A traffic stop at around 10-p.m. Monday, in Red Oak, resulted in a citation on a drug charge, of a man from Imogene. After 20-year old Trevor Dylan Cowell was pulled over, Red Oak Police located marijuana in his car. He was cited for possession of marijuana, and released.

DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 52-year old Kenneth Eugene Johns, who was convicted of violation of Prohibited Acts: Manufacturing, Delivery, Possession- Counterfeit Substances, Simulated Controlled Substances, Imitation Controlled Substances and other crimes, in Polk County, failed to report back to the Fort Des Moines Residential Facility as required Monday night.

Kenneth Johns

Johns is a white male, height 5’11”, and weighs 190 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on August 6, 2019. Persons with information on Johns’ whereabouts should contact local police.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in Iowa and Nebraska have responded to numerous vehicle crashes as the season’s first widespread snow turned roads icy. Police in Lincoln say they responded to more than a dozen crashes in the span of two hours because of the overnight snow. The Iowa State Patrol says ice completely covered roads near the Interstate 80 and Interstate 880 interchange, and two semi-tractor trailers rolled over. At 6:20-a.m., the IA DOT reported I480 westbound, between Exit 53B: US 6; I-29 and the end of I-480 (Council Bluffs, was reduced to one lane, due to a crash.

Lincoln police say at least 14 crashes were reported in their area between 11 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday, with vehicles sliding off roadways and a handful of rollover accidents. City crews were called to apply brine and sand to slick spots ahead of the morning commute.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota man faces multiple charges after a weekend chase in Iowa in which he allegedly crashed into a county sheriff’s squad car. Authorities say 59-year-old Richard Eugene Dennehey, of Brainerd, Minnesota, was arrested Saturday for operating while intoxicated, felony eluding while intoxicated, marijuana and paraphernalia possession and driving with his license revoked.

Authorities say the chase began in Fayette County around 12:25 a.m. Saturday and eventually ended in Bremer County. Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in the chase.
Authorities allege that Dennehey struck a Bremer County patrol car during the pursuit. Bremer County, Iowa authorities say more charges are pending.

Officials with the City of Exira report officials with MidAmerican Energy has informed the City, that there will be a power outage in the area of 100 Knutsen Street, today (Tuesday). The power will be out in that area from about 12:30-p.m. to 1:30-p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man who allegedly caused a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 80 has been declared competent to stand trial. A judge ruled Monday that legal proceedings can continue against 32-year-old Stephen Lucore, of Iowa City. Lucore is charged with first-degree murder, vehicular homicide, serious injury by vehicle and four counts of willful injury. On Monday, he pleaded not guilty. Authorities say Lucore intentionally drove his car the wrong way on the westbound lanes of I-80 west, of Tiffin.

He collided head-on with a car that had three passengers: 31-year-old David Sawyer, of Frisco, Texas; 64-year-old Robert Sawyer of Nocona, Texas; and 58-year-old Mercedes Quevas. A third vehicle driven by Michael F. Griffin of Memphis, Tennessee, then hit both cars. Robert Sawyer died from injuries sustained in the crash.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating a suspicious death in a home that caught fire in northwestern Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports that the home that burned Sunday was owned by David Davenport, a longtime realtor and developer who died of a stroke Friday at the age of 66.

Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew declined to offer additional information about the investigation. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is also looking into the matter. Sergeant Bluff and Sioux City firefighters responded to the fire at 8:30 a.m. on the outskirts of the Sioux City.

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Fall 2019 Iowa Youth Straw Poll takes place in schools across Iowa today (Tuesday). More than 300 schools have registered to take part in the Straw Poll, which will measure students’ preferred candidates in the Presidential, U.S. Senate and U.S. House races.

Live results will be posted on the Secretary of State’s website, sos.iowa.gov, and are available at this link (some results have already come in). An alphabetical list of the schools participating in the Youth Straw Poll is available at Elections101.org/BeAVoter. Some of the area districts include: Adair Casey/Guthrie Center High School; Atlantic Community Schools & Atlantic High School / CCEOC; CAM High School; The Clarinda Middle School & High School; and the Griswold High School, to name just a few.

The goal of the Iowa Youth Straw Poll is to engage students in a fun, hands-on learning experience that will inspire them toward civic engagement. The Iowa Youth Straw Poll is a facet of “Elections 101”, a free online curriculum developed by Secretary Pate and written by Iowa teachers for Iowa students. The Iowa Department of Education and the Iowa Council for the Social Studies support the curriculum and the Youth Straw Poll.

Students, teachers, and media are encouraged to post pictures on social media of the students voting, using the #BeAVoter hashtag.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Department of Public Health says number of lung illnesses linked to vaping is now up to forty-three – with 20 new cases were reported within the last month. Department medical director, Caitlin Pedati, says the exact cause of the illnesses is still unclear.

“We have not yet identified one single cause to explain all of these illnesses, which is why we continue to want the public to be aware of them and why we continue to ask our healthcare providers to report to us when they’re seeing cases like this,” Pedati says.

Doctor Pedati says there may not be one single cause. ” Probably what we’re detecting is probably a range of illnesses that are related to what can happen when people inhale or use a variety of products,” according to Pedati.

The majority of cases have involved vaping products containing T-H-C, the main psychoactive component in marijuana. There have been more than 16-thousand illnesses and 34 deaths linked to vaping reported nationwide. No deaths have been reported in Iowa.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Flooding along the Missouri River has stretched on for seven months in places and could endure through the winter, which could leave some Upper Midwest farmland and even some homes encased in ice. The icy flooding is possible due to a still-high river, saturated ground, broken levees and a forecast for a wetter-than normal winter.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an Iowa family’s attempt at a gender reveal party for a soon-to-be-born baby went horribly wrong when a homemade device that was meant to discharge colored powder instead exploded like a pipe bomb, killing a 56-year-old relative. The Marion County Sheriff’s office says Pamela Kreimeyer died instantly when debris struck her head Saturday before flying another 432 feet and landing in a nearby field in rural Knoxville. Kreimeyer was 45 feet from the device when it exploded.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Police have charged a Louisiana man with murder in the death of a man whose body was found in an eastern Iowa home. Burlington police say officers on Monday charged 19-year-old Moshun Dee Reed, of Shreveport, with first-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Tito Randall Kingsby, of Burlington. Police found Kingsby’s body after being called to a Burlington home Sunday afternoon.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Charges have been reduced to a simple misdemeanor for two cybersecurity workers who were arrested after breaking into an Iowa courthouse last month as part of a security test conducted by state court administrators. Court records show County Attorney Charles Sinnard asked a district court judge Friday to reduce the charge from felony burglary to a trespass charge. The judge approved the change and set a Nov. 6 hearing for both men.