IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Johnson County authorities say an accident killed a 26-year-old man whose body was found in an Iowa City creek.

The medical examiner’s office says Jonathan Guerrero died of blunt force head injuries and likely drowning. His body was found in Ralston Creek the morning of July 1. Police say evidence supports the medical examiner’s preliminary results.

Authorities are still investigating the death of 45-year-old Eric Riskedahl, whose body was found under a U.S. Highway 6 bridge in Iowa City later on July 1. Police say the investigations so far don’t find any connection between the two deaths and say crimes are not suspected in either of them.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — A magistrate has refused to dismiss a criminal mischief charge against an Iowa religious activist accused of burning four LGBTQ children’s books that he checked out of a library.

Prosecutors say 63-year-old Paul Dorr posted a video on Facebook in October in which he denounced the Orange City library for having the books and threw them into a burning barrel.

He argued in his motion for dismissal that he was singled out for prosecution because of the message he was sending.

Sioux County District Court records show that Magistrate Lisa Mazurek said in her ruling issued Monday that Dorr didn’t prove his assertions and that the only message being sent to him is “that he cannot burn books that do not belong to him.”

His trial’s set for Aug. 6.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines International Airport has announced plans to add 1,000 more parking spaces to combat shortages.

KCCI reports that the new spots will be available at Economy Lot 4, just south of the airport’s main terminal.

Airport General Manager Kevin Foley says the parking shortage is a good sign because it reflects an increase in the number of people using airport facilities. The new parking spaces should be finished by Thanksgiving.

He says the $3 million project “only buys us two or three years” before more spaces will be needed.

The next solution? A new parking garage next to the airport’s new terminal.

A Blockton woman was arrested on multiple charges after a traffic stop in Adams County on Tuesday. At 6:30am Adams County Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by 42-year-old Christina Sweat of Blockton at the 69 mile-marker of Highway 34.

Sweat was found to be in possession of a green leafy substance that looked and smelled like marijuana, along with a pipe. Sweat was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and No Valid Driver’s License. Sweat was also wanted for Contempt of Court in Adams County. She was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $2,600 bond until seen by the Magistrate.

Guthrie Center – The Iowa State University Guthrie County Extension and Outreach office will host a meeting on Tuesday, August 13th, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with doors open at 5:30 p.m. The location is at the Guthrie County Extension office located at 212 State Street in Guthrie Center. The meeting will last approximately 2 ½ hours and will be facilitated by Tim Christensen, Farm and Agriculture Business Management Specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach.

The discussion will focus on various methods to determine a fair 2020 cash rental rate and the importance of good tenant/landlord communications. Emphasis will be placed on recent returns to Iowa Cash Rented Land and the 2019 Iowa Cash Rental Rate Survey.

Pre-registration is required at least two days before the meeting and a $20 per individual or $30 per couple fee is payable at the door. Participants will receive a 100-page booklet and meeting handouts designed to assist landowners, tenants and other agri-business professionals with issues related to farmland ownership, management and leasing arrangements.

Contact the Guthrie County Extension office at (641) 747-2276 with your questions or to pre-register on or before Monday, August 12.

For a list of meetings statewide, check the ISU Extension calendar for a meeting near you. www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/info/meetings.html

The Creston Police Department reports numerous arrests on Tuesday.

At 7:56am Officers arrested 41-year-old Crystal Huddleson of Creston on a Union County Warrant for Burglary 3rd Degree and False Report of Indictable Offense to Public Official. She was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $15,000 bond.

At 8:30am Creston Police arrested 20-year-old Brianna Lawson of Greenfield on a Union County Warrant for the charges of Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs and Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Offense. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on $5,000 bond.

At 3:04pm Officers arrested 24-year-old Spencer Fisk of Creston at his residence on a Wayne County Warrant for the charge of Violation of Terms of Probation. He was transferred to the custody of Wayne County.

At 6:36pm 32-year-old Leah Hayes of Creston was arrested at her residence on a Union County Warrant on the charge of Violation of Protection Order. She was being held in the Adams County Jail awaiting a bond hearing.

At 8:20pm 40-year-old Sheri Watters of Creston was arrested on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Disorderly Conduct and additionally charged with Escape from Custody. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,500 bond.

Creston Police also received a report on Tuesday at 1:30pm of the theft of 2 packs of cigarettes and a bottle of pills from Supreme Cleaners. The loss was estimated at $72.

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(Radio Iowa) — The deadline to register for FEMA disaster relief is now less than one week away. FEMA spokesperson Pamela King says they’d like you to register as soon as you can before the July 16th deadline. She says you need to have an inspection of your property to determine what has been lost or damaged and there needs to be time for the inspectors to get there. King says you can register online.

“We recommend that people if they can go onto disasterassistance.gov and you can find out what you need to have ahead of time, before you start the disaster assistance process,” King says. She says some people don’t register because their damage may look like it is less than their neighbors. King says it’s best to have it checked out to be sure.

“Let FEMA come out and do the inspection and decide if its an eligible amount,” King says. “Sometimes it what looks like it is okay today — there could be water that’s gotten into the foundations and things like that and you could have problems down the road.” King says some people don’t sign up because of a mistaken understanding of the money they will get.

She says some people also think the grant money is going to interfere with other money they receive like Social Security or Medicare. “The grant does not count against any other assistance,” she says, “it’s not considered income that would make people lose any other coverage that they have.” King says 26-hundred-44 people in Iowa have already registered.

She says they have already paid out more than 14 million dollars in assistance to Iowans. The disaster registration deadline is again July 16th and those residents of the nine counties designated as federal disaster areas are eligible.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office has charged an additional suspect in an ongoing narcotics distribution investigation. Authorities say 19-year old Nathan Foster, of Clarinda, was arrested Tuesday, July 9th, after a traffic stop was conducted by Page County Sheriff’s Deputies.

Foster was wanted on an active Taylor County Warrant for two, felony, Controlled Substance Violations – Delivery of a Controlled Substance. Foster was released from the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office after he was able to post $5,000 bond.

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have recovered a body in eastern Iowa believed to be that of a missing boater. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says the body was found Tuesday in the Cedar River about 2 miles south of the boat ramp at Palisades-Kepler State Park. An autopsy was ordered and the search was called off.

The sheriff’s office says the body likely is that of 59-year-old Ricky Veenstra, who lived in Cedar Rapids. Veenstra either jumped or fell from a boat on the river Sunday morning.