IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A leader of recent protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Iowa City has been ordered jailed on a probation violation after police charged him with unlawful assembly. Police arrested 20-year-old Mazin Mohamedali on Sunday evening on charges of unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct for his role in a June 3 protest near Interstate 80 that ended with officers using tear gas and flash grenades to disperse the crowd.

This June 7, 2020 photo provided by the Johnson County jail in Iowa City, Iowa, shows Mazin Mohamedali. Mohamedali, a leader of protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Iowa City, was charged with unlawful assembly for his role in a June 3, 2020 protest in which activists shut down roadways before facing tear gas. He was ordered jailed Monday June 8, on a probation violation. (Johnson County jail via AP)

Mohamedali has been an outspoken member of a group calling itself the Iowa Freedom Riders. He has delivered speeches ad led chants during several days of marches and gatherings throughout the city.

Police in Red Oak say a man wanted on a Fremont County warrant for Probation Violation, was arrested this (Monday) afternoon. 28-year old Matthew Cole Whitt, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 12:15-p.m. in the 300 block of E. Valley Street. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail, for Fremont County. Bond was set at $10,000.

(Radio Iowa) A 13-year-old boy drowned Saturday afternoon near Le Mars at a private pond while attending a birthday party.  The boy was reported as missing, and rescuers used a boat from the Iowa DNR equipped with a sonar system to help locate the boy at the Kellen Ponderosa. He was found about two hours after he was first reported missing in about 15 feet deep of water. The child was transported to the Floyd Valley Healthcare in Le Mars, where medical personnel declared the boy deceased.

Officials have identified the drowning victim as 13-year-old Reid M. Swaggerty-Morgan of Sioux City.

Residents of Greenfield and Griswold will experience brief power outages this week. Officials with the Nishna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative (NVREC) report that on Wednesday, June 10th, NVREC members in the Griswold area will experience a brief, 10-15 minute power outage between 9:00am and 10:00am while crews make substation equipment replacements.

Officials with Greenfield Municipal Utilities report GMU will be conducting mandatory Black Start Testing from 10-p.m. Tuesday, June 9th through 6-a.m. Wednesday, June 10th. The process allows GMU to test their ability and train their employees to re-power the town in the event of a complete loss of power from their supplier, Central Iowa Power Cooperative. During the test, some or all customers may experience an interruption of their power service for short periods of time.

Officials say if all goes as planned, the outage should not last more than 10-minutes at a time, and service may be out numerous times during the event. GMU says they understand the inconvenience of this testing, and has tried to schedule it to hours with less demand on the electric system, to avoid seriously impacting as many customers as possible. If you have any questions, call GMU during their business hours (7:30-a.m. to 4:30-p.m.) at 641-743-2741.

(Radio Iowa) — A committee in the Iowa Senate has narrowly approved a plan to give Iowa restaurants and bars permanent permission to sell mixed drinks to go. Governor Reynolds ordered restaurants and bars to close on St. Patrick’s Day due to the pandemic, but she issued a proclamation on March 31st that allowed bars and restaurants with a liquor license to sell carry-out cocktails along with carry-out food. Senator Claire Celsi, a Democrat from Des Moines, says she’s no prude, but continuing this practice now that bars and restaurants have been allowed to reopen is unwise. “We’re setting a terrible example for our youth, just having a cocktail culture in this state,” Celsi says, “and it’s getting worse and worse and worse.”

Another senator says says it’ll be easier for someone to pass mixed drinks to minors, making some 21-year-olds the hit of the parking lot. Senator Craig Johnson, a Republican from Independence, says the proposal does NOT lift the state ban on consumption of alcohol in a public place. “These are sealed drinks,” Johnson says. “It’d be no different that what you would buy in a convenience store, one off the shelf.”

The proposal also would let the state’s vineyards sell so-called growlers that hold up to 72 ounces of wine AND it would create a new state permit for selling beer and spirits at charity events. This package of changes in Iowa’s alcohol laws cleared the Senate State Government Committee on an eight-to-seven vote late Friday night and is eligible for debate in the full senate.

An accident in Mills County, Saturday afternoon, resulted in a Glenwood man being transported to Mercy Hospital by Glenwood Rescue. Sheriff’s officials say 44-year old Darrin Goos was stopped in traffic near Goode and Grande View Avenues at around 12:40-p.m., and waiting for a vehicle to finish pulling into a driveway, when his 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle was struck from behind by a 2008 Nissan. The driver of the car, 18-year old Jamie Poole, of Glenwood, was not hurt. Authorities cited him for Failure to Stop in an Assured Clear Distance.

Mills County Deputies, Saturday morning, arrested 21-year old Nathen Tate Hardisty, of Tabor. He was taken into custody at around 1:47-a.m., on a Fremont County warrant for Disorderly Conduct. Bond was set at $300. And, Friday evening, 58-year old Darrell Alan Klahn, of Glenwood, was arrested on a warrant for two counts Probation Violation. His bond was set at $2,000.