A traffic stop at around 11:45-a.m. Monday in the area of Cottonwood and 235th Street in Pottawattamie County, resulted in the arrest of 24-year old Tyler Robert Warnke, of Council Bluffs. Warnke was pulled over after a deputy observed the man was not wearing his seat belt. A check of his ID revealed Warnke was Driving While Barred. He was arrested on the charge, and cited for no seat belts, and expired plates.

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Stuart Police report that at around 1:30-a.m. today (Tuesday), Officers responded to the South Summit Apartment Complex, located in the 600 block of SW 7th St. in Stuart, for a reported shooting. Upon arrival Officers discovered a 17-year old male suffering from a non-life threatening gun shot wound to his leg. The juvenile male was transported by Stuart Rescue to Des Moines for treatment. It appears the shooting was accidental. Authorities say no names will be released due to the victims age.

A few thousand athletes with intellectual disabilities from across Iowa will be gathering in Ames this week for the 34th annual summer games of the Special Olympics. Games spokeswoman Stephanie Kocer says the opening ceremony will be held Thursday night at Hilton Coliseum. “We have just over 2,800 athletes this year and 2,000 volunteers and about 1,500 coaches that come,” Kocer says. “They’re all coming to Ames and the Iowa State campus.”

The competitions run through Saturday and are the highlight of the year for many hundreds of the participants. “It’s three days of a ton of different sporting events,” Kocer says. “We have six sports: swimming, athletics — which is track and field, bocce, cycling, soccer, tennis and developmental events.”  This year is a special one as the games are marking their 50th anniversary. “We’re doing a few different things to celebrate the 50th here in Iowa,” Kocer says, “and there’s also going to be a big 50th celebration in July in Chicago, which is where the first games were held.”

Special Olympics was started by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968. Today it is the largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has frozen pay increases for teachers and other staff members until January. The Des Moines Register reports that it’s not certain whether the freeze will be lifted then. University administrators blame the freeze on uncertainty about revenue there will be from tuition, fees and state allocations. In April the university announced a moratorium on building projects and a review of whether to close some centers.

University of Iowa Health Care employees will receive average salary hikes of 1 percent beginning July 1. Also, workers covered by bargaining agreements will receive their scheduled pay hikes. Coaches and sports staff are paid through the athletic department’s budget and won’t be affected by the freeze. The university has more than 18,000 employees.

Red Oak Police arrested four men Monday evening, after police investigated a report of an injured male who had been involved in an assault, in the 200 block of 1st Avenue. The men allegedly involved in the assault, were: 36-year old Charles Kent Woodward, Jr., 30-year old Zane Mikal Lamb; 35-year old David Allan Minard, all of Red Oak. They were charged with Disorderly Conduct and were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond, each. Cody Dean Johnson, of Corning, was charged with Disorderly Conduct, and was scheduled to be taken into custody for further evaluations. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted Red Oak Police during the incident investigation and arrests.

Two people from Union County were arrested at around 10-p.m. Monday, following a traffic stop on Highway 34 at Birch Avenue. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says Timothy Hansen, of Creston, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension, No Insurance, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession with the intent to deliver. And, Ronnee Abel, of Creston, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession with the Intent to Deliver. Both subjects were being held in the Adams County Jail.

Most Iowans don’t realize how many of their friends and neighbors rely daily on the Food Bank for the Heartland to put meals on the table. Brian Barks will take over as C-E-O of the Omaha-based agency on July 1st and says they face many challenges making sure that no one goes to bed hungry. Barks says one of the biggest challenges is trucking the food across a wide area.

“Our guys are driving all the way out to the Panhandle of Nebraska and we serve a good chunk of western Iowa,” Barks says. “Our guys are doing about 30,000 miles a month. We’re sometimes paying more for freight than we are for the food that we buy.”  Barks says they’re two drivers short right now and are in touch with truck driving schools to find more. “The explosion in the cost of transportation in the trucking industry can have serious implications in regards to what we do,” he says.

Barks says they’re looking forward with a long-range hunger forecast.  “We’ve done a ten-year strategic plan that estimates how much food we need and it is 39-and-a-half million meals,” he says. “We’re doing 25-and-a-half million, so we’ve got about 14-million meals in order to get to a point where we have enough food for people to access.”

The Food Bank for the Heartland distributes food to 535 non-profit groups, including schools, homeless shelters and food pantries in 92 counties across Nebraska and Iowa.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law requiring doctors to screen patients’ risk of addiction before prescribing some painkillers. The law is part of the state’s effort to begin addressing its growing opioid epidemic. Reynolds signed it Monday at a Dubuque medical center that treats opioid addiction. A good Samaritan provision will also give legal immunity to anyone who calls 911 to report an overdose.

UNDATED (AP) — Activists have converged on state capitals around the U.S., opening weeks of planned protests calling for new programs to help the millions of Americans who live in poverty, an overhaul of voting rights laws and other social issues. Reports by police from seven state capitols and Washington, D.C., showed more than 200 people were arrested or cited Monday on the first day of the so-called Poor People’s Campaign.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two organizations are expected to announce a lawsuit challenging a new Iowa law that bans most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. Iowa affiliates for Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday they’ll make a joint announcement Tuesday afternoon. They declined to provide more information. The law, set to go into effect on July 1, bans most abortions in Iowa once a fetal heartbeat is detected. That’s around six weeks of pregnancy.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officers have cited a group of protesters at the Iowa Capitol who gathered in and around the staff offices of Gov. Kim Reynolds. The Iowa State Patrol briefly held 10 people Monday afternoon who refused to leave the building at the close of business hours. They were cited for misdemeanor trespassing and released. The protesters were among several dozen people who gathered to highlight issues tied to poverty, inequality and the environment.