Crime

Storm Lake police have charged a man for allegedly assaulting a pedestrian with a machete early Monday morning.

The Dickinson County Sheriff’s department has charged a Royal man with several counts, after an incident in which he allegedly broke the windows of a car with a tire iron and threatened the occupant.

A traffic stop over the weekend led to drug charges against an O’Brien County resident.

Subject led Pocahontas County authorities on a high-speed chase and got away after fleeing into a corn field.

The Arnolds Park Police Department conducted one of their periodic bar checks looking for underaged drinking Friday night.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Department issued a traffic stop in the 4100 mile of 130Th avenue.

Two men were sentenced to prison after entering a guilty plea to the crime of Participating in a Riot, a Class D Felony.

A Spencer man has been sentenced for possession with intent to distribute Cocaine.

31-year-old Oscar Ortiz of Laurens was sentenced in the Iowa District Court by Judge Shayne Mayer.

Clay County Sheriff’s Office received complaint of a vehicle in a ditch northeast of Spencer in the 3100 mile of 300th Street.