Police in Webster City are investigating the assault Saturday evening, of an adult female and a juvenile male. Officers were sent to a residence in the 1200 block of 2nd Street at around 6:30-p.m., following a 9-1-1 call about a disturbance. When they arrived, Police found 35-year old Samantha Jo Gray, of Webster City, and the juvenile, had been assaulted. Both victims were transported to the hospital for treatment.

Anyone with information about the incident, is being asked to contact the Webster City Police Department at 515-832-9166, or, anonymously at 515-832-8437. Webster City Police are being assisted in their investigation by the Iowa DPS Division of Criminal Investigation, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa State Patrol.

Police in Creston report numerous recent arrests. On Sunday: 37-year old Ryan McDougall, of Creston, was arrested at around 2:30-a.m. for Public Intoxication & Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond: 31-year old Edgar Mendez Lopez, of Lenox, was arrested Sunday afternoon for OWI/2nd offense. He was later released on a $2,000 bond; and, 37-year old Joshua Smith, of Creston, was arrested Sunday evening on a charge of Simple Assault. He was released on a Promise to Appear in Court.

Saturday afternoon, 33-year old Shane White, of Clearfield, was arrested in Creston on an Adams County warrant for Failure to Appear (in court). White was transferred to the custody of Adams County Deputies. Late Saturday morning, 19-year old Jesse Christensen, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was later released on a $300 bond. At around 8:15-a.m. Saturday, 36-year old Wesley Gregg, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. He was ordered to serve the balance of his jail time, and additionally charged with Interference with Official Acts. After the balance of his sentence was served, Gregg was released to Ringgold County Deputies, who had an active warrant for his arrest.

48-year old Brian Moore, of Kent, was arrested for Public Intoxication at around 5:30-a.m. Saturday, in Creston. Moore was later released on $300 bond. And, at around 8-p.m. Friday, 49-year old Derek Reha, of Creston, was arrested for Public Intoxication. He was also later released on $300 bond.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa team has won a $115 million grant to develop satellites for studying a system of radiation created by the sun — “space weather.” The NASA grant will underwrite development of satellites expected to be launched within the next three years with more satellites developed by Southwest Research Institute scientists.

The Iowa City Press-Enterprise reports that the satellites are designed to gather data on how the sun creates solar wind and how Earth responds to the solar wind. NASA scientists say goal is to understand what drives space weather so humans can mitigate any harmful effects.

NASA official Nicky Fox says solar particles generated by the sun can interfere with undersea cables, power grids, radio communications and other electronic equipment.

ELKADER, Iowa (AP) — Officials say no one was injured in the crash of a small plane in northeast Iowa. The crash occurred Thursday morning while the pilot was attempting to land at Elkader Airport. The pilot of the single-engine Cessna has been identified as 62-year-old Mark Koehn, who lives in Elkader. He was alone in the plane. The crash is being investigated.

(Radio Iowa) — The naval warship christened with the name of a northwest Iowa city continues to undergo testing. Kevin O’Brien is in command of the U.S.S. Sioux City, a combat ship designed for deployment near shorelines. “Putting the ship through its paces is fun,” O’Brien says. “It’s a fun ship to drive. It goes really fast. We can shoot while we’re going fast.” Testing of the vessel will continue through the end of October.

USS Sioux City

“If you ask any one of the crew members…there are absolute challenges,” O’Brien says. “…We bring it through its paces, we document, we pull it into the dock and then we’ll fix everything that we need and then we’ll be ready to go.” O’Brien says after this testing period, the U.S.S. Sioux City will undergo what’s considered a short “maintenance phase” and be ready for general naval operations in early 2020.

O’Brien and three of his crew members were in Sioux City last week. He says the link to the citizens of Sioux City is important. “We could not be more proud every day when we put on our hats that say: ‘USS Sioux City,'” O’Brien says. “This is a community that has welcomed us, that has supported us when we’re here and, more importantly, it supports us when we’re at sea. We receive countless letters, care packages from the folks of this region and this region is absolutely steeped in service.”

City officials presented Commander O’Brien with a Sioux City flag to fly on the vessel while it is at sea. O’Brien has presented Sioux City with an American flag that was flown on the U.S.S. Sioux City during its trip to Norfolk, Virginia.