The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports two men from Lorimor, 34-year old Cody Wayne Tucker, and 20-year old Cruz Dean Tucker, were arrested late Friday morning at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. They were each arrested on a Union County warrant for assault causing bodily injury and were released from the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond, each.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The state of Iowa has agreed to pay a man $3.5 million to settle his negligence lawsuit against the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics over the deaths of his wife and newborn child. The Gazette reports that Tiffany Boyce went March 12, 2016, to a Des Moines hospital complaining of cramping, vomiting and a headache. She was treated and discharged but admitted the next day for similar complaints. She was flown to the Iowa City hospital on March 17, where doctors delivered the Boyces’ son, Brantlee. The lawsuit says Tiffany Boyce died later that day, and the baby died March 22.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Democratic Party says delays in reporting the outcome of Monday’s caucuses were due to a coding issue that has been fixed. The party says it hopes to release results “as soon as possible.” In a statement Tuesday, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price says, “We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cyber security intrusion.” Price says independent cybersecurity consultants tested the systems in preparation for the caucuses.

Candidates left Iowa Monday night for New Hampshire without the outcome of the contest being announced, a debacle that renewed criticism of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status and the caucus format. Price says as results came in Monday night from more than 1,600 caucus sites the state party ran them through “an accuracy and quality check” and “it became clear there were inconsistencies with the reports.” Price says it took time to investigate the cause, which was later determined to be a coding issue in the app precinct leaders were using to report some data.

Price says state party staff used “pre-planned measures and entered data manually,” which took longer than expected. He says the party has used required back-up paper documentation to verify data recorded in the app was accurate and to calculate delegate counts.

Creston Police report 20-year old Jeffrey Arnold, of Creston, was charged Monday with Theft in the 4th Degree. The charge stems from an incident that took place Jan. 24th, during which a TV was stolen from the Creston Wal-Mart. Arnold was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) – A pontoon boat company plans to close its Iowa plant and move production to an Indiana location. The Messenger reports that about 45 employees will lose their jobs at the Misty Harbor plant in Fort Dodge. Misty Harbor President Jeff Miller says the work done in Fort Dodge will be moved to the Bristol, Indiana, plant to “optimize operational efficiency and reduce logistic costs.” He says the Fort Dodge operations will wind down over the next two to three months. He didn’t provide an exact closing date. Misty Harbor was founded in Humboldt, Iowa, in 1989. It moved to Fort Dodge in 1993.