Officials with the Atlantic Police Department said (at 10:10-p.m.,) relatives of child found wandering at around 8:30-p.m. near 7th and Cedar, have been found and have spoken with Police. The matter is being handled accordingly. Authorities thank everyone who called them and provided, and/or posted on social media, information as to the parents of the 4-to 5-year old child.

(Please note: The A-PD announced at around 10-p.m. Thursday they had spoken with the childs’ relatives (an aunt and uncle)…the situation is being handled. THANK YOU ALL for your help! – Ric Hanson/KJAN News)

Officials with the Atlantic Police Department are looking for the parents of a child found wandering alone in the area of 7th and Cedar Streets, this evening, at around 8:30-p.m.. The Caucasian male is about 4-to 5-years of age, and was wearing a green, black and white, striped shirt. Authorities have been unable to locate the childs’ parents. If you have any information on their location, or know who the child belongs to, call the Atlantic Police Department, at 243-3512.

This is the child officers found wandering in Atlantic. Call the A-PD if you know his parents or where they are, 243-3512.

(Please note: The A-PD announced at around 10-p.m. Thursday they had spoken with the childs’ relatives (an aunt and uncle)…the situation is being handled. THANK YOU ALL for your help! – Ric Hanson/KJAN News)

Officials with the Atlantic Police Department are looking for the parents of a child found wandering alone in the area of 7th and Cedar Streets, this evening. The Caucasian male is about 4-to 5-years of age, and was wearing a green, black and white, striped shirt. Authorities have been unable to locate the childs’ parents. If you have any information on their location, or know who the child belongs to, call the Atlantic Police Department, at 243-3512.

The Red Oak Police Department arrested a Red Oak man for Driving While Suspended on Thursday.  At 4:47pm Officers arrested 52-year-old Robert Wade Abraham of Red Oak at the intersection of 4th and Prospect Streets in Red Oak.  Abraham was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

Adams County Sheriff’s Officials responded to a report of an assault taking place at 3:20pm Thursday afternoon.  Upon further investigation Deputies arrested John Fister of Corning and charged him with Assault causing bodily injury.  Fister was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $1,000 cash bond.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with Council Bluffs stemming from allegations a 9,000-seat arena did not provide proper access for those with disabilities. The department announced Thursday that the city of Council Bluffs must provide at least 56 wheelchair and companion seats throughout the Mid-America Center, an arena that hosts events including concerts, basketball and hockey games.

Companion seats don’t have an arm rest, or include removable arm rests, for those who assist people in wheelchairs. Under the agreement, the city must also revise its pricing policy to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to buy tickets for those seats.

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires wheelchair seating locations be an integral part of seating plans in newly constructed arenas, which includes the Mid-America Center.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The amount of water being released from dams along the Missouri River has been cut to help reduce the risk of flooding downstream after recent heavy rains. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reduced the amount of water released from Gavins Point dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border to 14,000 cubic feet per second from 21,000.

Water management chief Jody Farhat the change should reduce the risk of flooding downstream of the dams in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. But it won’t eliminate the chance of flooding.

Flooding can still occur if heavy rains fall in areas where streams and the Missouri River are already at elevated levels. The Corps will increase releases from the dams after river levels begin to fall.

Red Oak Police assisted the US Marshall Service with an arrest of a Red Oak woman on a Douglas County, NE warrant for Sex Offender Registry Violation on Thursday.  At 1:00pm Officers arrested 51-year-old Cynthia Wheeler of Red Oak and charged her with being a Fugitive from Justice in Iowa.  Wheeler was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on no bond pending extradition to Douglas County.

An Adams County man was arrested Thursday on sex charges.  At 12:13pm Thursday the Adams County Sheriff’s Office arrested Travis Burnette on an Adams County warrant for two counts of 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse. Burnette was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $10,000 cash bond.

The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office is warning area citizens about a recent phone scam.  A resident recently received a call from someone claiming to be with the Social Security Office and told the resident they were going to receive an increase in their Social Security.  They asked to confirm personal information including Social Security Number and banking information.  The Sheriff’s Office wants to remind citizens that this is a scam as the Social Security Administration does not make phone calls, nor would they ask for personal information over the phone.