The Adams County Sheriff’s office released details on a couple of recent drug-related arrests.

On Saturday, April 15th at 9:38pm Adams County Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle operated by 19-year-old Kalyn Denise Smith of Massena. After investigation Smith was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  She was taken into custody and held on $300 bond.

On Sunday, April 16th Adams County Deputies investigated a trespassing complaint in Corning. Deputies spoke with 62-year-old James Robert Brown of Corning outside his residence and detected the odor of burnt marijuana coming from the residence. A consent search revealed numerous smoking devices, marijuana, a marijuana grinder, and rolling papers. Brown was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The Red Oak Police Department arrested a Red Oak man on Friday after investigation into a domestic incident. At 8:15pm Officers arrested 26-year-old Michael Todd Archer of Red Oak for Domestic Abuse Assault, a simple misdemeanor. Archer was arrested in the 1900 block of East Summit Street in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on no bond until seen by a Magistrate. Red Oak Police were assisted by Montgomery County Deputies during the arrest.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak man on multiple charges on Friday evening. At 5:42pm Officers arrested 19-year-old James Michael McCauley of Red Oak on a valid Montgomery County Arrest Warrant for Theft 3rd Degree. He was arrested at the intersection of West 4th and West Washington Streets.  McCauley was also charged with Possession of Controlled Substance Methamphetamine.  He was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $2,000 cash bond.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers continue debate at the Capitol as they attempt to adjourn the 2017 legislative session. Lawmakers were meeting privately Friday night in an effort to finalize a bill that helps make up the roughly $7.2 billion budget. The so-called standing appropriation bill includes policy and spending across several state agencies. They’ve already approved most budget bills that will require Gov. Terry Branstad’s signature.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa athletic director Gary Barta testifies his relationship with former administrator Jane Meyer deteriorated after Barta informed her she wouldn’t be considered for a top role during a planned reorganization of the Hawkeyes’ athletic department. Barta began his testimony Friday in a lawsuit filed by Meyer against the university.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Raw milk advocates’ efforts to expand availability across the U.S. have not slowed despite health officials’ assertions that it’s dangerous to drink milk that hasn’t been heated to kill bacteria. Efforts to legalize raw milk sales in some form have succeeded in 42 states, and expansion pushes are ongoing this year at least a half-dozen others. Health officials say increased raw milk consumption is linked to increased illness. Advocates say pasteurization kills beneficial enzymes and proteins.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a warrant to search a suspected drug dealer’s residence, even though a deputy and a judge failed to properly fill out the authorizing paperwork. The 4-3 ruling Friday exposes differences among the justices on whether officers and judges must be held to exacting standards or if seemingly minor bureaucratic oversights can be excused.

Tonight’s (Saturday) Powerball drawing falls on the same date that the very first drawing in the lottery game was held 25 years ago. Powerball was launched during this week in 1992 in Iowa and 14 other states. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says a lot has changed with the game in 25 years.

“Back when Powerball started, the jackpots started at $2 million and grew from there. Today, we barely blink an eye at $2 million,” Neubauer said. “It’s just funny to see how big the jackpots have become over time and all of the prizes that have been involved in that game through the years.” Powerball’s guaranteed jackpot now starts at $40 million.

Powerball tickets are now sold in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The world record for the largest lottery jackpot, a Powerball prize of nearly $1.6 billion, was split by three tickets in California, Florida and Tennessee in January of 2016. “The biggest Powerball jackpot won here in Iowa was also a very sizeable prize. That was $241 million claimed by the ‘Shipping 20,’ a group of co-workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids,” Neubauer said. “That was back in June of 2012.”

Neubauer has compiled a list of some Powerball factoids in Iowa. “More than 1,200 Powerball prizes of at least $10,000 have been won here in Iowa. Twenty-seven Powerball prizes of $1 million and 5 prizes of $2 million have been won in Iowa. Overall, Iowa Lottery players have won 8 jackpots in the game,” Neubauer said. The first Iowan to claim a Powerball jackpot was Ed Brown of Washington. He split a $10.4 million jackpot with a Missouri woman in December 1992.

(Radio Iowa)

Douglas Miller, founder and spokesperson for the “Take Back Bridgewater, Iowa” group, says its leadership, members and citizens are invited to a short meeting with 3rd District Republican Congressman David Young on Monday April 24, 2017 at 5-p.m. The meeting will be held in the basement of the Bridgewater United Methodist Church at 224 North Main Street, in Bridgewater.

Congressman David Young’s office staff responded to a letter sent by  Miller, asking for support and assistance in combating an ongoing drug problem in Bridgewater. The Director for Congressman Young said in his response to Miller, “We would like this meeting to be a starting point for a much lengthier conversation.”

The non-profit initiative “Take Back Bridgewater, Iowa” was formed to unite citizens with efforts to reduce ongoing criminal events as drug related activities increase in the small rural Adair County town. More information about this meeting and “Take Back Bridgewater, Iowa” can be found on the Facebook page by the same name.

ADEL, Iowa (AP) — A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for hacking to death his girlfriend, her teenage daughter and their landlord with a machete in central Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports that Carlos Hernandez-Ventura was sentenced Friday, a month after being found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder.

Prosecutors say Hernandez-Ventura used a machete on Oct. 29 to kill 34-year-old Lourdes Flor De Leake, 14-year-old Melany Barraza and 78-year-old Juan Jimenez Tejada at the home in Perry.

At trial, Hernandez-Ventura had testified that Leake’s estranged husband ordered the deaths, but investigators say they found no evidence he was involved.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Raw milk advocates’ efforts to expand availability across the U.S. have not slowed despite health officials’ assertions that it’s dangerous to drink milk that hasn’t been heated to kill bacteria.

Efforts to legalize raw milk sales in some form have succeeded in 42 states, and expansion pushes are ongoing this year in states including Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, Rhode Island, North Dakota and Texas.

All raw milk sales are banned in eight states. Dr. Megin Nichols with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says health officials worry that as access to raw milk increases, so will illnesses. Despite those concerns, people in states like Iowa that outlaw raw milk sales frequently travel to states such as Missouri where they can buy milk they believe is healthier.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa athletic director Gary Barta says his relationship with a former top administrator deteriorated after he informed her that after a reorganization of the athletic department, she no longer would be his second-in-command.

Testifying Friday in a discrimination lawsuit filed by former administrator Jane Meyer, Barta said the two initially had a strong working relationship but that she became antagonistic after he told her in 2013 that he’d look for a new deputy director. Barta said he based his decision, in part, because he believed the head football and wrestling coaches wouldn’t support Meyer.

Meyer’s lawsuit alleges she suffered workplace discrimination as a gay woman in a relationship with a coach, that the school retaliated against her and that she was paid less than a male counterpart.

ODEBOLT, Iowa (AP) — Iowa environmental officials are investigating a chemical fertilizer spill in western Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources say a tanker carrying ammonium thiosulfate, a liquid fertilizer, tipped over Friday morning in Odebolt.

Investigators say the tanker, which was bound for a bulk plant in Boone, was carrying about 4,340 gallons of fertilizer. Officials say it’s not known how much of the product leaked from the top fill port before it was stopped and contained.

Some of the fertilizer ran into a small tributary, through a culvert and flowed through town to Odebolt Creek. Officials have tested water quality at several places and found elevated levels of ammonia, but did not detect ammonia downstream. There are no fish in the tributary. Cleanup of the spill is planned.