(Radio Iowa) — Representatives from an opioid addiction awareness group called RALI (rally) are at the Iowa State Fair with a re-creation of a teenager’s bedroom that shows visitors where drugs can be easily hidden. Nate Passwaters works in law enforcement in Maryland. At the fair, Passwaters shows parents how to spot signs their child may be using drugs.  “Certain indicators that we typically wouldn’t think that there’s nothing to it, but when we look a little harder, it gives parents that edge that they can act sooner,” Passwaters says.

He notes that drug abuse among teens happens in all walks of life and early detection can often lead families to find help. With drug addiction, he says people often don’t know what to look for, especially with young people. “Especially when it comes to heroin use and intravenous use, it’s very clandestine, right?” Passwaters says. “They hide it for a significant period of time and unfortunately by the time parents do find out, it’s a little late.”

RALI stands for Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative. Thirty state organizations have signed on to help “RALI Iowa” bring awareness of drug addiction to the state, including corporations like Meredith, the Iowa Medical Society and the Iowa Farm Bureau.

(Thanks to John Pemble, Iowa Public Radio)

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for robbing a bank in Davenport and one in Iowa City. The Quad-City Times reports that 35-year-old Tyson Hathaway was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Davenport. He must serve three years of supervised release after he leaves custody. He also was ordered to pay more than $9,800 in restitution.

Authorities say Hathaway admitted robbing a Northwest Bank & Trust branch in Davenport on Dec. 12, 2017, and a U.S. Bank branch in Iowa City on Dec. 29, 2017. No injuries were reported.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports 19-year old Tucker Flynn, of Creston, was arrested Sunday, in the 1000 block of Highway 25, in Taylor County. Flynn was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He is being held at the Taylor County Jail on $1,300 bond. A 16-year-old was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, following the same traffic stop. The juvenile was released to the custody of a parent and referred to Juvenile Court.

(7-a.m. News) — Police in Creston report four recent arrests. Saturday morning, 32-year old Jeffrey Drake, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, at around 1:55-a.m., Saturday, 25-year old Ernesto Escamilla, of Creston, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on $1,000 bond.

Friday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 19-year old Joel Blazek, of Creston. He was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Theft in the 5th Degree, charge.  Blazek was later released on a $300 bond. And, 18-year old Jeremiah Whitney, of Creston, was arrested at his home on a Union County warrant for two counts of Forgery. He remains in the Union County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

A man from Creston reported to authorities Friday night, that sometime during the day, Friday, someone damaged the windshield of his vehicle, as it was parked near his home in the 500 block of N. Chestnut Street. The damage was estimated at $300.

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend. Scott County District Court records say 43-year-old John Cooper entered the plea Friday. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 19.

Prosecutors say Cooper had violated terms of a drug crime probation and been ordered in September to complete probation programming at the Residential Correctional Facility in Davenport. The court records say a cellphone confiscated from him there in November contained a message asking a former resident at the facility to kill another former resident who was in a relationship with Cooper’s ex-wife.

MARION, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a two people were not injured when their plane went down in a cornfield in eastern Iowa’s Linn County. Deputies were sent to the area Saturday afternoon after receiving a report that the plane was down about a mile east of Iowa Highway 13, and around a mile  south of the Marion Airport. They couldn’t find the plane.
A drone was used to spot the aircraft Sunday. Authorities say pilot Bonnie Roth and student pilot Steph Draher were not hurt. The incident is being investigated.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office has charged an additional suspect in an ongoing narcotics distribution investigation. 36-year old Miguel Angel Lopez, formerly of Lenox, was arrested by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Sunday.. He was wanted on an active Taylor County Warrant for Controlled Substance Violation – Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a Class C Felony. Lopez is being held without bond pending an appearance before the Magistrate.

Sheriff’s officials report also, 29-year old Luke Samo, of Diagonal, was arrested Saturday, following an investigation into an incident that occurred Friday, in the 200 block of Broadway, in Clearfield. Samo was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault- by Strangulation. He was being held at the Taylor County Jail without bond, pending an initial appearance with the magistrate.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Bond has been set at $2.2 million for a 44-year-old woman charged in the shooting deaths of two Iowa men. The Daily Nonpareil reports that a judge set bond for April Montello-Roberts, of Shenandoah, on Friday. She is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, burglary, robbery and two counts of attempted murder of an officer.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Recent campaign events revolving around the opening of the Iowa State Fair mark the end of one phase of the Democratic presidential race and the beginning of another. Nearly two dozen candidates seeking the party’s nomination to oust President Donald Trump attended the fair, the annual Wing Ding dinner and other activities in Iowa aimed at allowing voters an up-close-and-personal view of potential nominees. The next phase is the sprint toward Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, now six months away.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rising flood costs have led to a new wave of state initiatives intended to protect against severe storms in the future. Texas voters will decide this year whether to create a $793 million fund for flood-control efforts. Governors in Arkansas and Missouri have launched studies after flooding overtopped levees. Other states also are looking at spending more on flood protection. The Associated Press has tallied $1.2 billion in damages to public infrastructure from this year’s storms and floods.

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Officials in one eastern Iowa county are regrouping after a voters rejected a jail bond issue for a second time. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports that Jackson County voters didn’t approve a $6.5 bond issue to build a 50-bed jail this month.