DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – It’s the first day of fall, but residents in Iowa and Nebraska shouldn’t break out those sweaters and boots just yet. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for most of Iowa, covering most of the eastern two-thirds of the state. The advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. today (Friday). Forecasters say high temperatures climbing into the 90s mixed with high humidity will push the heat index to around 100 degrees in some places.

The weather service has also issued a hazardous weather outlook for Nebraska and western Iowa, where the heat index is expected to climb to the upper 90s. The service says a cold front is expected to move into the region early next week and will bring more seasonal temperatures.

The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office reports additional charges have been filed against two people who have been arrested on drug charges. Charges of Manufacturing marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, and gathering where controlled substances are used, were filed today (Friday), against 39-year old Nancy Beth Nelson, of Audubon. The latest charges stem from a search warrant executed Thursday at 530 Leroy Street, in Audubon. Nelson remains in the Audubon County Jail on a $35,000 bond.  30-year old Dustin Douglas Williams, of Audubon, faces an additional charge of Gathering where controlled substances are used.

Williams was previously charged with Manufacturing marijuana within 1,000-feet of a school, and two-counts of Child Endangerment. Those charges were also the result of a search warrant executed today (Thursday) at Williams’ home at 530 Leroy Street. Williams, who was arrested Thursday, remains in the Audubon County Jail, with his bond set at $45,000.

Williams and Nelson were also arrested 1-a.m. Sept. 15th, following a traffic stop on Highway 71 near 130th Street in Audubon County. At that time, Nelson was charged with: Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine over 5 grams: Possession Marijuana; 3 counts of Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, No Insurance and Insufficient number of headlights.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports four separate arrests, Thursday. At around 6:30-p.m., 40-year old John James Ring, of Underwood, was arrested in Underwood on an active warrant for Failure to Appear in Court on an original charge of OWI/2nd offense, and for Violation of a Protection Order concerning his father.

28-year old Rebecca Pick, of Treynor, was arrested at around 5-p.m. Thursday, on charges that include Domestic Assault and Driving While Barred. She was taken into custody after deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 2400 block of Longview Drive in Council Bluffs, for a possible assault. The victim, Pick’s 28-year old ex-boyfriend, reported to authorities that Pick was on location at the property in a vehicle, and that she had just allegedly assault him. The victim did not appear to be injured, according to the Sheriff’s report.

And, at around 9:15-a.m. Thursday, 54-year old Scott Ivan Boyer, of Neola, was arrested on warrants for Domestic Abuse Assault with intent, and Reckless use of firearms without injury. Boyer turned himself-in to the Sheriff’s Office and was transported to the Pott. County Jail without incident.

As we’ve previously mentioned, taken into custody without incident at around 12:15-p.m. Thursday, was 37-year old Eric Guy Scott, of Hooper, NE. Scott was an escapee from Dodge County, Nebraska authorities. Officials say Scott was being transported by a Dodge County Sheriff’s Deputy in an unmarked government car on Wednesday when he slipped his handcuffs and used his leg-iron chain to choke the deputy, who was driving. Scott then gained control of the car, shoving the deputy out. Scott was arrested Thursday after he was found walking near the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office. Officials found the Dodge County deputy’s service weapon, a Glock .40 calibur handgun, on Scott, when he was arrested.

Eric Scott agreed during a court hearing today (Friday) in Council Bluffs to be sent back to Nebraska to face charges related to the escape. Scott was serving two to four years for fifth-offense drunken driving conviction when he escaped. In Pottawattamie County, he faces charges that include Fugitive From Justice, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Theft in the 3rd degree.

An Atlantic man was arrested Wednesday by Atlantic Police, on Pottawattamie County warrants. Officials with the Pott. County Jail told KJAN News 43-year old Jason Redler was wanted for Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree, Indecent Contact with a Child, and Lascivious Acts with a Minor. He was booked into the Pott. County Jail this (Friday) morning, and held on a $15,000 bond.

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Emergency personnel are on the scene of a semi tractor-trailer rollover this morning about a mile west of Adair.  The accident happened near the 75-mile marker on Interstate 80. Dispatch reports indicated the tractor and trailer came to rest in a ravine, with the cab underneath the trailer. The Iowa DOT reports the eastbound ramp is currently blocked due to the crash. Additional details are currently unavailable.

The leaders of Iowa’s two major political parties had a face-to-face discussion of state government finances Thursday. It’s a debate likely to continue for months among the 2018 candidates for governor and the legislature. Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann says Republican Governor Kim Reynolds showed “steady management” by withdrawing 13 million dollars from the state’s economic emergency fund to cover the state budget deficit. “If you have a shortfall, we can’t cut services in the middle of a fiscal year like that. That would be completely irresponsible. We’d be going back to the Culver years if that’s what we did,” Kaufmann said.

Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price says Republicans opposed the use of “one time money for ongoing expenses” when Democrat Chet Culver was governor. “I was in the governor’s office during that time and (Republicans) railed at the fact that we had to….occasionally do the exact same thing that Kim Reynolds is doing,” Price says. Kaufmann says the shortfall was an unavoidable. Price says former Governor Branstad and Reynolds have drained “about half” of the billion dollars in the state’s cash reserve and “rainy day” fund. “This is a manufactured crisis,” Price says. “…This is coming about because the state is giving out way too many tax credits to corporations.”

Kaufmann says the 13 million dollars Reynolds removed from the economic emergency fund will be paid back. “You can prepare a budget, but there’s always going to be factors that come into play,” Kaufmann says. “The commodity prices, sales tax revenues — that had to be reacted to. I think this was the most appropriate way for the governor to do that.”

Kaufmann and Price made their comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program that airs Friday night on Iowa Public Television. The two chairmen discussed a variety of other issues, including health care policy. Kaufmann — the Republican leader — suggested a G-O-P-sponsored bill pending in the U.S. Senate that would repeal ObamaCare would be a “starting point” for negotiations on replacing ObamaCare. “If there is a message from the Donald Trump victory and if there’s a message that’s been sent to us by Iowa voters and, I think by the entire country, that is: ‘You’d better remember what you promised in the campaign,'” Kaufmann said. “Repealing and replacing ObamaCare was one of the prime promises that were made.”

Price — the Democratic leader — says the latest G-O-P proposal would be a “disaster” for consumers. “Democrats agree on one thing and that is that everyone should have health care. Health care is a right, not a privilege,” Price says. “…We may disagree exactly what the process, what vehicle it is that’s going to get us to our goal, but we all agree on the same goal.” And Price notes the Democratic Party platform “supports a single payer” health care system.

(Radio Iowa)

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will take a more concentrated look at the deer who roam along the state’s western border with Nebraska this fall to screen for Chronic Wasting Disease. The move comes after five deer harvested in southeast Nebraska in 2016 tested positive for the disease. The C-W-D coordinator for the D-N-R, Terry Haindfield, says the effort will be similar to what they’ve done when C-W-D has been detected in other border states. “We’ve been obviously watching the eastern border along Wisconsin and Illinois and also Minnesota and Missouri. But now we are watching our some of our border to the west along the Missouri River due to some positives in southeast Nebraska,” Haindfield.

The effort starts with meetings Monday and Tuesday. He says they are going to talk to the public about the increase surveillance from Woodbury down to Fremont counties. Haindfield says they normally take 15 samples in every county.  But he says they increase the number of samples in those border counties of states where C-W-D has been found and that’s what’s going to happen now on the western side of the state.  “We’re doing anywhere from 100 to 150 samples from hunter-collected deer in those areas — that’s our goal anyway for this fall,” Haindfield explained.

The western counties have the “Big Muddy” between them and the infected deer in Nebraska, but Haindfield says it’s not an impenetrable border. “Those border rivers are not immune to crossing from deer — they can obviously swim those — but they still are physical barriers. So that does give us somewhat of a nice hope that they might not have crossed that yet.”  While it hasn’t been conclusively proven, it’s believed the infected deer in eastern Iowa may’ve come across the river there based on their location. “We’ve had 18 positives total, 17 being in Allamakee and one new one in Clayton County northwest of Elkader this last fall,” Haindfield says.

Haindfield says he’s been impressed with the way the people in northeast Iowa have stepped up to help collect samples and track the deer there. He says the support has been “tremendous” after their meetings there and he says that’s why it is important for people in western Iowa to attend the meetings and find out what is going on. “Hunters and landowners have stepped up greatly in helping us get those samples, and also to help stop the spread of chronic wasting disease,” according to Haindfield.

The first meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p-m Monday (Sept. 25), in the Lewis and Clark State Park Visitor Center, three miles west of Onawa. The second is set for 6:30 p-m Tuesday (Sept. 26) at the public library in Missouri Valley.

(Radio Iowa)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa county faces a lawsuit after five of its sheriff’s officers were accused of confiscating and destroying property while executing a search warrant at a wrong address. The Des Moines Register reports that Michael Owings found Van Buren County the officers at his home in June when he arrived with his mother and girlfriend. A lawsuit alleges that Owings told officers they were in the wrong place, and one of them replied, “We own this property.”

A judge granted the officers’ request for a search warrant at a Douds, Iowa home, in connection to a drug investigation, but the lawsuit contends that the correct address was about one-third of a mile from Owings’ mobile home.