Multiple law enforcement agencies are reportedly investigating incidents in Glenwood, that took place late Thursday night. According to KETV in Omaha, the Iowa State Patrol, along with members of the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, were working two scenes Thursday night into early this (Friday) morning: The locations include the vicinity of Locust and Nuckolls Streets, along with 221st and 225th streets. Authorities have not yet released any details.

(Updated 8:45-a.m.) The Creston Police Dept. reports three arrests took place, Thursday. At around 6-p.m., 23-year old Adam Edward Lee Austin, of Creston, was arrested at his residence and charged with Domestic Assault, an aggravated misdemeanor.  He was transported to the Union County Jail and was being held without bond until seen by the judge.  26-year old Jacob David Jones, of Creston, was arrested at his residence for Violation of No Contact/Protective Order  – Contempt of Court, and Public Intoxication (a Simple Misdemeanor). Jones plead guilty to Public Intoxication. His cash or surety bond was set $300.

And, as we mentioned in Thursday’s Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report, Creston Police, Thursday, arrested 31-year old Jabon Allen Lee Diercks, of Creston, on multiple Pottawattamie County warrants, including: Ongoing Criminal Conduct – Unlawful Activity; Theft in the 2nd Degree, and Unauthorized use of Credit Card over $1500 under $10,000.  Diercks was released from Union County Jail to Pottawattamie County Sheriff Deputies, and was being held in the Pott. County Jail on a total of $35,000 bond.

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:05-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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The Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard, today (Friday) (as of 10-a.m.), shows two more cases of the virus have been confirmed in Cass County, for a total of 40.  Statewide, there are an additional 696 positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 44,474, and 11 more deaths, for a total of 865. IDPH data show 475,497 Iowans have been tested for the virus. Of those, 428,115 have tested Negative for the virus, while 32,495 have recovered.

There are currently 225 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 237 the previous day. IDPH data shows 71 patients listed in intensive care, down five from Thursday. There are 29 patients on ventilators, down two from the previous day. There were 31 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, also down two from the previous day.

Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: 13 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; eight are in an ICU; two were recently admitted, and three people are on a ventilator.

There are coronavirus outbreaks in 22 of Iowa’s long-term care facilities. IDPH reports 747 positive cases and 296 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 468 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities, three more than the last report.

IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries (   ), and the number of deaths to date (if any)  {    }:

• Cass: 40 [2 more than yesterday] (34) [3 more than Thursday]
• Adair: 20 (16)
• Adams: 15 (10)
• Audubon: 28 [1 more than yesterday] (15) {1}
• Guthrie: 124 [2 more than Thursday] (79) {5}
• Montgomery: 42 [2 more than yesterday] (28) {3}
• Pottawattamie: 1,146 (776) {21}
• Shelby: 154 [8 more than Thursday] (128) {1 death – the 1st for Shelby Co.}

The Adams County Sheriff’s Department reports five persons under the legal age received juvenile referrals for alcohol-related offenses, following a traffic stop last weekend. A vehicle driven by a 17-year old male was pulled over July 25th at Highway 148 and Lake Icaria Road.  Authorities says during the investigation, the driver received a juvenile referral for OWI 1^st Offense and minor in possession of tobacco, 3^rd offense.

Two passengers -a 16-year old female and a 17-year old male, received referrals for minor in possession of alcohol. A 17-year old female received a referral for a minor in possession of alcohol and interference with official acts. And, a 17-year old male was cited for minor in possession of alcohol, along with providing false identification to law enforcement.

All five juveniles were released to their parents. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 21-year old Elora Danon Strough, of Corning, was arrested on a parole violation warrant, and for providing false information to law enforcement. Strough is currently being held without bond, in the Pottawattamie County Jail.

(Radio Iowa) – The new report from the U-S Drought Monitor shows more counties now showing dry conditions. The Iowa D-N-R’s Tim Hall says the negative outweighs the positive in the report. “We had a little bit of improvement in one part of the state — but mostly we had degradation or increasing drought in other parts of the state,” Hall says. He says the driest area continues to be in western Iowa. “It’s centered around Carroll, Greene, Guthrie and Audubon County and then in the partial counties around there,” Hall says. “Kind of that part of the state, there’s a little bit of D-two drought in Plymouth County up in northwest Iowa. So, those two areas together are the worst parts.”

