Council Bluffs Police are investigating an incident of burglary and assault. Officials say at around 11-p.m. Wednesday, officers were called to 3002 Bel Air Dr for an assault, where the suspects had entered the residence and assaulted the resident. The suspects then fled from the scene and have not been located.

The victim was transported by rescue squad to the hospital by the Council Bluffs Fire Department for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The case remains under investigation by Council Bluffs Police.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7867 or the Council Bluffs Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328-4728.

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer said Wednesday, the Page County Sheriff’s Office will be having a K-9 Fundraiser on November 5th, 2016 from 5-until 8-p.m., at the Coin Community Building, in Coin.  They will be serving Fried chicken strips and Fish along with coleslaw, baked beans, fries, tea and water. A silent auction of items that have been donated for the event will also be held, with bidding taking place during the time of the fundraising event.

The Coin Firemen have generously donated their frying expertise with their equipment to help with this fundraiser.  Every year in the late spring, they put on a wonderful fundraiser.  Palmer says they are honored that they will be cooking for the fundraiser. If you are unable to attend for some reason and wish to donate to the K-9 program, monetary donations are being accepted at the Page County Sheriff’s Office 323 N 15^th St. Clarinda,IA. 51632.  Donations can be mailed or brought to the office.

All proceeds and donations will go toward the Page County Sheriff’s Office K-9 program that they are starting.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state prosecutor was told to drop an inquiry into Iowa State University President Steven Leath’s damage of a school airplane after the Iowa Board of Regents’ top lawyer contacted his boss’s office. State officials confirmed Wednesday that prosecutor Rob Sand sought and obtained public records about Leath’s plane accident. The inquiry was dropped because it was inappropriate for prosecutors to conduct criminal investigations, the attorney general’s office says.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Republicans “can’t just simply stonewall” nominees to the Supreme Court even if the president making the choice is Democrat Hillary Clinton. Sen. Chuck Grassley made the comments to Iowa radio reporters on Tuesday. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona had vowed on Monday that Republicans would unite against any nominee Clinton puts forward if she becomes president.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has visited an Islamic center in Waterloo that was vandalized over the weekend. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Albright was in town to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. But after learning of the vandalism _ in which GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s last name was spray-painted on a center wall _ Albright added a stop at the center.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for providing a fatal dose of heroin to a woman in May 2015. The Quad-City Times reports that 30-year-old Kiel James Kiwala was sentenced Monday in Davenport’s U.S. District Court. There is no parole in the federal system. Kiwala pleaded guilty in June to one count of distribution of heroin resulting in death.

Atlantic Police Chief Steve Green presented his annual report to the City Council, Wednesday night. Green said his department handled 7,217 calls over the past year and made over 1,000 traffic stops but only wrote 396 tickets. They also took over 388 incident reports, including burglaries, etc.  241 people were arrested and incarcerated. Simple misdemeanor offenses such as shoplifting, resulted in citations instead of arrest, due to jail overcrowding and expenses. He said also, that while other law enforcement agencies make a habit of making daily announcements on drug busts and other arrests, his officers work under the radar and put out what information they can, without hindering their undercover operations. Sometimes those operations span several months so all the suspects can be rounded-up and prosecuted.

Green told the Council his officers also spent a lot of volunteer time in service to the community such as “Shop with a Cop,” and other programs for children, families and emergency services.  He said he’s been asked a lot over the past year if the Atlantic Police Department will be getting body cameras. He said they tested five different models of cameras this past year, with each model tested in various modes for several weeks, each.

He says a system called “WatchGuard” (https://watchguardvideo.com/) is the best and most durable they’ve tested. The price tag of $52,220 includes five in-car systems along with the 12 body camera systems, a warranty and a three-year software license for each officer. The City of Des Moines recently contracted for the same system.

Green has about $20,000 available in his budget. City Administrator John Lund said Green is currently under budget, so coming up with the funds won’t be a problem, and if any adjustments need to be made, they can come from the next fiscal year that begins in July. That option was preferable to a more expensive three-year lease agreement for the cameras and equipment, that includes a seven-percent interest rate. That would have pushed the total cost to more than $62,000. It takes at least eight-weeks for the system to arrive once the contracts are negotiated with the company and signed.

Green announced also, that if he’s elected to the Board of Supervisors in November, he will be retiring as Police Chief at the end of December. He said also, Officer Cody Eckles will be leaving the Police force at the end of December, to accept a Chief Deputy Sheriff’s position in Shelby County.

The Atlantic City Council Wednesday evening heard from representatives with Mediacom with regard to the future of high-speed fiber optic internet service for business and residential customers. They also heard from members of the business community who expressed concern the problem with obtaining faster service would not be solved any time soon. Mediacom Government Affairs Director Lee Grassley told the Council a big announcement is coming in January about a major service upgrade that would be implemented within the next year.

Grassley their initiative toward faster service “Project Gigabyte” began with an announcement in March 2016 in honor of the company’s 20^th Anniversary. Grassley said  their CEO, Rocco Commisso pledged and extra billion dollars over the next three-years to bring gigabyte-level service to the door of every Mediacom subscriber or who has passed-by the company in favor of another service. Grassley said the initial pledge was to have their nationwide footprint done by the end of 2018.

Mediacom’s Lee Grassley addresses the Atlantic City Council

He said they have tested the gigabyte system in Columbia, Missouri for the past 13 months, and that they are ready to implement the service elsewhere. He said in January 2017, there will be a formal announcement in Des Moines with Governor Branstad present, where the Governor and Commisso will lay out the timetable for Iowa. Grassley said “I think that you will be pleasantly surprised and happy with the timetable.” He declined to provide further details, though.

