No one was injured during a single vehicle accident in Page County on Wednesday night. At 7:30 p.m. Page County Deputies were dispatched to the accident in the 1400 block of 140th Street, approximately 6 miles east of Essex.

After investigation it was determined that 33-year-old Michael Jason Mann of Dallas, IA was operating a 2014 Ford Focus eastbound on 140th Street. Mann was the only person in the vehicle when he swerved to miss a deer, then over-corrected and struck a bridge rail. The vehicle came to rest on the east side of the bridge. Mann was uninjured by his vehicle sustained $5,000 damage and the bridge sustained $12,000 damage.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Essex Fire and Rescue. No charges were issued at the scene.

(Updated 1:00-p.m.) The State of Iowa’s Coronavirus website (The COVID-19 Dashboard) today (Thursday), indicated 21 more deaths have been associated with the virus, for a total of 1,081. Officials say 582 people who died at a Long Term Care Facility (LTC), are included in the total. The number of deaths associated with a person with pre-existing conditions amount to 757.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 19-year-old Gabriella Skye Torres of Ada, MN on Wednesday at 1:39 p.m. on Interstate 29. Torres was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Concealed Weapons, and Illegal Possession of a Firearm. Torres was booked into the Mills County Jail on $3,000 bond.

By DAVID PITT Associated Press
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered that all bars be closed in six of the state’s largest counties in response to surging numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases blamed in part on young people ignoring mask and social distancing recommendations in such establishments. Reynolds ordered the action in Black Hawk, Dallas, Linn, Johnson, Polk and Story counties effective at 5 p.m. Thursday on a day when the state saw nearly 1,500 confirmed cases, a new high that topped levels recorded in the spring. In the last 24 hours as of Thursday morning, Iowa recorded 1,475 confirmed cases, surpassing the April 25 total of 1,284. During that period, there were 18 more deaths for a total of 1,079.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest at 10:40 a.m. Wednesday of 24-year-old Ryan Michael Johnson of Creston on a Polk County warrant for the charge of Violation of Probation. The probation stems from the original charges of Attempted Burglary 3rd degree and Criminal Mischief 3rd degree. He was arrested at his residence on S Birch Street and taken to the Union County Jail and then transferred to the custody of Polk County authorities.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s elections office has accused county officials who tried to make it easier to vote by mail during the pandemic of illegally breaching voters’ personal information. The assertion by the office of Secretary of State Paul Pate is a boost for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, which is suing three Iowa counties to invalidate at least 70,000 returned absentee ballot request forms. The claim comes ahead of a hearing Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign and state and national GOP groups against Linn County Auditor Joel Miller. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate about 50,000 requests for absentee ballots that have been returned since July, when Miller’s office sent forms with personal information to about 140,000 registered voters.