Hall says the dry conditions have started to spread to the east. “Now there’s exceptional dryness as far east as Linn County, and then also along the river,” according to Hall. “So we’ve got about half the state, a little over half the state is shown in some form of dryness and drought.” Hall says the impact of the dry areas can also be seen in satellite images of the crops. “There’s a tool out there called VegDRI — which also comes from the drought monitor folks — and they’re actually looking at visual indications of stress in vegetation. And that VegDRI map lines up pretty closely with where we’ve seen the precipitation deficits,” Hall says.

He says the good news for the western areas that are dry is the impact right now isn’t hitting water supplies.”I think because of the exceptionally wet couple of years we had coming into this year we’re still doing okay on the groundwater side. Right now it’s primarily an agricultural surface water phenomenon,” he says.  Hall says the precipitation deficit is a concern because we are soon going to be heading out of the wettest months of the year, and could be behind in groundwater going into the winter.

Police in Council Bluffs were called to Lake Manawa late Thursday night, after receiving a report of a suicidal female threatening to drive her car into the lake, located on the south side of the city. Officers found the woman sitting in her car, with the vehicle facing the boat ramp. The woman drove the vehicle into the lake before the officers could stop her. Authorities say Officer Porter jumped onto the hood of the car and pulled the female her out through the window of the vehicle, as it began to sink under the water.

Officer Porter and Officer Youso were then able to swim her to the dock and get her safely out of the water. The female was transported to a local hospital for mental health treatment.

Three people, two from Minnesota and one from Pottawattamie County, were injured during a collision that happened at around 10:47-p.m. Thursday, in Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2006 Chevy passenger car driven by 20-year old Timothy Wayne Tracy, of Council Bluffs, was traveling north on I-29 near mile marker 108, when Tracy lost control of the vehicle.

The car struck a 2017 Ford truck on the driver’s side. The truck was being driven by 57-year old Michael Robert Gavigan, of Golden Valley, MN. Following the collision, both vehicles entered the median and came partially to rest in the left lane of southbound I-29.

Both drivers, and 22-year old Fernando Rafael Romero, of Brooklyn Park, MN., were transported by Burgess/Onawa Rescue to Burgess Hospital in Onawa. All three vehicle occupants were wearing their seat belts.

The ISP was assisted at the scene by the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, Blencoe Police and Burgess Rescue.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is insisting that the state control the return of public school classes next month, saying districts can provide online learning only if coronavirus cases are surging in their communities and state officials consent. The teachers union immediately pushed back, saying the lives of children and teachers are at stake and science not politics should guide decisions. Reynolds has said at least half of K-12 classes must be held in-person and only state education and health officials can grant permission for temporary online learning if a county exceeds 15% coronavirus positivity rate over a two-week period, and at least 10% of students are absent.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing a rare rebuke from the Republican Party for floating the possibility of delaying the November election. Republican officials from New Hampshire to Mississippi to Iowa quickly pushed back against Trump’s repeated suggestion on Thursday that it might be necessary to delay the November election because of the unfounded threat of voter fraud. He is not allowed, anyway, to delay the election without congressional approval. But there has been little conservative opposition to Trump’s broader push to raise questions about the legitimacy of the Nov. 3 election. And there was no indication that his latest bombshell has undermined his standing among the Republican elite.

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — Madison County deputies have charged a man with murder in the death of another man whose body was found in a rural intersection southwest of Winterset. Deputies charged 41-year-old Gerald Parker, of Creston, with first-degree murder in the death of 39-year-old Jonathan Hoffman, of Des Moines. A delivery driver fround Hoffman’s body on the afternoon of July 21, face down in an intersection. He had been shot to death. Parker was being held in the Madison County Jail.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a suspect in the January shooting deaths of three teens has been arrested in Illinois. Police say 17-year-old Leontreal Jones was arrested Tuesday in Peoria, Illinois, on robbery warrants out of Iowa. Police say Des Moines detectives have traveled to Peoria and expect Jones to be extradited to Iowa soon. Police say once Jones’ is returned to Iowa, he’ll be charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 30 deaths of brothers 19-year-old Devonte Swanks and 16-year-old Malachi Swanks and a friend, 15-year-old Thayne Wright. Officers found their bodies in a southeast Des Moines duplex after responding to reports of shots fired.

SIDNEY, Iowa – July 30, 2020 – A milling and resurfacing project on Iowa 2 between Fremont County Road L-44 to U.S. 275 in Fremont County will begin Monday, Aug. 3, and be completed by early September, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Council Bluffs construction office.

The milling work will take approximately one week to complete. Once the milling work is completed, workers will make repairs along the centerline and then resurfacing work will begin. Traffic will be controlled by flaggers and a pilot car. Motorists should expect some delays.

Western Engineering is the prime contractor of this project.

The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.