DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a suspect has surrendered in Des Moines’ first homicide of 2018. Police say officers and medics sent around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday to investigate a reported shooting found the body of a 39-year-old man who’d been shot in the chest. A few minutes later the suspect contacted police and then surrendered. No charges have been filed.

Police haven’t released the name of the victim or the suspect.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a Nebraska man was arrested Saturday following an investigation into a report of a stolen vehicle, in Tabor. As a result of the investigation conducted by Tabor Police and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Department, 24-year old Dakota McDonald, of Omaha, was arrested in Tabor, for Theft in the 2nd Degree, and 3rd Degree Burglary.

McDonald was being held at the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center on $10,000 bond. The investigation is ongoing. Sheriff Aistrope reminds citizens to be vigilant, lock your vehicles, houses and garages.

Anyone with information about a crime can contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at 712-374-2424. Your tip could lead to a cash reward, and you can remain anonymous.

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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Republican lawmaker tasked with addressing workplace culture in the Iowa Senate following sexual misconduct allegations in the chamber has formally submitted recommendations for improvements. Mary Kramer tells The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday she submitted a draft with recommendations to Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix and Senate President Jack Whitver. Kramer says the top Republicans in the chamber received the document in early January.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University’s illegal crackdown on a pro-marijuana student group’s T-shirts will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. A state board agreed Tuesday to pay $150,000 in damages to two leaders of the university chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. It also agreed to pay their lawyers $193,000 for their work defending against university appeals, and additional fees for trial work to be decided later.

DELHI, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa are looking into whether a man found dead inside a vehicle that plunged through the ice covering Lake Delhi had been spinning doughnuts on the ice before the fatal incident. Delaware County Sheriff John LeClere tells the Telegraph Herald that a witness spotted a vehicle doing doughnuts on the ice Sunday night before 23-year-old Alex Salow’s body was found Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday said she wants to reduce taxes on individuals but won’t immediately push corporate tax cuts, an effort she’ll try to enact despite ongoing lower-than-expected state revenue that keeps creating budget shortfalls. The Republican governor provided details of a tax plan Tuesday during her Condition of the State address at the state Capitol. Reynolds added she wants to eliminate an existing provision that’s expected to give the state a windfall under federal tax changes.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A new report predicts 18 states will introduce bills to regulate sports betting this year, with 11 having a good chance of passing one. Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, which tracks gambling legislation nationwide, says that’s just the minimum; the firm predicts more than 30 states could introduce sports betting bills.

The U.S. Supreme Court this year will decide a case brought by New Jersey that seeks to overturn a ban on sports betting in all but four states: Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

States listed as likely to introduce a sports betting bill are: Massachusetts; Rhode Island; New York; New Jersey; West Virginia; South Carolina; Georgia; Florida; Illinois; Michigan; Iowa; Minnesota; Louisiana; Mississippi; Oklahoma and California. Indiana and Kentucky already have introduced bills.

Deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Office have arrested 35-year old Shaun Allan Davidshofer, of Coin. He was taken into custody today (Tuesday) at the Page County Sheriff’s Office on a Page County warrant for Violation of Iowa Sex Offender Registry.  Davidshofer was unable to post a $5,000 cash only bond, and is currently being held in the Page County Jail pending future court proceedings.

The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reports the Mulberry Loop bridge is now closed, and the bridge has been removed. It will be replaced with a low water crossing. Work will continue as the weather permits. The bridge is in the 800 Block of Mulberry Loop. Fairview Township Section 23.

This area has many dirt or level B Roads! Considerable alternate route planning will be necessary for some emergency responses to this area!

PLEASE PLAN ALTERNATE ROUTES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO NEARBY RESIDENTS. If you have any questions, please call the county engineer at 712-755-5954

The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency reports the bridge weight restriction on the Mulberry Road Bridge, has been reduced to three-tons. The bridge is in the 2400 Block of Mulberry Road over the West Fork of the West Nishnabotna River. Between Greeley Township sections  5  and 6. The restriction is effective immediately and will continue until further notice.

The hunt is on for cattle rustlers in southwest Iowa. Montgomery County authorities are investigating the theft of more than 30 cattle from a local sale barn. Livestock owner Don Wolfe says the calves were stolen early Sunday morning from a sale barn a few miles west of Red Oak.

“There are 34 head of black and black-white faced steer calves, with an average weight of 416 pounds. They were stolen in the early morning hours of January 7th,” said Wolfe. He says it appears the thief or thieves targeted a particular pen inside the sale barn.

“We had left the barn at 2:30 in the morning,” he said, “and had went home. We had to leave it unlocked, because there were two of our guys that wanted to load out. We got the okay. Then, this one man had bought two pens of cattle. But, we had three pens of cattle. The cattle walked right by three pens, and they picked this particular pen of calves.” “There’s something fishy about it, but we don’t know what it is,” Wolfe added. He speculates the stolen cattle may still be in the area.

“They’re probably within a two-county area from us right now,” said Wolfe. “They’re probably in a background lot, and they probably took all the green tags. All these cattle were weaned and vaccinated, with Iowa green tags. And, I would say they probably took the green tags out when they got them there, and they’re in a background lot within a 60-mile radius of us.”

Anyone with information regarding the cattle theft should contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 712-623-5107 or Montgomery County Crimestoppers at 888-434-2712. A $3,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of suspects involved in the thefts.

(Radio Iowa)

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 31-year old Joseph Allen Scislowicz, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Monday afternoon on numerous charges. He was taken into custody for being a Felon in Control of a Firearm, two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bond was set at $7,600.

Also arrested Monday, was 26-year old Bradley Scott Wonder, of Carter Lake. Wonder was charged with Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $2,000.