Cleaning up after Hurricane Irene means a long week of work for crews from Townsend Tree Service, based in Parker City Indiana.

"The biggest issue we have right now is the water," explained Townsend Safety Manager James Fitzgerald, a native of Lesterville.  "Everything is so flooded, that we just can't get to part of it yet."

While Fitzgerald and his 50 crews work in and around Phillipsburg, New Jersey, colleague Jeremy DeBeaux and his guys are stationed in nearby Belvidere.  DeBeaux is from Dexter and works out of Townsend's district office in Fredericktown.  He says he's there with guys from Bloomfield, Fredericktown, Farmington, and Ironton.

"They've got trees all laid down on the power lines", DeBeaux describes in Belvidere.  "They've dragged a bunch of them down.  They've got broken poles and cross arms.  We're just trying to clean them out so they can put them back up."

Two women were arrested for previous charges Saturday after being involved in a 2-car crash in Dexter.

The crash happened around 1:13 p.m. on One Mile Road approaching Arvin Road.

Police say Beverly A. Harris, 55, of Dexter of driving north on One Mile Rd. approaching Arvin Road when a vehicle driven by Carolyn N. Bode, 34, of Sikeston tried to cross the road in the path of Harris' car. This caused Harris to crash into the passenger side front of Bode's vehicle.

Harris was arrested on a Madison County, Ill. warrant for unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Bond was set at $15,000.

Bode was arrested on a Scott County warrant for failure to appear-neglect child and driving while intoxicated/drugged. Bond was set at $500.

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STODDARD COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - Two people were arrested on drug charges following deputies finding a meth lab and a felony amount of marijuana.

After getting a search warrant for a home in the southeast part of the county, deputies found the drugs and lab, according to Sheriff Carl Hefner.

Edward Benjamin Hardin, 29, of  Catron was charged with a class A felony of attempt to manufacture a controlled substance; class C felony  possession of a controlled substance; class A felony  attempt to manufacture a controlled substance; and class C felony child endangerment.

Hardin was being held in the Stoddard County Jail on $100,000 cash only bond.

Amanda Crosno, 30, of Catron was charged with class C felony of child endangerment; class A felony of attempt to manufacture a controlled substance (methamphetamine); class C felony of possession of a controlled substance.

Crosno was being held in the Stoddard County Jail of $100,000 c