Officials with the Atlantic Police Department said two juveniles were injured during a collision between a car and a pickup late Sunday afternoon. Lt. Devin Houge told KJAN News a pickup was traveling north on Poplar Street and had the green light to cross 7th. A car, with two female juveniles was traveling west on 7th and had the red light.

Hogue said the driver of the car was distracted in conversation with a passenger, and ran the red light. Following the collision, the car ended up on the north side of the intersection. The pickup truck pulled off to the side of the road on Poplar. The accident happened at around 4:15-p.m.

Medivac Ambulance transported the two juveniles to CCMH. No names were released (That information will be updated Monday morning). Their injuries were not believed to be serious. Atlantic Fire and Rescue, Atlantic Police and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

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One person suffered from an apparently minor head injury during a collision Sunday evening in Atlantic. The accident happened at around 4:15-p.m. at the northeast corner of 7th and Poplar Streets, and involved a full-size pickup and a passenger vehicle. A woman inside the vehicle was injured, but the extent of her injuries was not immediately known.

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Atlantic Police, Medivac, Atlantic Fire and Rescue and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office were on the scene. We’ll pass along more information as it becomes available.

Red Oak Police arrested a man and woman on drug-related charges, Saturday night. 26-year old Aaron Gar Nelson, and 21-year old Paige Marie Clark, both of Red Oak, were taken into custody at around 10:30-p.m. in the 400 block of S. 8th Street. They were transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Their bonds were set at $300 each.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department say a Nebraska man suffered non-life threatening injuries Saturday night, after he was struck by a train. Officers responded at around 11:10-p.m. to the 700 block of S. 16th St. for a man down. Upon arrival officers located the victim, 49-year old Andres Galindo, of Omaha, laying under the second car of a backing train.

Galindo was transported by Council Bluffs Fire Department to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.

The Council Bluffs Police Department would like to remind citizens to pay attention to all railroad crossings and not to attempt crossing the railroad tracks when the warning arms are down.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:10 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say one man was injured and three pets died after a recreational vehicle caught fire in a Walmart parking lot in Des Moines. Firefighters were called the fire around 9 p.m. Friday. Officials say a man, woman, two dogs and two cats were inside when the fire started. The man suffered minor injuries in the blaze and was taken to a nearby hospital. One dog was able to escape, but the other three animals died.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man accused in a deadly shooting on Iowa City’s pedestrian mall cannot avoid trial using Iowa’s new “stand your ground” law as a defense. The Press-Citizen reports that Sixth Judicial District Judge Paul Miller ruled Friday that 23-year-old Lamar Wilson’s case must first be heard by a jury. Wilson is charged with first-degree murder and other counts in connection with an Aug. 27 shooting that killed one man and injured two others.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa prison officials are looking for an inmate who walked away from work release. The Iowa Department of Corrections say 31-year-old David Michael Evans failed to return Friday night to the Fort Des Moines Correctional Facility. Evans is serving a prison term for assault and drug-related counts. Officials say he was admitted to the work release facility on Oct. 19.

WALCOTT, Iowa (AP) — A well-known truck stop in eastern Iowa that bills itself as the world’s biggest will get even larger as crews begin a $10 million expansion that will create more retail space and expand a food court. The Quad-City Times reports the expansion will add 23,000 square feet of space to the truck stop, which already had a main building of about 100,000 square feet. The truck stop, about 10 miles northwest of Davenport, sprawls across 200 acres. A company official calls it a “re-make of everything.”

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak man on a Pottawattamie County Warrant Saturday. At 1:13pm Officers arrested 37-year-old Kale Garrett Hardman of Red Oak on the warrant for Violation of Probation and Violation of a No Contact Order. Hardman was arrested at Jennifer Circle in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on no bond, awaiting extradition to Pottawattamie County.

Iowa Third District Republican Representative David Young made his way to parts of western Iowa Saturday afternoon. In Cass County, Congressman Young paid a visit to McCunn Specialty Firearms, just east Massena. There, he spoke with owners Kevin and his son Brice, McCunn, and others, about their store, which opened a couple of years ago, about accessories for weapons, such as the “Bump Stock,” which authorities said was used in the deadly attack on Las Vegas concert-goers event last month.

