(Winterset, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident Sunday morning northeast of Winterset has claimed the life of a teenager, and resulted in injuries to two others and an adult. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2003 GMC Sierra pickup driven by a 17-year-old, was traveling at excessive speeds northeast in the 2400 block of 195th Trail at around 2:30-a.m., Sunday, when the vehicle went out of control, entered a ditch and struck a tree. The driver, who was trapped, died at the scene.

Two passengers, 15- and 16-year-old, plus an 18-year-old, were transported by Madison County EMS to the Madison County Hospital, in Winterset. Their names were withheld pending notification of family.

Authorities said none of the crash victims were wearing seat belts, and that alcohol was suspected as a contributing factor in the accident. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Madison County EMS assisted the Patrol at the scene.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a traffic stop just before 1-a.m., Saturday, resulted in the arrest of a man on a felony drug charge. Deputies arrested 60-year-old Jason Troy Waters, of Red Oak, for Possession of Methamphetamine with the Intent to Deliver, a Class-B felony. Waters was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $25,000 bond.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Two people were injured during a collision in Atlantic Saturday night. Initial dispatch reports indicated “multiple vehicles” were involved in an accident in front of the Fireside Lounge at 504  W. 7th Street, a little before 8-p.m. Atlantic Police, Cass EMS and Atlantic Rescue responded to the scene.

Authorities say a 2018 Honda HRV was exiting the alley and attempting to turn west onto 7th, when it collided with a westbound 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. A passenger in the Jeep and the driver of the Honda suffered what were described as minor injuries. Both were transported to CCMH. No names were immediately released.

Both SUV’s were towed from the scene.

Police in Red Oak report two men were arrested Saturday, on drug charges. Authorities says 42-year old Victor William Vukonich Jr. and 42-year old Jason Michael Eppenbaugh, both from Red Oak, were arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance, with Eppenbaugh facing two counts. The men were being held in the Montgomery County Jail, on bond amounting to $300 for Vukonich, Jr., and $1,000, for Eppenbaugh.

(Defiance, Iowa) – Three people were injured during  a head-on crash Friday afternoon in northern Shelby County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2015 GMC Sierra driven by 46-year-old Ryan Wheatley, of Spirit Lake, was northbound on Highway 59, at the same time a 2014 Dodge Avenger driven by 19-year-old Evan Edwards, of Council Bluffs, was traveling southbound.

The pickup entered the northbound lane and truck the car head-on. Both vehicles came to rest in the west ditch. The accident happened at around 4:40-p.m., just north of County Road F-16. Edwards and an eight-year-old child passenger were wearing seat belts. Wheatley was not.  Scanner reports at the time said one of victims was trapped in one of the vehicles and needed to be extricated.

Evan Edwards was transported by LifeNet helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha.  Ryan Wheatley and the child were transported to Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, by Defiance Rescue. The accident remains under investigation. Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted at the scene.

(Urbandale, Iowa) – A man who entered Interstate 80 late Friday night in Urbandale was struck by a vehicle and transported to the hospital. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 Ford Freestar van driven by 34-year-old Maria Alarcon, of Urbandale, was traveling west on I-80 near mile marker 126.5 at around 10:06-p.m., when 18-year-old Quinn Edward Melchert, of Eldridge, Iowa, entered the roadway. The man was taken to Methodist Hospital by Urbandale EMS.

A report on his condition was not available. The accident remains under investigation.

(Villisca, Iowa) — A traffic stop Friday in Villisca, resulted in the arrest of 22-year-old Jonah Lee Kirsch, of Villisca, for Driving while barred. His bond at the Montgomery County Jail was set at $2,000.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident in Montgomery County, Friday afternoon, claimed the life of a man from Grant. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 79-year-old Clarence Sliger was driving a 2011 Chevy HHR north on Highway 71 near mile marker 36, when for reasons unknown, the vehicle left the road and came to rest in the east ditch.The accident happened at around 2:26-p.m.

Sliger was wearing a seat belt. He was transported by Red Oak Rescue to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital where he died from his injuries. The accident remains under investigation.

The Patrol was assisted at the accident scene by Villisca and Red Oak Rescue, Grant First Responders, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Montgomery County EMA.

(Adel, Iowa) – A collision between a pickup and semi Friday morning in Dallas County, resulted in the death of the pickup’s driver. The Iowa State Patrol says 67-year-old David Lee Carscadden, of Adel, died when his 2001 GMC Sierra K1500 pickup pulled out from a private drive, entered Highway 6 and struck a 2018 Freightliner semi. The man was ejected from the pickup and died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The driver of the semi, 50-year-old Fredy Medrano, of San Antonio, Texas, was not injured. The crash occurred at around 10:13-a.m., on Highway 6 (Greene Street in Adel), between 5th and 7th Streets. The accident remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – The University of Iowa installed Barbara Wilson as the school’s president today (Friday). “I am so very honored to serve as the 22nd president of the University of Iowa — especially at the 175th anniversary,” Wilson said. Wilson was named president by the Board of Regents in April of 2021 and she began the job in July of 2021 to replace Bruce Harreld who retired. She had served as executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System since 2016. During her installation address she reviewed the very beginnings of the school.

“Only 59 days after the state of Iowa itself was created — the Iowa Legislature founded the University of Iowa — with the mission to educate teachers for the state’s schools, as well as professionals for the state’s economic and cultural development,” Wilson says. She says the university has grown dramatically and in many ways since the very beginning and she wants to continue that growth.

“The future of the University of Iowa is bright. And my goal is to make sure the future shines as brightly as possible, ” according to Wilson. “I want to show what a public university can do and be in a state like Iowa.” Wilson says she wants to continue building on the school’s reputation outside the state’s borders.

“I also pledge to elevate Iowa’s excellence at the national level. We must be a magnet for talent for the best faculty and the best staff and the best students,” she says. “We must be known as a place where comprehensive excellence and creativity are encouraged, rewarded, and celebrated. And where people can achieve their best, regardless of background.” Wilson is the third woman president to lead the University of Iowa.