FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A southeastern Iowa woman accused of driving drunk has been imprisoned for a crash that killed her husband. Lee County court records say 27-year-old Noelle Cosby, of Donnellson, was sentenced last week to five years in prison. She’d pleaded guilty.

Investigators say she was drunk and behind the wheel when she and her husband were heading home from a party on Dec. 10, 2017. Officials say she lost control of their sport utility vehicle, which ended up on its side in a driveway along Iowa Highway 2 near Donnellson. Police say 35-year-old Todd Cosby was thrown from the SUV and died at the scene.

Police in Creston conducted two arrests, Monday. At around 3:30-p.m., 29-year old Scott Draman, of Creston, was arrested 1700 W. Townline, on two Union County Warrants for two counts Possession of Controlled Substance 1st Offense and Theft 5th. Draman was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,300 bond. And at around 3-p.m. Monday, Creston Police arrested 71-year old Michael Ray Christensen, of Council Bluffs, in the 600 block of E. Taylor, for Driving While Barred. Christensen was later released on a $2,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa D-O-T officials are asking legislators to help ensure their dwindling stockpile of road salt is properly replenished. Lee Wilkinson is a top administrator for the Iowa D-O-T. “This was actually our most severe winter that I can recall. We have a winter severity index,” he says. “On a winter severity standpoint, this was the highest-rated winter we’ve had — at least since the early 2000s.”

The D-O-T has “salt sheds” placed around the state, so road crews can deal with hazardous highway conditions. It’s time to start buying salt now that prices are low and fill those sheds rather than buy salt in late fall when it’s more expensive. Wilkerson says the D-O-T needs about nine million dollars extra now to jump start that process, as the agency fell behind in buying salt last summer. “This winter was sort of a perfect storm, if you will, given the severity of the winter that we faced, plus the fact that we had to actually use a part of our normal salt budget to refill our salt sheds at the beginning of this year because of the previous winter that lasted through the end of April,” he says.

The proposal is included in a bill that has cleared the Senate and a House committee — and is eligible for debate in the full House.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the slaying of a young woman found lying in a West Des Moines road. According to KCCI, Police have charged Eliazar Montoya Gama with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of Sakira Bonner.the boy with robbery and first-degree murder. Police were sent late Friday night to an area west of Interstate 35 near a busy retail district for reports of a woman lying in the road. Police say other calls about gunshots were received as officers headed to the area.

The officers found the woman in the road. She was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She’s been identified as 18-year-old Sakira Bonner. Authorities say she was from Chicago but attended high school in Des Moines.

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

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an 82-year-old Dubuque man was fatally struck by a vehicle being driven by his wife. Dubuque police say 84-year-old Mary Bockenstedt was backing out of a private driveway around 11:40 a.m. Saturday when the vehicle hit 82-year-old Walter Bockenstedt, pinning him underneath. Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Time runs out this week for the winner of a $1 million Powerball prize to claim the money. Iowa Lottery officials say the winning ticket was bought April 11, 2018, at a Casey’s convenience store in the Des Moines suburb of Nevada. The ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball. The winner has a year to claim the prize. Lottery officials say that means the purchaser will need to get to lottery headquarters in Clive by 4 p.m. Thursday.

CLARKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Small towns on some of the nation’s most flood-prone rivers are struggling to afford flood-protection systems. Most communities along America’s rivers have a concrete floodwall or an earthen levee. But a few places can’t afford those barriers, such as Clarksville, Missouri; Watertown, South Dakota; and Hamburg, Iowa. Even when Congress authorizes money, the local share of a major flood project is often more than a small town can pay for.