Nov. 23, 2:25 p.m. – Police were called to the high school on a complaint of an assault. Two female juveniles were subsequently referred to juvenile authorities for disorderly conduct.
Nov. 23, 4:30 p.m. – Officers assisted a female who was locked out of her residence at 1308 Eighth Avenue.
Nov. 24, 1:30 p.m. – Ambulance assist in the 1400 block of 12th Avenue.
Nov. 24, 11 p.m. – Ambulance assist in the 900 block of Third Avenue.
Nov. 25, 7:48 a.m. – Officers responded to the area of Seventh Avenue and 11th Street on a report of a child walking alone. The eight-year-old was returned to his mother.
Nov. 25, 1:45 p.m. – Acting on a report of possible animal neglect in the 1600 block of Ninth Avenue, the owners of the animals were contacted.
Nov. 25, 3:15 p.m. – Robert Brown, 43, Belle Plaine, was cited for driving while under suspension in the 600 block of 15th Street.
Nov. 25, 5:10 p.m. – Katie Hahn, 20, Belle Plaine was arrested at 1004 Eighth Avenue Apartment 4 on a warrant for failure to appear. She was transported to the Iowa County Jail.
Nov. 25, 9:31 p.m. – Carol Wilcox, Belle Plaine, reported her 13-year-old granddaughter missing. She was located the next day by Cedar Rapids Police and released to her grandmother.
Nov. 26, 1:24 a.m. – Police were called to 202 11th Street on a report of an assault. The incident remains under investigation.
Nov. 27, 10:08 p.m. – Responding to a report of a juvenile party at 1409 12th Avenue Apartment 3, officers referred three juveniles to juvenile authorities for possession of a controlled substance.
Nov. 28, 5:45 a.m. – Ambulance assist in the 1400 block of Sunset Drive.
A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Fans traveling to Traer tonight for the boys’ high school game against North Tama can either enter the game by paying the regular admission, or by bringing three canned goods to the game for North Tama’s food drive. The JV game is set for 6:30 p.m., followed by the varsity game.

With the turkey and pumpkin pie a fading memory, we turn our attention to a busy December, filled with the traditional shopping, wrapping and celebrating, along with a full slate of local activities to keep us all busy.
Belle Plaine’s annual holiday kickoff takes place Saturday and Sunday. “A Christmas Homecoming” offers a wide variety of activities for all ages, including lunch with Santa, Santa’s workshop and a free movie for the kids, a cookie walk, incentives for local shoppers including free gift wrapping, a Belle Plaine Buck rebate for local purchases and a raffle for $100 in Belle Plaine Bucks, a cookie walk, horse drawn wagon rides, tree lighting ceremony, an international dessert time at the Belle Plaine Area Museum, soup supper at Christ United Methodist Church and the annual “Prelude to Christmas “ community concert at the church Sunday night.
A complete schedule of events can be found on our “news” tab on this site and will be updated later this week.
The first week of December is traditionally the start of full scale activities in winter high school sports. The 13th-rated Plainsman girls basketball squad hosts Sigourney tonight (Monday). The boys will be on the road at North Tama, where fans can either pay the regular admission or enter by bringing three canned goods for the North Tama food drive. The girls and the boys travel to North Mahaska on Tuesday and the wrestlers open action that night at Gladbrook-Reinbeck North Tama with Don Bosco.
Friday night, the the basketball teams are at BGM, a change from the original schedule. On Saturday, the Belle Plaine wrestlers host several teams in the annual Plainsman Invitational.