A man and woman on a motorcycle were seriously injured during an accident just northwest of Atlantic, early this (Saturday) morning. Medivac Ambulance and Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene at 590th and Marne Road (Highway 83), at around 2:35-a.m.

Two riders were transported to the hospital. One of them, a female, was suffering from an apparent compound left hip fracture and injured leg. She was stabilized and transported to the Atlantic Airport for transfer by helicopter to another hospital. There was no immediate report on the condition of the male.

Atlantic Fire and Rescue, Marne Fire and Rescue, Medivac Ambulance, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies and Atlantic Police responded to the scene. No further details were available early this morning. The accident was being investigated by the Iowa State Patrol.

A man from Villisca was arrested early this (Saturday) morning. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 1:46-a.m., Deputies arrested 38-year old Alan Joe Turpen, for Interference with Official Acts, and Public Intoxication. Turpen was taken into custody following an incident in the 500 block of S. 4th Avenue, in Villisca.

He was arrested following a short foot pursuit, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where bond was set at $300.

A man from Story County was arrested Friday evening in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Office says 24-year old Lucas Scott Brooks, of Zearing, was arrested for Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree, following an incident on Highway 34, near mile marker 30, west of Red Oak. He was taken into custody at around 6:52-p.m. and then released on a summons to appear in court at a later date.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says a narcotics search warrant executed at 706 E. Nuckols Street in Red Oak at around 10:07-p.m. Friday, resulted in the arrest of 20-year old John Nicholas Rasmussen, of Red Oak.

Rasmussen was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond. Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies and Red Oak Police assisted in handling the incident.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A vote to fill a vacant Iowa House of Representatives seat for northwest Ames has been set for later this summer. Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday announced the special election will be held Aug. 6 to replace former state Rep. Lisa Heddens. Heddens, a nine-term Democrat, resigned from her seat earlier this week to serve on the Story County Board of Supervisors, leaving the House District 46 seat open.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The murder trial for a former farmhand charged in the abduction and killing of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has been delayed. The Des Moines Register reported Friday that 25-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will face trial Nov. 11 in Woodbury County. Rivera is accused of killing Tibbetts, who disappeared while out for a run July 18 in Brooklyn, Iowa. Investigators recovered her body a month later in a cornfield. Officials say she was stabbed to death.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A state workers union is criticizing what it says is the state’s lack of response to attacks on at least four employees at the state psychiatric care facility in eastern Iowa. The union says assaults over the past two weeks at the Independence Mental Health Institute include a nurse punched in the nose. Union President Danny Homan says the state is showing no urgency in addressing the incidents. A state spokesman says institute workplace injuries are down from last year.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — A man has been charged with murder in Oskaloosa, accused of killing his girlfriend’s baby son. Station WOI reports that Johnny Dale Jr. is being held on $1.25 million bail. The records don’t list an attorney for him. A court document says Dale told an investigator he’d grown frustrated with the baby and said he bounced the boy on an air mattress in an attempt to get him to sleep. Dale acknowledged that his actions likely injured the boy. The baby died Friday morning.

(Radio Iowa) — The number of vendors seeking a license to sell fireworks is down slightly this year. State Fire Marshal, Dan Wood, oversees the licensing process for the state. “We’ve still got a few trickling in. As of right now we are at 592. Last year at the end of the year we were at 791,” according to Wood. This is the third year that the fireworks have been legal again in the state and Wood says the market seems to be figuring itself out.

“Yeah, I think the last couple of years has kind of been an experiment for the vendors,” he says. “Where this third year is probably what we’re going to see going forward is my guess.” Vendors can set up shop in a permanent building, or get a permit for a temporary location. “A vast majority are the tents, and we have very few permanent sites,” Wood says. Last year he says they had 35 permanent sites out of the nearly 800 total sites.

While it is legal for you to buy fireworks and possess them anywhere in the state — the law leaves it up local leaders to decided if you can shoot them of in each city. Wood says they don’t get as many phone calls to his office now with questions about where it’s legal to shoot them off. “The first year we did and after that they got used to cities were controlling that. Those calls have really gone down also,” Wood says.

Those with permanent buildings can sell fireworks between June 1st and July 8th and those with temporary structures can sell them from June 13th to July 8th.