CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 21-year-old man who drowned after falling into a pond near Cedar Rapids’ Mohawk Park. The Linn County medical examiner identified the man as Talon Williams, who lived in Cedar Rapids. Rescue workers were sent to the park around 5:45 p.m. Sunday following a report that three people had fallen into the water. A city news release says a 14-year-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy got themselves out but were unable to get the third person out. They went to shore and called 911. Williams’ body was found in the water about 120 yards from shore.

Presidential candidate/Democrat Congressman John Delaney will be crisscrossing Iowa for the entire month of January on a small town blitz of 40 stops, a journey he’s dubbed the Send A Message Tour. Cruising in the campaign RV, “Big Blue,” Delaney and his field staff will be hosting meet and greets, knocking on doors, making supporter calls, and meeting with caucus-goers and precinct captains around the state.

Delaney is an American attorney, businessman, and politician. He was the United States Representative for Maryland’s 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2019.

His schedule (locally) includes, on Jan. 13th:

• 10-a.m. – Defiance:  Delaney & team door knocking
• 2-p.m.  – Lyman: Delaney & team door knocking
• 5-pm. – Griswold: Dusty’s Place (402 Main St.)

And on January 17th, Delaney will be:

• in Carroll at 2-p.m.: Brothers on Main (529 N Main St.)
• and in Templeton at 4-p.m.: for a tour of Templeton Whisky

Delaney will also be in Panora on Jan. 21st at the Owl’s Nest (124 W. Main St.), at 5-p.m.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:10 a.m. CST

GUTHRIE CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Democratic congresswoman Cindy Axne returned to her southwestern Iowa district last weekend for the first time since voting in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump. Axne narrowly won a Republican-leaning district in 2018 and is a top GOP target in 2020. Republicans have been running ads against her focused on impeachment, and Vice President Mike Pence had spoken on local television to urge her to vote against it. But at her town hall, none of her constituents asked about the vote. Instead, they focused on rural issues and the trade deal that passed last week.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — In a victory for prosecutors, a judge has ruled that they can use key evidence against the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. Judge Joel Yates agreed with prosecutors that some statements made by Cristhian Bahena Rivera must be suppressed because they came during an interrogation after he was not read his full legal rights. But Yates ruled that prosecutors can use information provided by Rivera that led them to the body of Tibbetts, who disappeared in July 2018 while out running in Brooklyn, Iowa. He also ruled that they can use key blood evidence.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who told police she intentionally ran over a teenager because she believed the girl was Mexican has been charged with another hit-and-run crash that hurt a 12-year-old boy. Des Moines police charged Nicole Franklin with attempted murder in connection with a Dec. 9 crash that occurred less than an hour before another hit-and-run in suburban Clive. In the latest charge, Franklin was accused of hitting a boy in a Des Moines apartment complex. The boy suffered minor injuries. In the later incident, Franklin was charged with attempted murder after her vehicle hit Natalia Miranda as the 14-year-old was walking to school to watch a basketball game.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of top state officials has approved payments of nearly $400,000 to continue a lawsuit defending former Gov. Terry Branstad. A jury found in July he discriminated against former Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey because he is gay and awarded him $1.5 million. State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald and Auditor Rob Sand refused to approve the payment. They say taxpayers shouldn’t continue paying. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Secretary of State Paul Pate and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig approved the bills, bringing total court costs to more than $8 million, which will climb since Reynolds is appealing the case.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests took place over the past week, including that of a Union County man who was taken into custody December 17th. 29-year old Scott Joseph Draman, of Creston, was arrested at the Greater Regional Hospital in Creston, on two Adair County warrants charging him with: (Felony) Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding air/blood flow, resulting in injury; Harassment in the 1st Degree; False Imprisonment, and Obstruction of Emergency Communications. Draman was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $10,000 cash-only bond.

On Dec. 21st, 19-year old Tye Michael Joint, of Redfield, was arrested in Stuart on a Story County warrant for Probation Violation, on an original charge of Public Intoxication. He was released later that same day on a $2,000 cash only bond.

And, on Dec. 16th, 37-year old Joseph Lee Reynolds, of Stuart, was arrested by an Iowa State Patrol Trooper, for Driving While Barred, after he was seen driving from a gas station to a restaurant, in Stuart. Reynolds was released that same day on a $2,000 cash or surety bond.

A single-vehicle accident in Madison County, Monday afternoon, resulted in injuries to four teenagers. The Iowa State Patrol reports the teens, two 14-year old females and two 16-year old males, were in a 2003 Chevy pickup truck driven by 16-year old James Brooks, of Winterset, when  the accident happened at around 1:35-p.m. in the area of 225th Street and Pammel Park Road, southwest of Winterset.

The Patrol says the pickup was westbound on 225th Street when it ran the stop sign at Pammel Park Road. The vehicle entered the south ditch of 225th Street. As it exited the ditch, the pickup rolled on the road and flipped, ejecting two of its passengers. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports three of the injured: 14-year old Tatum Scheuraman, 14-year old Destiny Cunningham, and 16-year old Joe Campbell, all of Winterset, were transported to hospitals in Des Moines. One of the 14-year olds (it’s not clear which) and Campbell were flown by LifeNet and Mercy One helicopters to the Methodist and Mercy Hospitals. Brooks was treated at the scene and released.

The accident remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, Winterset Police, Winterset Fire Department and the Madison County Ambulance.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who told police she intentionally ran over a teenager because she believed the girl was Mexican has been charged with another hit-and-run crash that hurt a 12-year-old boy. Des Moines police charged Nicole Franklin with attempted murder in connection with a Dec. 9 crash that occurred less than an hour before another hit-and-run in suburban Clive.

In the latest charge, Franklin was accused of hitting a boy in a Des Moines apartment complex. The boy suffered minor injuries. In the later incident, Franklin was charged with attempted murder after her vehicle hit Natalia Miranda as the 14-year-old was walking to school to watch a basketball game.

A Central Iowa man was injured Monday afternoon during a collision that involved two passenger cars and a semi, in Shelby County. The Iowa State Patrol reports the driver of a 2017 Dodge passenger car, 49-year old Bryan Law, of Des Moines, who was wearing a seat belt, was flown by LifeNet helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha, following the crash that happened at around 2:48-p.m. in a construction zone on Highway 59, just north of River Avenue, or about two-miles south of the Harlan Municipal Airport.

Law’s car, a 2011 Buick passenger car driven by 58-year old Christine Feldman, of Harlan, and a 2000 Peterbilt semi driven by 52-year old Darrel Case, of Tabor, were all stopped at the stop light in the construction zone, waiting for the light to turn green in order to proceed across the bridge.

Authorities say a 2015 Freightliner semi driven by Russwin Helsley, of Plattsmouth, NE., struck the Dodge, pushing it into other two vehicles. An investigation into the crash was ongoing as of the latest report.