The Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports their Deputies were able to end a pursuit that began on Highway 92 & the US Highway 169 bypass, Friday, outside of Winterset. Authorities a caller had reported a careless driver on Highway 92. When a Deputy located the vehicle and attempted to stop it, the driver, later identified as 30-year old Adam Wilson, of Wisconsin, took off at a high rate of speed.

The chase went southbound on Highway 169, with two more deputies in pursuit. The incident ended in the 3000-block of Highway 169, just north of the Union Madison County line, after Wilson’s vehicle entered the ditch. The man was taken into custody and transported to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office before being turned over to jail staff.

Wilson was charged with “Eluding.” Additional charges are pending. The Madison County Sheriffs Office was assisted at the scene by the Winterset Police Department & Union County Sheriffs Office.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Corrections has announced Friday that Jerry Larson will be the new warden at Anamosa State Penitentiary. The board unanimously voted Friday to appoint Larson to replace William Sperfslage, who was earlier this year named the state’s new deputy director of institutions.

Larson has been the deputy warden at Newton Correctional Facility since 2016 and started his career at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility. He was a correctional officer there in 1999.

Throughout his career, he has also held the positions of correctional counselor, assistant unit manager and treatment services director.

Both drivers and a passenger in one vehicle were injured during a collision Friday afternoon, in Red Oak. According to Red Oak Police, just before 2-p.m., officers were called to the intersection of Highway 34 and N. 8th Street, for a two car accident with possible injuries. Upon arrival, Officers found a 2002 Chrysler Town & Country van was facing southbound.

An investigation determined the driver of the van, 84-year old Joan Konopasek, of Red Oak, failed to obey the stop sign, and went southbound from the intersection when it was not clear. A 2005 Ford Freestyle van driven by 59-year old Wilma Keesis, of Red Oak, was eastbound and struck the other van. Both vehicles then came to rest in the southeast ditch.

Konopasek was manually extricated from her van by Red Oak Fire & Rescue. She was not wearing a seat belt and suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries. The woman was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Keesis, and her front seat passenger, 29-year old Chad Perkins, of Shenandoah, suffered minor injuries, and were also transported to the hospital by Red Oak Rescue.

A third passenger in her van was not hurt. Both vehicles were a total loss, with the damage estimated at $11,500 altogether. No citations had been issued as of the latest report. Red Oak Police were assisted at the scene by Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies, the Iowa State Patrol, and Red Oak Fire & Rescue.