(Red Oak, Iowa) – Officials with the Red Oak Police Department say two men were arrested Saturday afternoon, following an investigation into an incident that had taken place earlier in the day. Authorities say 21-year-old Payton Neil Gray and 37-year-old Charles Randall Brown, III, both from Red Oak, were arrested at around 3:30-p.m., Saturday.

Gray was charged with assault causing bodily injury, and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. Brown was charged with operation without owner’s consent. Both men were taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond, each.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a Red Oak man was arrested early this (Sunday) morning on a warrant out of Pottawattamie County, for Homicide by Vehicle-Operating under the influence. 19-year-old Aiden William Wright was arrested at around 1:20-a.m. in the 1000 block of N. 6th Street, in Red Oak. Wright was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $50,000 bond. Officers with the Red Oak Police Department assisted in the arrest.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A man from Pottawattamie County was arrested Saturday night in Red Oak, on a warrant out of South Dakota. Red Oak Police report 57-year-old Steven Michael Campbell, of Honey Creek, was arrested with the assistance of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department and the Sheriff’s Dept. K-9 at around 10:35-p.m., on a Fugitive From Justice warrant. Campbell was taken into custody in the 800 block of N. 2nd Street in Red Oak and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held without bond.

(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope, today (Saturday) reported the arrest on Friday, June 20th, of 35-year-old Kameron Davis Boyer, of Anderson (IA). Boyer faces charges that include:

• 1 Class-C Felony count of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd degree, of a child victim related by blood, and,
• 1 Class-D Felony count of Incest.

Authorities allege  Boyer committed a sexual assault against a child, related by blood, at a residence in Anderson in the fall of 2023. He was being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $15,000 cash only bond.

It should be noted that a criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (KCRG) – One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a shooting in rural Williamsburg.  The Iowa County Sheriff’s office said they received reports of a shooting at the Interstate 80 westbound on-ramp of exit 225 around 9:00 pm Friday.

As a result of the shooting, authorities said one person died and another has serious gunshot injuries. Officials said more details on the shooting and names of the victims will be released on Monday, June 23rd.

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) – Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) officials, Friday, confirmed water coming out of the system’s treatment plants continues to meet federal safe drinking water standards.  The regional water production authority said the lawn-watering ban has been effective at reducing load and allowing treatment facilities to keep the drinking water nitrate levels below the federal limit, despite near historic levels in source water.

At a press conference Friday, CIWW executive director Tami Madsen said “We don’t anticipate that there’s going to be any concern with our water not meeting safe drinking water standards because of the hard work that everyone is doing with the lawn watering ban.”

CIWW issued a lawn watering ban on June 12th due to exceptionally high levels of nitrate which can cause problems like blue-baby syndrome or other adverse health effects when consumed in high concentrations.

Rumors circulated on social media Thursday that CIWW was expecting nitrate concentrations in output water to exceed the federal safety standards, but Madsen shut down the rumors and said CIWW has “no concerns” of that happening, because the lawn watering ban has been so effective.

Madsen said while CIWW does not expect its output to exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water standard, which for nitrates has a maximum of 10 milligrams per liter, but if it did CIWW would communicate with the public.

Des Moines Water Works’ Fleur Drive plant and the Saylorville Water Treatment plant have the capacity to remove nitrates from the water. CIWW has plans to expand treatment capacity by 25% in the coming years, which would help to reduce future lawn watering bans.

(Boone, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Greene County said Friday, a woman died after being pinned under a lawnmower in a creek, Thursday afternoon. The victim was identified as 51-year-old Heather Lansman, of Rippey.

Authorities report that at around 3:30-p.m., Thursday, rescue crews responded the call about a lawnmower accident in the 2100 block of W Avenue, just south of Rippey. When first responders arrived at the scene, they found a woman pinned under a riding lawnmower in a small creek that was roughly three feet deep. The sheriff’s office said it’s believed the creek bank gave way and the mower rolled, pining the woman under water. She died at the scene.

Grand Junction Fire and Rescue and Greene County Ambulance assisted the sheriff’s office at the scene.