Ossian woman receives probation in connection with meth charges

A judge has sentenced 33-year-old Jessica Kipp of Ossian to two to five years of probation in connection with an alleged meth ring at a home on College Drive.

The sentence, handed down earlier this week, also calls for Kipp to undergo outpatient substance abuse evaluation and a mental health evaluation and to follow all recommendations coming from those evaluations.

Kipp was one of six people arrested following a police raid on the home.  One of the other suspects--49-year-old Dale Smerud of Waukon--also has entered a guilty plea.  Trials are still schedule for the other four defendants.