Brice McCunn e-mailed Young following statements he made following the shootings in Nevada, and invited him to the store to try one for himself. During his visit Saturday, Young declined the offer to fire a weapon equipped with a bump stock.

McCunn to Young they typically don’t sell them at their store, because there’s no demand for them. In fact, they have sold only one since the store opened in the past five-years.  Brice said he e-mailed Young because of comments he made about bump stocks turning a semi-automatic weapon in automatic. McCunn said disagreed, because legally you can’t turn a gun into an automatic. “It might function like an automatic,” he said, but legally, “they are two completely different guns.”

Left to right: David Young, Aaron McCurdy, Kevin McCunn and Brice McCunn.

McCunn said the government closed the registration period for machine guns in 1986. They can only be sold to law enforcement and for demonstration purposes only. McCunn said neither his father Kevin nor himself are fans of bump stocks. Young said a lot people had never heard of them, prior to Las Vegas, and, at the man who opened fire in Las Vegas, would have done so even without one. He said “He’s a criminal. He’s evil, and you can’t regulate evil. I wish you could. I wish you could regulate sanity as well.”

Young also asked about suppressors, or “silencers” as they are commonly called. MSF employee Aaron McCurdy told Young there are good reasons why a person might want a suppressor, even though they only reduce the sound by 30-percent. He said there’s less recoil, it’s easier to learn in an instructional environment, and it increases hearing protection.”

Young said opponents of suppressors claim deregulating them would mean supporting “Bad people doing bad things without getting caught,” which he called “insane.” McCunn pointed out that there is an expensive and lengthy process of paperwork hurdles to overcome before a person can legally own a suppressor. McCurdy said if a person wants one bad enough, there are illegal ways to make a suppressor.

Kevin McCunn, Brice McCunn and Congressman Young talk inside the indoor firing range.

Young asked about background checks on potential gun owners. Brice McCunn said they’ve turned away two people who were rejected by the computerized background program called NICS (National Instant Criminal Background Check System) over the past two weeks, and about five altogether, since the store opened.

And, they’ve refused to sell weapons to persons based on a “Gut instinct” that something wasn’t right. Brice said he doesn’t have an answer to how NICS can be improved. On the topic of insurance, Young was asked about stop-gap insurance. He said there’s been no change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or “Obamacare”) law, but “It’s collapsing, it’s not working. Democrats and Republicans agree that it’s not working, and something needs to be done.” He said his health insurance policy expires at the end of the year, like it will for many Iowans.” He suggested those persons check across state lines.

He said thanks to President Trump, he can make it possible to set up an “association,” where people with similar employment or business backgrounds, can pool their resources and create a group policy. Young said he would be in favor of that. He also said he wants to see transparency in pricing of insurance policies. The solution will have to be bipartisan, though, and even though it may not appeal to everyone, it’s better than nothing.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled that a man accused in a deadly shooting on Iowa City’s pedestrian mall cannot avoid trial using Iowa’s new “stand your ground” law as a defense. The Press-Citizen reports that Sixth Judicial District Judge Paul Miller ruled Friday that 23-year-old Lamar Wilson’s case must first be heard by a jury.

Wilson is charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and intimidation with a dangerous weapon in connection with an Aug. 27 shooting that killed one man and injured two others. He has pleaded not guilty.

The state’s “stand your ground” legislation took effect July 1. It says law-abiding citizens don’t have to retreat before using deadly force if they believe they’re in danger. His trial is scheduled for Nov. 27 in Polk County.

(DES MOINES) – The Iowa Dept. of Corrections reports David Michael Evans, convicted of assault, multiple drug-related charges and escape/absence while on work release in Polk County, failed to report back to the Fort Des Moines Correctional Facility as required last (Friday) night.

Evans is a 31-year-old white male, height 6’1″, and weighing 166 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on October 19, 2017  Persons with information on Evans’ whereabouts should contact local police.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraskans and Iowans are being reminded to set their clocks back an hour before going to bed Saturday. Standard time returns this weekend at 2 a.m. Sunday.

The change means most Americans will get an extra hour of rest, but those working overnight shifts might toil an hour longer. It also means some will forget to change their clocks, and show up early for church or other events on Sunday.

Daylight time returns to Nebraska and Iowa in March. Not everyone in the United States makes the switch from standard time. The exceptions are Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.