old Leo Alan Edwards was wanted for Failure To Appear in court. His bond was set at $5,000.

The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce’ Image Committee has awarded Deter Motor Company Community with Improvement Award.

Pictured: Saluk, Gene Fischer, Dolly Bergmann, Scott Deter, Rich Perry and Gerald Brink

The Chamber’s Dolly Bergmann said “It is nice to see a well-established business like Deter’s make the investment to change and update their building, leaving their customers with a positive impression of the business.

The Community Improvement Award is given to a business that takes pride in making Atlantic a welcoming and beautiful community by continuing to improve its appearance.

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Police in Creston report five people were arrested over the weekend on separate charges. Early Sunday morning, 55-year old Andrew Lewis Carney, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC) on a charge of OWI/2nd offense, and two counts of Child Endangerment. He was later released on $2,000 bond.

24-year old Matthew Jon Buchanan, of Creston, was arrested at around 1:10-a.m., Sunday, for Driving While Suspended, and Eluding. He was later released on $1,000 bond. At around 4:10-a.m. Sunday, 23-year old Jacob Troy Eischeid, of Waukee, was arrested at the Union County LEC in Creston, on a charge of OWI/1st offense. He was also later released on $1,000 bond.

This past Saturday, 32-year old Jason Donald Willey, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County LEC on a warrant for Probation Violation. Willey was being held without bond in the Ringgold County Jail, awaiting an appearance before the magistrate. And, 29-year old Monica Pettit, of Creston, was arrested Saturday afternoon at the Union County jail on a Union County warrant for Credit Card Fraud. She was subsequently released on $2,000 bond.

Last Friday afternoon, two people were arrested on 5th degree Theft charges at the Wal-Mart in Creston. 51-year old David Lynn McMullen, of Creston, and 53-year old Lorie Cooper Lee, of Bridgewater, was later released on a Promise to Appear before the magistrate at a later date.

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A retired neurosurgeon who is the author of a book that’s on the New York Times best-seller list spoke to over four-hundred Republicans in Iowa’s capital city last night (Sunday). Supporters in the crowd wore t-shirts and waved signs encouraging Ben Carson to run for president in 2016. “It’s been a little while since we’ve been to Iowa, a wonderful, wonderful place — particularly if you like corn,” Carson said, then Carson and the crowd laughed. After his speech, more than 100 people waited in line to get Carson’s signature on his book, which is titled “One Nation.”

Carson says this is no time for Republicans to relax because of the stakes in this fall’s election. “I’m not sure if we don’t take the Senate in November that there’ll even be an election in 2016 at the rate that we’re going because we will still have Harry Reid. He still will be pocket-vetoing everything and the president will be expanding his executive powers and who is to say how long our republic can stand that.” Carson says one reason America can’t solve problems is because “political correctness” is keeping citizens from having “honest conversations” with one another.

“I hate political correctness. I think it is a destructive thing. It’s antithetical to one of the founding principles of our nation — freedom of speech and freedom of expression.” Carson was the keynote speaker at a Polk County Republican Party fundraiser. Richard Hamann of West Des Moines hopes Carson runs in 2016 because he sees Carson as an effective communicator, in the mold of Ronald Reagan.

“(Reagan) communicated to the people, not at the people,” Hamann says. “Carson is right, talks to you and you understand what he is saying.” And Hamann says Carson’s inspiring life story is an asset, too. Thirty-two names were listed on a “straw poll” ballot handed out to those who bought tickets to Sunday night’s Polk County G-O-P fundraiser and Carson won. Some of Carson’s supporters came from surrounding states and arrived three hours before the event started — and five hours before Carson got there — to ensure they got in.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Police say a University of Iowa residence hall was evacuated the night before classes began after an unknown chemical was reported and a student was found unresponsive.  The 500-person capacity Slater Hall was evacuated for about four hours Sunday night. Students were allowed to return around 11:30 p.m. after police said there were no toxic or explosive dangers. Police didn’t identify the chemical.

Police spokesman Chuck Green tells The Daily Iowan a male student was transported to an area hospital after he was found in a third-floor lounge. An update on his condition was not available Sunday night, but Green says no one was injured by the chemical. It’s unclear what was wrong with the student.

Green says the residence hall was evacuated as a “safety precaution.”