INDIANOLA – A former Indianola police lieutenant has been sentenced after pleading guilty to stalking another person. KCCI-TV reports 43-year-old Justin Keller has received deferred judgement and two years of probation following an Alford plea of guilty to stalking. He was arrested in April of 2025 while still working for the Indianola Police Department, but no longer works for them. Court records indicate that Keller was spotted by several neighbors driving around the victim’s house and property since December 2024. The City of Indianola website indicates Keller had been an officer with the department since 2005.

BAXTER – New court filings have details about how a police chief was allegedly collecting unearned pay through falsifying timesheets and billing two different cities for the same hours worked. The Des Moines Register reports that former Baxter Police Chief William Daggett was also working simultaneously for the City of Van Meter before later becoming the Mitchellville Police Chief and Interim City Administrator. He was arrested last week and accused by prosecutors of knowingly submitting inaccurate payroll claims for more than a year. A state audit conducted by Rob Sand’s office found the double billing last year, with up to $50,000 potentially tied to the alleged payroll fraud.

STORY COUNTY – The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request from Story and Shelby Counties in Iowa for a review of a ruling that county ordinances pertaining to carbon pipelines are preempted by federal law. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports that the lawsuit was between the two counties and Summit Carbon Solutions. In October of 2022, both Story and Shelby Counties enacted ordinances that established several standards for hazardous materials pipelines. Summit sued the counties, and won in federal court. Two different appeals have been denied by higher circuit court judges.