(Update 8:25-a.m.) The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following a rollover accident south/southwest of Marne, this (Tuesday) morning. Marne Rescue and Medivac Ambulance were called to the scene at 590th and Fairview, at 5:53-a.m. According to dispatch reports, a vehicle rolled into a field and through a fence. The driver, who was said to be 25-year old Matthew Allen Cook, person was said to have been out of the vehicle, walking around, when authorities arrived. The accident was reported at 5:52-a.m.  Dispatch advised at 6:04-a.m., that there were in fact NO injuries, and Marne Rescue was told to disregard.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – A Central City woman accused of running over and killing a bicyclist has taken a plea deal. Melinda Lawrence took the deal before jury selection was to begin Monday in Cedar Rapids. She pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide while intoxicated and other crimes. Her murder charge was dropped. The agreement calls for her sentences to run consecutively, for a total of 40 years. Authorities say Lawrence drove over Jeffrey Scott on his bicycle on Aug. 30, 2018, in a Central City parking lot. A court document says a friend of Scott told investigators Lawrence had been stalking Scott.

(Radio Iowa) — Six Democratic presidential candidates will debate tonight (Tuesday) in Des Moines. The debate will be broadcast on C-N-N, in partnership with The Des Moines Register. It’ll begin at 8 p.m. and last for two hours. In the hours leading up to the event, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren quibbled publicly about a C-N-N report of a private conversation they had more than a year ago.

Actress and singer Mandy Moore joined Pete Buttigieg in Ames last night to make her pitch for his candidacy. The black mayor of Iowa’s most racially diverse city in endorsing Pete Buttigieg for president. The endorsement by Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart gives the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor a boost as he struggles to attract voters of color. Hart told The Associated Press he was supporting Buttigieg in part for what he called the Democrat’s effort to address racial economic disparity in South Bend. The Buttigieg campaign hopes Hart’s endorsement will help not only inoculate Buttigieg from the stubborn notion he cannot win black support but also potentially resonate beyond majority-white Iowa, as Buttigieg winds his way through the Democratic primary campaign.

Andrew Yang, who did not qualify for tonight’s debate, celebrated his 45th birthday last night after speaking to a crowd of 700 at Drake University. Joe Biden and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller visited with campaign volunteers in Des Moines last night. Miller endorsed Biden Monday morning. And late Monday afternoon President Trump’s campaign announced there will be a Trump re-election rally in Des Moines on January 30th.

Iowa Republicans AND Democrats will hold their precinct caucuses in 20 days.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Today (Tuesday) marks the last time the leading Democratic presidential contenders will face a national audience on the debate stage before primary voting begins, making it the most significant moment of the 2020 primary season to date. The prime-time faceoff comes just 20 days before Iowa’s caucuses as polls suggest the nomination is truly up for grabs. Heading in, there are new signs of tension among all the top-tier candidates, particularly Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. If ever there has been a time for the six contenders on stage to take the gloves off, this is it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new dispute between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders marks a significant turning point in a Democratic primary that has generally been characterized by genial differences over policy. On Monday, Warren said Sanders told her during a private meeting two years ago that he didn’t think a woman could win the White House. Sanders has denied telling Warren that, and a senior Sanders adviser says that “those conversations can sometimes get misconstrued.” The feud brewing between Warren and Sanders will likely change the tone of the campaign going into Tuesday’s debate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump will be holding a rally in Iowa just days before the state holds its election kickoff caucuses. Trump’s reelection campaign announced Monday that he will be rallying supporters in Des Moines on Jan. 30. That’s four days before the contest for the Democratic nomination formally gets underway. It’s one of a series of events in states across the country that will keep Trump in the spotlight and give him a platform to make his case directly to voters as the impeachment case against him heads toward the Senate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa’s rolling landscape for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on college campuses, county fairgrounds and in high school gymnasiums. But three weeks before the caucuses usher in the Democratic contest, the battle for the state is wide open. A cluster of candidates, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, along with Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, enters the final stretch with a plausible chance of winning Iowa’s caucuses. A poll released Friday by The Des Moines Register and CNN found them all with similar levels of support.

DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds today (Monday), announced appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions.

The following appointments (of area persons) are subject to Senate confirmation:

Commission of Deaf Services: Chris Nipper, Council Bluffs

Iowa Autism Council: Cheryl Mulligan, Shenandoah

The following appointments are not subject to Senate confirmation:

Armory Board: Virginia Taylor, Exira

Southwest Regional STEM Advisory Board:

• Nadine Jessen, Exira
• Stephanie Lane, Creston
• Deb Sprecker, Woodbine
• Terry Torneten, Harlan

STEM Advisory Council:

Barbara Crittenden, Creston