The Creston Police Department reports two Union County residents were arrested Thursday afternoon on warrants out of Nebraska, for Failure to Appear in court. 29-year old Christopher Wollums and 23-year old Louise Yan Boughner, both of Creston, were taken into custody at around 12:15-p.m. Wollums was being held in the Union County Jail, while Boughner was being held in the Ringgold County Jail, both pending extradition to Nebraska.

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(Updated) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A slow-moving storm has dropped nearly 2 feet of snow in western Nebraska as it moves east through Iowa, covering highways and making travel treacherous. The interstates and major highways remained open Friday morning despite the blowing snow and drifting.

In Iowa, late Thursday night, numerous accidents were reported on I-80 near Avoca, with motorists contending with quickly changing weather conditions, from rain to heavy snow, depending on where you were along the roadway. The National Weather service even issued its first Severe Thunderstorm Warning of the season for eastern Cass northern Adair and southern Guthrie Counties, where hail was being reported.

Iowa officials reported that an accident had forced closure of a northbound lane on Interstate 35 in northern Iowa. No fatalities have been reported. A blizzard warning remained in effect for far northeast Nebraska and most of northwest Iowa.

In Nebraska, National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Jamski says the big system let loose Wednesday night over Alliance in the Nebraska Panhandle. Snowfall of 22 inches was reported there by Thursday afternoon. He says the total could reach 25-26 inches by the storm’s exit this (Friday) afternoon.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A subcommittee in the Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature has approved a comprehensive gun bill that includes a stand-your-ground provision. The panel signed off on the measure Thursday, and it now heads to the full House Judiciary Committee. The bill also changes other gun laws, from allowing guns at the state Capitol to lifetime weapon permits.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A GOP-led legislative subcommittee has approved a bill that would allow an unlimited number of students in Iowa to enroll in for-profit online schools that receive state education funding. A subcommittee of the Senate Education Committee approved the bill Thursday. It now heads to the full committee. Enrollment in virtual schools is currently capped at several hundred students in Iowa.

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — A sometimes hostile crowd peppered Iowa Congressman David Young with questions about the Affordable Care Act, environment and other issues at a public forum in Urbandale. House and Senate members from across the country have faced skeptical crowds while home during a congressional break, and that was the case Thursday when Young took questions during a forum that lasted more than an hour.

WALCOTT, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters are cleaning up a diesel spill on Mud Creek in eastern Iowa. A news release from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a sheen on Mud Creek about 10 miles northwest of Walcott led to a leaking pipe from an above-ground diesel tank Thursday morning. Officials say possibly 500 gallons spilled into a tributary of the creek.

The Iowa Department of Transportation reported early this (Friday) morning, that a tow ban is in-place for most of Cass and Adair Counties, due to the quickly deteriorating road conditions and numerous accidents that had occurred since just before midnight. Any vehicle that goes off into the ditch along the interstate and secondary roads will have to remain there until towing services is allowed, depending on whether the vehicle is blocking the flow of traffic or not. Conditions had begun to improve according to dispatch reports, at around 12:35-a.m, Friday.

Police in Red Oak, Thursday afternoon, arrested a man for allegedly attempting to break into a vehicle. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Red Oak Police arrested 30-year old Benjamin William Hrabik, of Red Oak, for Attempted 3rd Degree Burglary, after officers were called to the 1200 block of N. Highland Avenue for a man attempting to break into a vehicle.

Witnesses provided police with a description of the suspect (Hrabrik), who was located at the intersection of N. Broad and E. Corning Streets. Hrabik, who tried to leave the scene when a witness confronted him, was taken into custody and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $1,000.

The Iowa Department of Transportation reported (as of 11:35-p.m Thursday), that the right lane of Interstate 80 eastbound near Avoca (Between Exit 40/Highway 59 and Exit 34/County Road M-16) is blocked due to a property damage only, accident. No injuries were reported.  A slight delay in traffic flow can be expected.

URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) — A sometimes hostile crowd peppered Iowa Congressman David Young with questions about the Affordable Care Act, environment and other issues at a public forum in Urbandale. House and Senate members from across the country have faced skeptical crowds while home during a congressional break, and that was the case Thursday when Young took questions during a forum that lasted more than an hour.

Jordan Hobfoll asked the two-term Republican if health care would remain affordable for his 1-year-old son, who was born with a serious health problem. The crowd jeered Young as he sidestepped giving “a definite answer” but said the boy wouldn’t be denied care.

Others criticized Young’s support for President Donald Trump and expressed fears about the president’s cabinet choices for the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies.

Here is the latest (as of 3:15-p.m. Thursday), on the impending Winter Storm:

A Blizzard Warning is in effect from Midnight tonight (Thursday), through Midnight Friday (early Saturday) for Crawford, Carroll and Greene Counties, where 5-8 inches of snow are expected along with much deeper snow drifts. Winds will be N/NW at 20-30mph w/gusts to around 35. Travel will be dangerous to near impossible due to whiteout conditions.

A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 6-a.m. Friday until Midnight, for Monona and Harrison Counties, where 5-8″ of snow are possible, along with NE winds at around 35 mph creating blowing and drifting of snow and near zero visibility at times.

A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect from 6-a.m. Friday until Midnight for Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie and Dallas Counties, where 2-6″ of snow are possible, along with N/NW winds at 20-30mph. Visibilities may drop to as low as 1/2 mile during the day, Friday. Hazardous travel conditions are expected from early Friday morning into early Saturday morning.