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All Charges are subject to review by the Benton County Attorney’s Office. An arrest or criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the Defendant is presumed innocent, unless proven guilty. Intrastate Warrants are issued by Law Enforcement Agencies for crimes happening in their jurisdictions.One Adult Arrest the week of March 27-April 5, 2023April 2 Shayanna Jeanne Rice-Stewart 24 Vinton, IA Operating While Under the Influence-1st OffenseZero Juvenile Referrals for the week of March 27-April 5, 2023Two Code Enforcement Violation Junk Vehicle x 1 Building Code Violation x 1 Ten Traffic Citations for Offenses were issued the week of March 27-April 5, 2023Twenty-Five Traffic Warnings for Offenses were issued the week of March 27-April 5, 2023Zero Reported Motor Vehicle Accidents for the week of March 27-April 5, 2023For the Week of March 27-April 5, 2023– 119 complaints/calls for service were handled by the Vinton Police Department.

WEIGAND THOMAS R and WEIGAND BETH ANN to DANIELSON DAVID and DANIELSON SARASE NW 12-84-9  ANDREW DAMIAN D and ANDREW JESSICA M  to HOLLAND DARCY A and HOLLAND TYRONE L BLAIRSTOWN Lot: 1 Block: 8 BENTON COUNTY IOWA, HANUS DAVID JOE, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION to CADOG MANAGEMENT GROUP LLCBELLE PLAINE DUMONTS ADDITION Lot: 7&nbs

March 27, 2023The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with Supervisors Seeman, Primmer and Bierschenk present. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. at the conference room at the Benton County Service Center. Members of the public were provided the zoom access capability to join in during open session and livestream at https://www.

City of Shellsburg Minutes 3-21-233-21-2023 a regular meeting of the Shellsburg City Council was called to order by Mayor Speckner at 6:00pm in the Council Chambers. Roll call was answered by Thorkildson, Travis, Vogt, Reeves, and Harvey. Mayor Speckner opened the public hearing on the proposed 2023/2024 budget. Questions were answered. Thorkildson motioned to close the public hearing.

12th Week of SessionThe twelfth week of the legislative session has come to an end. This week was primarily focused on the second major legislative deadline of the year, also known as the second funnel. This deadline is how the legislature narrows down which bills have the support to move forward through both chambers or possibly be revisited next year.

CARLS ARLENE and CARLS LILLIAN ARLENE to MAPLES DEREKVINTON WF WILLIAMS ADDITION Block: 15 MRP ACQUISITIONS LLC and RENKEN KIMMIT M to CRAIG A SCHWARTZ REVOCABLE TRUSTVINTON BOGGS ADDITION Lot: 1 Block: 2 SE NE 20-85-10NORTH CHRISTOPHER ROBERT and  NORTH PATRICIA LYNN  to NORTH CHRISTOPHER ROBERT PAR A 14 -86-12KARR

The Iowa Department of Public Safety is proud to announce the graduation of the 46th Basic Academy on Friday, March 31, 2023, at the Holiday Inn Airport Conference Center in Des Moines, Iowa . The ceremony recognized a graduating class of 18 recruits who previously served as certified officers in law enforcement agencies across Iowa before entering the Academy on January 20, 2022.

Auditor of State Rob Sand today released an agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Shellsburg, Iowa for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.  A copy of the complete report is available at https://www.auditor.iowa.gov/reports/file/72402/embed.

SCHULTE JUANITA ANN ESTATE and  WAGNER PAMELA SCHULTE EXECUTOR to MYERS MICHAEL L and MYERS MARY LOU PAR A NE 14-82-9 MRP ACQUISITIONS LLC to KOOPMAN JEREMY and KOOPMAN STACY PAR A VINTON GRIFFINS ADDITION Block: 10 BRODY CHARLENE and BRODY JOHN L to BRODY CHARLENESHELLSBURG Lot: 3 Block: 1 SHELLSBURG Lot: 4 Block: 1BENTON

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING April 4, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. Benton County Service Center Conference Room 811 D Ave. Vinton, IA ** Agenda is not printed in any particular order; only time specific items will be addressed at certain times https://www.youtube.com/bentoncountyiowa 1. 9:00 A.M. Call to Order 2. 9:05 A.M. Barb Greenlee RE: Approve Farm exemption application for Otto Nobis, in the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ of Sec 21, T85N, R9W 3.