The Creston Police Department reports two people were cited Saturday for Driving While License Barred/Denied or Revoked. 32-year old Corry D. Johnston, of Thayer,and 36-year old Jacob Jones, of Corning, were released from the scene of their citations, on a Summons to Appear later, in court. And, Sunday afternoon, 20-year old Molly Oglesbee, of Creston, was cited for allowing an animal to run at-large, in Creston. She was also released on a Summons to Appear.

(Des Moines via KCCI) — Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst says she’s not going to self isolate after being in close contact with Vice President Mike Pence. One of Pence’ staffers tested positive for COVID-19. Ernst was tested Friday before boarding Air Force Two with Pence to come to Iowa. A spokesperson for Ernst told KCCI that Ernst tested negative and followed all guidance from the vice president’s office and medical team. The spokesperson said that Ernst has not been advised to self isolate and does not plan to at this time.

Shortly before making the flight to Iowa, it was confirmed that Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller tested positive for COVID-19. She did not join Pence’s staff on Air Force Two, but did have contact with six people scheduled to be on the trip. According to officials, those six people tested negative.

(Radio Iowa) — After record flooding in western Iowa much of last year, runoff into the Missouri River system is expected to be above-normal again this year, but the experts say the runoff will be well-contained in the reservoir system. Kevin Grode, with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, says we’ve already had a couple of relatively dry months and that’s been a big help.  “Below-normal precipitation in April led to below-average runoff in most of the upper basin,” Grode says. “Precipitation in the upper basin has been well below normal, with some areas of the Dakotas receiving less than half their normal precipitation.”

Grode says the runoff forecast has been dramatically reduced. It originally called for three-point-two million acre feet of runoff during April but they recorded about one-point-three million acre feet less.  “The 2020 calendar year runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River basin above Sioux City is 32.2 million acre feet or 125% of average,” Grode says.

Grode says the Corps of Engineers is still expecting above-normal runoff each month this year. “Even with the below-normal precipitation that we’ve seen, we’ve seen above-average runoff in each of the first four months of the year due to the very wet soil conditions,” Grode says. “We are still forecasting slightly above-average runoff for each of the remaining months of 2020.” He says above-normal river releases all winter allowed the Corps to add more flood storage capacity in the upstream reservoirs.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:15 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — State health officials said 13 more people with COVID-19 have died in Iowa to give the state a total of 265 deaths. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Sunday the number of coronavirus infections in the state grew by 287 to a total of 11,959 cases of COVID-19. The actual number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick. For most infected people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in two to three weeks.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a motorcyclist died after crashing with an SUV driven by an unlicensed teen in downtown Des Moines. The Des Moines Police Department said the crash happened around 5:15 p.m. Saturday when a turning Jeep Cherokee failed to yield to an oncoming Harley Davidson motorcycle. The two vehicles crashed in the downtown intersection. The 52-year-old Des Moines resident who was driving the motorcycle, Troy Alan Matice, was critically injured and died later at a hospital. Police say the SUV was driven by a 15-year-old Des Moines resident who doesn’t have a license and wasn’t accompanied by an adult.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Nine more people have died of the coronavirus in Iowa, bringing the state’s total to 252. New numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health also show that the number of infections also increased Saturday to 11,671, up by 214 from Friday. For some infected people, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, the virus can cause severe illness or death. But for most people, it causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in two to three weeks.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Illinois say an Iowa man charged in 1990s serial killings “does not appear to have been involved” in the unsolved 1992 slaying of a college student. The Illinois State Police says that Clark Perry Baldwin is not a suspect in the death of 21-year-old Tammy Zywicki. Its statement appeared to rule out what had seemed to be a promising lead in the case of Zywicki, who was abducted after experiencing car troubles on Interstate 80 near La Salle, Illinois in 1992. Police arrested Baldwin, a former truck driver, at his home in Waterloo, Iowa on Wednesday. He’s charged in the deaths of three woman from the early 1990s.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Health officials say the number of coronavirus cases in Nebraska has topped 8,000, and four more deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said the number of coronavirus cases in the state increased by 403 Saturday to 8,234. The number of deaths related to the virus outbreak increased to 96.

One of the new deaths was a Douglas County man in his 60s who did not have any underlying health conditions. Details of the other three deaths weren’t immediately available. For most people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in two to three weeks.