No injuries were reported following an accident Monday afternoon, in Atlantic. According to Atlantic Police, a vehicle driven by Norma Bornholdt, of Walnut, was backing out of a parking stall in the Hy-Vee parking lot, when her vehicle was struck on the driver’s side by a vehicle that was driven by Jason Watson, of Atlantic. The accident happened as Watson was also backing out of a parking stall.The accident happened at around 4:40-p.m.

Damage from the collision amounted to $1,800. No citations were issued.

Three people were injured when two motorcycles collided Sunday, just north of Grundy Center. It happened at about 2:30 Sunday afternoon. A couple from Altoona were going west on a county road. A man from Dike was going south on Highway 14. The motorcycle coming off the county road didn’t yield to the southbound motorcyle according to the Iowa Highway Patrol. The couple from Altoona were taken to the hospital in Grundy Center. The other motorcyclist was taken to a hospital in Waterloo.

The Iowa State Patrol report noted both motorcycles had “disabling damage” and were towed away. There was no information in the report about whether the three people injured were wearing helmets at the time of the crash.

(Radio Iowa)

Officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office say they has received multiple telephone calls from residents about a telephone scam.  Residents are reporting that the callers are saying they are with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office and you have an arrest warrant due to not showing up for jury duty.  The callers are using the names Deputy Kenneth Cook or Sergeant Kenneth Coop.

This is a SCAM!  No member of the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office is making these phone calls. The scammers are attempting to get residents to make payment over the phone.  They will ask for the payment to be made using a gift card or green dot card. If you receive this type of call, do not provide any information or make any payment, simply hang up.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Work will begin this summer on a plaza in western Iowa honoring law enforcement officers and firefighters. The Daily Nonpareil reports preliminary construction of the plaza in Council Bluffs is scheduled to begin June 17.

Council Bluffs residents Lloyd Marsh and Ron Mahoney thought of the idea for the plaza a few months after the fatal shooting of Omaha, Nebraska, officer and Council Bluffs resident Kerrie Orozco on May 20, 2015. Orozco was killed when Marcus Wheeler shot at officers who were trying to arrest him. Wheeler was killed by another officer.

Mahoney and his wife, Suzanne, commissioned Omaha sculptor John Lajba to create four bronze statues for the plaza. They’ll include a male firefighter assisting an injured child, a female deputy sheriff, a male police officer with a K9 police dog and a male state trooper.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office says a man from Urbandale was arrested early last Thursday morning for allegedly Violating a No Contact Order. The incident occurred back on January 22nd, at a residence in Adair. Authorities say 24-year old David John Schroeder allegedly attempted to make contact with a protected party through a third party contact, via Facebook. He also allegedly attempted to make contact with protected party on February 8th. Schroeder was arrested in, and posted bond in, Polk County.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports two people from Creston were arrested on drug charges last Thursday. Just after 9-p.m., an Adair County Deputy was on patrol on Henry A. Wallace Road, when he met a car traveling 64 in a 55 zone. After a traffic stop was initiated, and as the deputy was approaching the driver’s side window, he could smell the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.

The driver of the car was identified as 22-year old Zachary Vincent Clark Dixon, of Creston. During questioning, Dixon confirmed the Deputies’ suspicions about marijuana being in the vehicle, and handed the Deputy a plastic baggie containing a green, leafy substance. A passenger in the car, 28-year old Marrell Curtis Beaman, of Creston, admitted a marijuana pipe, grinder and empty baggies that once contained marijuana, were is bag which was also inside the vehicle. Dixon and Beaman were arrested for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. They were later released on a signature bond after making an initial appearance before the magistrate.

Firefighters from Griswold and Lewis responded to a residential fire in Griswold Tuesday morning. The call about smoke coming from 207 W. 2nd Street came in just before 9:30-a.m.  Griswold Assistant Fire Chief Jim Wyman told KJAN News he knew right away where the fire was at, because he lives just two houses away.

He said when he was heading to work he thought he saw steam coming from a steel portion of the roof at around 7:15-a.m. The steam typically occurs when the sun hits moisture on the roof. He stopped and took a look, but didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. He said all they know at this point was that the fire started in the basement, but they don’t know why. The home had no electricity, no water, and was vacant. In addition, the doors were locked.

There was no furniture in the house, either. One firefighter was hurt when he took a tumble. The man was standing on a ceiling joist when he slipped and fell to the floor. After being checked out, he was back at work inside the home pulling out drywall.

Wyman said the home was pretty much destroyed from the center of the house to the roof. He said also, the house has been vacant for about 90 days, when the persons who were renting-to-buy it, was evicted. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.