As for a possible working agreement with the City of Atlantic for improved fiber-to-business service, Grassley said “We want to be a friend and a partner to the folks here. All we ask is that you allow us, and find out what we have to offer.” Scott Bennett, an Information Technology Specialist who was in the audience at Wednesday night’s meeting, said the business community needs better internet service than what is currently available, and he encouraged the Council to find a way to invest in the infrastructure that would allow local control and money to stay in Atlantic.

Bennett said business leaders he’s spoken with want a local provider who is ready to invest in the future of the city. Mayor Dave Jones said he’s checked with other cities like Indianola, that have a City-owned utility for fiber-optic service, and has concluded the debt is too much of a burden for the City to carry.

Mediacom Local Area Operations Manager Beau Hicks said they want to bring their fiber optic specialist to town to meet with the Chamber and Economic Development officials to discuss the matter further, and continue talks with the City about their future capabilities and services.

A woman arrested Tuesday in Page County for Driving Under Suspension has warrants for her arrest in Audubon and Carroll Counties. Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer says 22-year old Lacey Ann Malson, of Yorktown, was arrested following a traffic stop by a Page County Deputy east of Yorktown.  Malson was operating a Mercury Mountaineer registered to Dave Holste also of Yorktown.

She was transported to the Page County Jail and faces three separate counts of Possession of Prescription Medication without a prescription in Page County, along with the Driving Under Suspension charge.

Lacey Ann Malson

Malson was being held in the Page County Jail on $1000 bond.  She will be transferred to Audubon and Carroll Counties when the Page County charges have been satisfied or bonds paid.

Audubon & Carroll Counties have custody holds on Malson on four separate warrants.

(12-p.m. News)

Charges have been dismissed against one defendant accused of lottery fraud in Buena Vista County. 42-year-old Sally Bosler, of Cedar Rapids was charged with one count of lottery forgery or theft of ticket. She allegedly provided money to her daughter, 20-year-old Ashley Bosler of Sioux Rapids, who’s been charged with two counts of the same offense. The charge against her mother has now been dismissed in Buena Vista County District Court. Ashley Bosler has pleaded not guilty. Her trial is scheduled for November 15th.

Ashley Bosler worked at Casey’s in Sioux Rapids, where she allegedly scratched an instant ticket and determined it was a top prize winner after scanning it. Bosler isn’t old enough to play the lottery. Her boyfriend, 26-year-old Johnny Long, Jr., of Sioux Rapids then allegedly tried to claim the 250-thousand dollar prize at the Storm Lake lottery office. Lottery officials didn’t pay the prize after discovering scribbling on the ticket, which raised suspicions. Long — the boyfriend — is scheduled to enter a plea on November 7th.

(Radio Iowa)

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says two people were arrested Tuesday morning. 26-year old Dale John Kraft, Jr., of Omaha, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Failure To Appear in court on two counts of of Possession of Controlled Substance. His bond was set at $2,000. And, 36-year old   Timothy Eugene Truhlicka, of Sidney,  was arrested at the Fremont County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. His bond was set at $14,000.

A traffic stop on Railroad Highway in Pottawattamie County, Tuesday afternoon, resulted in a pursuit and the driver bailing out of the car into a cornfield off 296th Street, west of Persia, in Harrison County. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker told KJAN News the incident began at around 1:30 or 1:45-p.m. when a deputy tried to stop a Chevy Cavalier for driving recklessly. The vehicle also reportedly had invalid or non-existent license plates.

The vehicle continued north on Railroad Highway, into Underwood before turning onto a gravel road and into Neola. The car then went north into Harrison County, where the driver abandoned the vehicle near a corn field, and took off on foot into the field. During the chase, the suspect vehicle nearly struck several other motorists.

Numerous law enforcement agencies were involved in setting up a perimeter in an attempt to corral the suspect, who was described as being a male in his late teens or early 20’s, wearing red shorts and a baseball cap. The man was not believed to be armed.

Harrison County Sheriff Pat Sears told KJAN agencies involved in the search included: Deputies with the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office; The Iowa State Patrol and Dept. of Motor Vehicle Enforcement; the Harlan Police Department’s K9 unit, Shelby and Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputies, and Omaha Police helicopter Able 1.

The search was called-off at around 4:15-p.m. Authorities suspect the man may have called someone to pick him-up. Sheriff Danker says the car was impounded, and a warrant was being obtained to search the vehicle in hopes of finding the registered owner and/or possible driver. Early reports indicate the vehicle was not reported stolen.

The Audubon Community School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening, and learned from Superintendent Dr. Brett Gibbs, that their certified enrollment numbers are down this school year. Gibbs said the numbers were certified for the State on Oct. 15^th. (Click on the left side of the audio bar to listen)

Gibbs said projections indicate they’ll drop a little bit again next year, as well, but they numbers will work their way back up as their larger classes start working their way through.

Since the certified count day on Oct. 15^th, they’ve picked up six more students, and Gibbs says they can only hope they stay until next year so they can get payment from the State for them. Gibbs said the Certified Enrollment is only part of the equation his and other districts use to set their budget.

Gibbs said if there’s no increase in State Aid, with the current enrollment that would amount to a loss of almost $140,000 for the district. Without firm numbers being set two-years ahead by the legislature, he it makes it difficult to determine a budget for reductions and savings to compensate for the decline in funds.