GLENWOOD, Iowa – Residents of Glenwood are strongly encouraged by city officials and the DNR to continue to conserve water and only use it for necessities after boiling. Authorities said Wednesday that water continues to be transported in from Shenandoah and Red Oak, but the trucks are having a difficult time keeping up with the amount of water being used. Officials are urging residents to conserve the water and use only when necessary to ensure the process of getting a more permanent system in place happens as quickly as possible.

The treatment plant and one well were successfully put back online yesterday and testing is being conducted on those today. The water both within the well and the treatment plant must first be verified safe to drink. Then, the entire distribution system must be flushed to replace all existing water with newly produced water. Sampling must be conducted throughout the distribution system to verify the water is safe to drink after it is confirmed that water has turned over within the distribution system. This process will take some time.

Officials commend the residents of Glenwood for being extremely patient and cooperative throughout this flooding event and are encouraged to continue to do so until the system is back to normal.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A June trial has been scheduled for a man accused of trying to abduct a 14-year-old girl in Sioux City. Woodbury County court records say 23-year-old Michael Marshall-Limoges pleaded not guilty Wednesday to kidnapping, enticing a minor, assault and other charges. His trial is set to begin June 25. Court documents say he was driving behind the girl and a 9-year-old boy on March 22 and then stopped. Police say Marshall-Limoges got out, grabbed the girl and put her in his car. The girl managed to escape, and he drove away.

Police say license plate numbers from a witness led investigators to Marshall-Limoges. The court documents say he told officers that he tried to kidnap the girl so he could alleviate his anger by hurting other people.

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County said Wednesday, that at around 3-p.m. Tuesday, Ashley Nicole Foster, of Creston, appeared at the Adams County Jail to serve a 24 hour jail sentence from Union County. Once inside the jail, Foster was found to be in possession of prescription drugs which were concealed on her person. Foster was subsequently charged with Possession of Contraband, a Class D Felony, Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs, and Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense.

On March 31st, 2019 at around 7:50-p.m, Adams County Deputies were dispatched to a dispute at a residence in the 400 block of Loomis Avenue. Upon further investigation, Michael Simpson was placed under arrest for Domestic Assault. On March 27th, Adams County Deputies were called at around 5:40-p.m. to a location in the 1500 block of Benton Avenue, for a domestic dispute. Upon further investigation, Rosealia Stalker was placed under arrest for Domestic Assault. Once in the jail, Stalker became combative with deputies. She was subsequently charged with Interference with Official Acts and Assault on a Peace Officer. The same day, Adams County Deputies arrested Dusty Bebout on and Adams County Warrant for Theft 2nd Degree. The charge was the result of an investigation that followed a traffic stop originally conducted in December of 2018, during which Bebout was found to be in possession of a vehicle reported stolen from the city of Clarinda.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports multiple suspects were arrested Wednesday, in an ongoing narcotics distribution investigation. 22-year old Wesley Oliphant, of Lenox, was arrested  in the 400 block of North Brooks Street, in Lenox. He was wanted on an active Taylor County Warrant for Controlled Substance Violations – Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a Class D Felony. Oliphant is being held at the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office without bond pending an appearance before the Magistrate. 24-year old Brandon Brown, of Lenox, was arrested Wednesday in the 600 block of East Ohio Street in Lenox. He was wanted on an active Taylor County Warrant for two counts of Controlled Substance Violations – Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a Class D Felony. Brown is being held at the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office without bond pending an appearance before the Magistrate.

Additional information is expected to be released later on other suspects.

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who died after a fire at her condominium complex in southwest Cedar Rapids. She was identified as 61-year-old Toni Cooley. Firefighters encountered her in a doorway as they responded to the blaze Tuesday. She was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries have been reported. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department says the fire erupted in Cooley’s living room and likely was started by discarded smoking materials.

Officials with the Creston Police Department say there were two arrests that took place, Wednesday. 61-year old Debra Jo Gilbert, of Corning, was arrested at around 3:10-p.m. at the Dollar General Store, in Creston. Gilbert was charged with Theft in the 5th Degree, and released on a Promise to Appear in Court. And, 43-year old Daniel James Perkins, Sr., of Creston, was arrested in the 800 block of N. Birch Street in Creston, on a Polk County Warrant for Parole Violation. Perkins, Sr. was being held in the Union County Jail awaiting extradition to Polk County.

A man driving an SUV and who reached for a can of tobacco, caused an accident to take place Wednesday afternoon in Page County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 46-year old Jason Lynn Sander, of Clarinda, was traveling east on Highway 2, west of Clarinda at around 4:33-p.m., when he reached for the can of tobacco.

When he did so, the 2004 Dodge Durango he was driving crossed the center line of the road and hit a westbound 2009 Freightliner truck driven by 60-year old Keith Melvin Woods, of Red Oak. A 2014 Kia Optima that was traveling west on Highway 2 behind the Freightliner took evasive action, and ended-up in the north ditch. The driver of Kia was identified as 27-year old Cassie Jo Luft, of Clarinda.

Following the collision, the pickup came to rest in the north ditch, and the truck pulled over onto the north shoulder of the road. Sander, who was wearing his seat belt, was injured in the collision, and transported by Clarinda EMS to the Clarinda Regional Medical Center.

(Radio Iowa) — A key Republican lawmaker in the Iowa House says his committee will not advance a bill about the crime of fetal homicide that defines personhood as starting at conception. It means the bill is tabled for the remainder of the 2019 legislative session and not eligible for debate. The bill, which passed the Iowa Senate last week, would have increased the criminal penalty for a person who “causes the death of an unborn person” without consent from the mother.

Republican Representative Steven Holt of Denison says with a Friday deadline looming for a committee vote on the bill, House members didn’t have enough time to get answers to all their questions. “Are the penalties appropriate? How do they match up with other states? And the implications and the discussion, obviously, that we will have on that term ‘unborn person.'”

Holt supports the bill and he says lawmakers may consider it next year. Opponents say the proposal could provide the path to a ban on abortion.

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

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The governors of three Midwest states ravaged by March flooding say they will pushing for more control over management of the Missouri River that borders their states. Management of the dams and levees along the river falls to officials of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, who met with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson for much of Wednesday afternoon in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Republican senator is expressing irritation at what he calls “idiotic” comments by President Donald Trump about wind energy. Trump on Tuesday said noise from wind turbines causes cancer. Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters Wednesday the comments “were first of all idiotic and it doesn’t show much respect for Chuck Grassley as the grandfather of the wind energy tax credit.” Grassley was instrumental in approving a federal tax credit 26 years ago that has spurred wind energy development.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says former Justice Daryl Hecht has died as he battled skin cancer. The court’s spokesman Steve Davis says Hecht died early Wednesday at his home in Sloan. He was 66. Hecht, who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack in 2006, resigned from the court in December while receiving treatment for melanoma in Sioux City and at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. In a statement, the Iowa Judicial Branch described Hecht as a kind, thoughtful jurist with a passion for the law.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a man in the 2017 shooting death in a Cedar Rapids alley. Cedar Rapids police said in a news release Wednesday that 19-year-old James Phillips has been charged with first-degree murder, theft, conspiracy and going armed with intent in the Nov. 21, 2017, death of 34-year-old Leland Harris. Police say Harris’ body was found the day after his death in an alley.