Police in Red Oak, Wednesday evening, arrested a man wanted on a Page County warrant. 28-year old Mark Lee Parkinson, Jr., of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 6:45-p.m. on the warrant charging him with three counts of Harassment in the 1st Degree, an aggravated misdemeanor. Parkinson was transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where he was being held on $6,000 bond while awaiting extradition to Page County.

(Radio Iowa/Karla James – Omaha) — A National Park Service employee is credited with rescuing a man who jumped from a bridge into the Missouri River. Biologist Chris Holbeck says he was in his office Tuesday morning when he noticed, from a window, something splashed in the water. Holbeck quickly realized it was a man who jumped from the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge that connects Council Bluffs and Omaha.

Bob Kerrey Pedestrian bridge; Photo credit: Omaha Convention & Visitors Bureau

“So I called out to my colleagues to call 911 and I ran downstairs,” Holbeck said. “We keep a rescue ring by the back door because we’ve seen people jump from the bridge before.” Holbeck took the rescue ring down to the riverbank, but the current was pulling the man too far away.  “I couldn’t get to him. I kept calling to him to keep his head above water and swim toward shore,” Holbeck said. “Eventually, the boardwalk runs out and I lost sight of the guy.” Although he believed the man likely drowned, Holbeck continued to search the banks.

“I started searching the riverbank and sure enough, there he was and I pulled him from the river,” Holbeck said. According to Omaha Police, the jumper was taken to a hospital and will be okay.

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

HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King is keeping a low profile in the closing days of a re-election campaign that has suddenly turned competitive. King has been engulfed in controversy for his past support of white supremacist groups and leaders in light of Saturday’s massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. King has announced no public campaign events and is sticking to a light schedule.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese in Iowa is acknowledging that it kept quiet for 32 years about a priest’s admission to having sexually abused dozens of boys. The Diocese of Sioux City told The Associated Press in a statement Wednesday that it never contacted police or informed the public about the Rev. Jerome Coyle, despite his 1986 admission. With diocese assistance, Coyle recently moved into a Fort Dodge retirement home that’s across the street from a Catholic school.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — A former friend of an Iowa father whose infant son was found dead and maggot-infested in a baby swing last year has testified he wasn’t even aware the man had a baby. The Courier reports that Jordan Clark testified Wednesday at the trial of 29-year-old Zachary Paul Koehn, who’s charged with murder and child endangerment in the August 2017 death of 4-month-old Sterling Koehn.

LARCHWOOD, Iowa (AP) — A former employee has bought out the owners of an animal vaccine plant in northwest Iowa. The Sioux Falls (South Dakota) Argus Leader reports that Eric Schuler completed the deal in mid-August for Elanco’s operations in Larchwood, where he once was head of engineering. He’s formed Vos BioTech and intends to retain as many of the plant’s employees as possible.

DORCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man killed when a farm machine ran over him in northeast Iowa’s Allamakee County was a Minnesota man. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office says first responders were called Tuesday morning to a farm field northwest of Dorchester and found 64-year-old Gerald Oren Myrhe, of Caledonia, Minnesota. The sheriff’s office says a combine had backed up over Myrhe when it was being maneuvered to unload corn.

Myrhe was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department said Wednesday, that their 17th Annual “Operation Medicine Cabinet” take back prescription drug program held last Saturday, resulted in nearly 306 pounds of miscellaneous pharmaceuticals being turned-in, with 138 people participating in the DEA sponsored event.

To date, the Departments “Operation Medicine Cabinet” events have resulted in 6,050 pounds of miscellaneous pharmaceuticals being collected and over 3,295 individuals participating.

Officials say the Department’s success with these events would not be possible without the collaboration of several community organizations including Promise Partners and Prevention Means Progress; volunteers, the Council Bluffs Recycling center, Walgreens and Pizza Counter.