A traffic stop Thursday night in Adams County resulted in two arrests. The Adams County Sheriff’s Department reports Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for failing to display license plates. Upon further investigation, a passenger in the vehicle provided a false name to deputies. The individual was later identified as Alex Jordan Pfeil, of Rock Port, Missouri. Deputies determined that Pfeil had a warrant for Parole Violation in Missouri.

Alex Pfeil

During the investigation, K9 “Baxo” was deployed and gave a positive alert to the odor of narcotics. Pfeil was placed under arrest for Providing False Identification Information. Another passenger in the vehicle, Courtney Bartles, of Hamburg, Iowa was placed under arrest for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Providing False Identification Information. Deputies located numerous marijuana pipes, a marijuana grinder, and used hypodermic needles concealed on Bartles’ person.

Courtney Bartles

Police in Red Oak report four arrests occurred Thursday. At around 9:20-p.m., 31-year old Bradley Brent Perdue, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 2400 block of Highway 48, for Driving While Revoked and failure to have SR-22 Insurance. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond. At around 7:50-p.m., 25-year old Joshua Michael Parker, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 1000 block of E. Reed Street, for Violation of a No Contact Order. His bond was set at $300.

38-year old Christopher Michael Lowrance, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 4:05-p.m. Thursday in the 400 block of E. Market Street, for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. His bond was also set at $300. And, 65-year old Neil Edward Barnhart, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 4-p.m. Thursday, for unauthorized use of a credit card (under $1,000). Police say Barnhart used the victims’ credit card at several places to obtain money for himself. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 cash-only bond.

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

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A late-winter storm system continues its trek across the Midwest. It will send rain and snow into Minnesota and Illinois on Friday. The storm left quickly rising floods in its wake in parts of eastern Nebraska and Iowa that saw people evacuated from their homes, roads washed out in communities, and farmers worried the water would drown livestock.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his wife and set her body on fire in cemetery last year. The Courier reports that 28-year-old Fredrick Williams filed a written plea of not guilty to the Black Hawk County District Court. Williams is charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of 40-year-old Lakisha Williams. An autopsy determined she was asphyxiated.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says it is important for the U.S. to confront the truth about how black people have been treated in the country. At a house party Thursday in Iowa, O’Rourke said the U.S. needs to recognize that systematic racism is real. Other Democratic presidential candidates have spoken of the need for the U.S. government to make up for centuries of stolen labor and oppression by offering reparations, but not in the traditional sense of financial renumeration.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed an emergency disaster proclamation that allows state resources to be used to respond to flooding in portions of the state. Reynolds also on Thursday activated Iowa’s State Emergency Operations Center to coordinate the response to flooding and help monitor rapidly-evolving conditions. The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for some areas and says river flooding will continue through the weekend due to excessive runoff from rain and snow melt.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa motorists, beware! That big puddle on the roadside may be hiding a massive pothole that could cost you dearly. You’re driving along, minding your own business, and suddenly, wham! Jonna Warner, who manages an auto repair shop in central Iowa, says she’s getting a half dozen customers daily who’ve hit potholes. “We’re replacing wheels, so it’s ruining wheels, blowing tires out, misaligning the vehicle,” Warner says. “A lot of damage can occur.”

Those repairs aren’t cheap, either. “Replacing a wheel and tire combination can run $500 to $600 on some of these newer cars,” she says. And if there’s suspension damage, like to shocks, struts or tie rods, the bill can quickly bounce into the thousand-dollar range. Sometimes you can see the pothole coming, but you’re penned into the lane. If you can slow down quickly and safely, you might be able to just roll over it.

“I’ve seen people do that and I’ve had to do that myself, trying to get over a little more so you’re not hitting it directly on,” Warner says. “There’s some that are in lanes where, if you swerve to miss it, you’re going into the other lane. If there’s a car there, it’s definitely a dangerous situation.” You’ll know if you’ve done some damage if, after hitting a hole, the steering wheel feels wobbly or off-center, you might hear a rattle or the whole car may be shaky.

Warner, who runs Freedom Tire in Des Moines, says to watch out for those stealth potholes, too.  “Be careful and if it’s a pool of water on the road, typically there’s a hole underneath it,” Warner says. “A lot of people will hit them, not seeing them because they’re filled with water.” She says some clients have tried forwarding their pothole repair bill on to the city for reimbursement, but none have had any success.