FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Concerns raised by the State Historic Preservation Office have delayed plans for removing two dams spanning the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge. The Messenger reports that the Fort Dodge City Council was scheduled to award contracts Monday for removing the Hydroelectric Dam and what’s commonly called the Little Dam. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the city’s consulting engineer earlier in the day that permits for the removals wouldn’t be issued because of the preservation office’s concerns.

The engineer, Wade Greiman, told the council that he and city staffers will meet with officials from the preservation office and the Corps later this week to learn more about the concerns. Plans call for demolition work on both dams to start Dec. 19. They would be replaced with structures to direct water and reduce stream bed erosion.

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County report a Council Bluffs man turned himself-in to authorities Monday morning. After the warrant for Violation of Probation was confirmed, 36-year old Ryan Jefferey Krause was turned over to Corrections Staff. A woman who appeared at the Pott. County Jail Monday afternoon, turned herself-in on a warrant out of Nebraska. The paperwork for 18-year old Hannah Marie Cox, of Council Bluffs, showed that she was an adjudged juvenile delinquent that had a juvenile warrant for absent from a court placement (Fugitive from Justice). The woman was turned over to Corrections Staff for processing.

Another woman also turned herself-in to the Pott. County Jail Monday afternoon. 35-year old Elizabeth Grace Christo, of Carter Lake, had an active arrest warrant for Failure to Appear, with regard to a Violation of No Contact Order. She was booked into the jail, with bond set at $500. And, a man being held in the Pott. County Jail on separate, Federal charges, was presented with a warrant for Failure to Appear on a Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 2nd offense charge. 34-year old Chase Lee Richard, of Council Bluffs, was read the warrant and returned to his cell. His bond was set at $10,000.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin man died in an accident at his job in Dubuque. The accident occurred Thursday at A.Y. McDonald Manufacturing Co., which makes water works brass, plumbing valves, pumps and water systems, and high-pressure gas valves and meter bars. Dubuque Fire Chief Rick Steines says emergency responders were sent after it was reported that the man was trapped in equipment. He died later at a hospital.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident. The man’s been identified as 46-year-old Dennis Hall, who’d worked for A.Y. McDonald for five years. Hall lived in Potosi, Wisconsin. Company President and CEO Rob McDonald said the company and its employees are reeling from the loss.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman whose infant son died after she gave him large amounts of an allergy medication has been given two years of probation. Polk County court records say 34-year-old Latyia Johnson pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor child endangerment. The judge also gave her a two-year prison sentence that was suspended.

Medics were sent in January to a Des Moines motel where she and her 6-month-old son were staying. The boy, Chance Alexander, died later at a hospital. An autopsy report showed high levels of an ingredient found in allergy medications and sleep aids.

The records say Johnson initially told officers that she’d awakened early on Jan. 24 to find her son unresponsive. She acknowledged that she’d given him more than an adult level of an allergy medication and a children’s pain reliever.