Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County, Tuesday night, arrested 26-year old Matthew Duane Baker, of Red Oak. Baker was taken into custody for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and booked-in on the Class-D Felony offense. Baker was being held in the jail on a $5,000 cash-only bond.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party has released additional results from Monday night’s presidential caucuses. After a daylong delay, the party has now made public 71% of results from all 99 Iowa counties. The new numbers released late Tuesday do not change the state of play for the candidates. Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg holds a slight lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar trail behind. It is too early for The Associated Press to declare a winner.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s coveted position as the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest faces its most daunting challenge in light of problems that prevented the state Democratic Party from reporting results Monday night. The caucuses were already facing plenty of headwinds amid criticism that the overwhelmingly white state isn’t representative of the country’s diversity. The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results were indefinitely delayed because of “quality checks” and “inconsistencies” in some reporting. It’s an embarrassing complication that added a new layer of doubt in the caucus process that has come under increasing criticism.

Mills County Emergency Management officials said Tuesday, that in the regular meeting of the Mills County Board of Supervisors (Board) held on February 4, 2020, the Board signed an application to be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for funding, under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, on the property buyouts for the unincorporated area of Mills County. The total cost of the project is $17,342,050.00.

In conjunction with the application, the Board also signed a resolution authorizing the local match of fifteen percent (15%) for the project, or $2,601,307.50. Seventy-Five percent (75%), or $13,006,537.50, of the funding will be federal funds and the remaining ten percent (10%), or $1,734,205.00 will be funded through the State of Iowa. Mills County officials anticipate the application will be submitted to FEMA later this week. Local authorities expect a 30 to 60-day time frame for FEMA to review, process, and award the funds to Mills County.

Local match funds are expected to be provided through a Community Development Block Grant and other funding sources instead of the Flood Recovery Fund as originally planned.
On February 6, 2020, local officials and engineers will be meeting with members of the Iowa Flood Board in Des Moines to discuss and identify time sensitive projects located within the various levee and drainage districts in Mills County.

The Interim Mortgage Assistance Program is still active and available to those qualified individuals in need of assistance. Officials encourage those qualified individuals in need of assistance to fill out the application on the Mills County Flood Page or in person at the Mills County Auditor’s Office to begin the process. As a reminder, property owners must provide a mortgage statement from the lender, a forbearance letter (if applicable), and tax and/or insurance statements if not paid through an escrow account, along with any other correspondence with the mortgage holder that shows a need for assistance.

Qualified property owners should contact Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) by email at SWIPCO@swipco.org or by telephone at 1-866-279-4720 if they have any questions.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Joe Biden’s third presidential bid is entering a critical stretch after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses. It sent the former vice president on to New Hampshire with a skittish donor base, low cash reserves and the looming threat of billionaire rival Michael Bloomberg and his unlimited personal wealth.

On Tuesday, Biden insisted he had a “good night” in Iowa even as incomplete returns showed him in fourth place, well behind the top moderate candidate, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and barely ahead of fifth-place Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. That makes even some Biden backers nervous about whether he can regain front-runner status.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Democratic Party officials in Iowa have released more than 60 percent their delayed caucus results. Confusion and chaos still hang over Iowa and its first-in-the-nation presidential contest. Frustrated presidential candidates plowed ahead in their quest for nomination, most of them already in next-up New Hampshire.

All claimed to be encouraged by Iowa voters in Monday’s voting, especially Vermont Sen. Bernie Senators and Pete Buttigieg of Indiana. Republican President Donald Trump mocked them all and their party and said he was the only one who could claim a victory in Iowa.

Initial data released by the Iowa Democratic Party shows Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders ahead in the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. The tally of state delegate equivalents released Tuesday shows Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar trailing behind.

The party released 62% of results from all 99 counties after a daylong delay sparked by technical problems. It was unclear when the remaining results will be released by the party, which says it is still verifying data from caucuses across the state.

Updated at 4:20 PM CST  

Pete Buttigieg – 26.9%, 363 votes

Bernie Sanders –  25.1%, 338

Elizabeth Warren –  18.3%, 246

Joe Biden –  15.6%, 210

Amy Klobuchar – 12.6%, 170

Andrew Yang – 1%, 14

Tom Steyer – 0.3%, 4

Deval Patrick – 0%, 0

John Delaney – 0%, 0

Michael Bennet –  0%, 0

Michael Bloomberg – 0%, 0

Tulsi Gabbard –  0%, 0

Uncommitted – 0.1%, 2