(Red Oak, IA – Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a man from Cass County (IA) was injured during a single-vehicle accident this (Thursday) morning (Feb. 26th). Authorities say Charles Michael Noty, of Atlantic, was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital by Villisca Rescue, after the SUV he was driving left the traveled portion of a highway and entered the ditch, before striking a drainage culvert and coming to rest. Officials think the accident was the result Noty having some sort of a medical emergency.

Separately, Police in Red Oak say a man was arrested in Montgomery County Thursday morning on a warrant for violation of the State’s Sex Offender Registry. 37-year-old Brett Michael Stacey, of Red Oak, taken to the Montgomery County Jail and later released on a $2,000 bond.