Crime

According to investigators, Thornton attacked a store employee and began choking them after staff members asked her to leave.

Storm Lake Police say an officer conducted the stop February 24, around 12:30 a.m. in the 200 block of Russel Street after noticing an equipment violation.

A State Auditor’s investigation, requested by city officials, previously identified multiple financial irregularities tied to Bell — including undeposited landfill revenues, improper payroll payouts, and unauthorized credit-card charges.

Sand says the bulk of the money was collected at the city-owned landfill.

There is no parole in the federal system, so Banuelos-Lepe will serve 24 months for the new illegal re-entry and another 24 months for violating his 2023 supervised release.

– A longtime banker and former county official in Cherokee County is facing felony charges after an undercover sting.

Manz is scheduled to be sentenced on April 3, 2026, and each count carries a mandatory 25-year sentence.

Both were released to the custody of their parents.

It all started around 4 a.m. on January 11th. Deputies found 26-year-old Cody Ron Hapes passed out in his car at the Casey’s in Alta

On Monday, February 9, Buena Vista County Attorney Paul Allen filed four new counts of ongoing theft, adding to the ten counts previously filed by Cherokee County Attorney Ryan Kolpin.