VENTURA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a firefighter was injured in northern Iowa when the firetruck he was driving rolled. The accident occurred a little after 9:30 p.m. Saturday, after the truck left a fire scene south of Ventura. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that authorities say the driver turned too short at an intersection, causing the truck to roll onto its top in a roadside ditch. The driver was taken to a Mason City hospital for treatment. He’s been identified as 65-year-old Doug Phinney.

State legislative races in southwest and western Iowa were easily won by incumbents in most cases during Tuesday’s election.

In the Iowa Senate…

District 11, incumbent Republican Senator Tom Shipley won a little more than 67-percent of the vote (17,984) to his Democrat challenger Sara Ramsey, who garnered nearly 33-percent of the vote (8,754).

In the Iowa House…

In District 12, Republican Brian Best defeated Democrat Peter Leo, 8, 398 to 4,373 (66% to 34%).

In District 15, Democrat Charlie McConkey defeated his Republican challenger LeAnn Hughes, by a vote of 56-percent to nearly 44-percent (4,620 to 3,584). In District 16, Republican Mary Ann Hanusa beat her Democrat challenger, Steve Gorman, by receiving nearly 50-percent of the vote to Gorman’s 48-percent (4,947 to 4,834). Both districts are in Pottawattamie County.

In District 20, Republican Ray “Bubba” Sorensen, of Greenfield, won over his Democrat challenger Warren Varley, 62-to 38-percent (7,648 to 4,613). In District 21, incumbent Republican Representative Tom Moore easily defeated Democrat challenger Denise O’Brien, by garnering nearly 66-percent of the vote (7,911) to O’Brien’s 34-percent (4,129).

In District 22, Republican Jon Jacobsen had 9, 702 votes (65.9%) to Democrat Ray Stevens’ 5,000 votes (33.96%).

In District 23, Republican David Sieck beat his Democrat challenger Chuck Larson, by receiving a little more than 66-percen of the vote (7,886 to 3,379). In District 24, Republican Cecil Dolecheck won his election over Democrat James Uhlenkamp, after garnering nearly 69-percent of the vote (7,692 to 3,660).

A traffic stop a little after 3-a.m. today in Montgomery County, resulted in the arrest of a Nebraska man. 22-year old Faisal Mohamed Khushai Assaedi, of Omaha, was taken into custody in the 2300 block of Highway 34, and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. Assaedi was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Red Oak Police, early this (Wednesday) morning, responded to a report of an unruly passenger on-board a train. Upon further investigation, 75-year old Edward Marcus Edwards, Jr., of North Carolina, was arrested at around 1:15-a.m., for Disorderly Conduct. Edwards was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond. Red Oak Police were assisted during the incident, by deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and the Iowa State Patrol.

(Radio Iowa) — The Sioux City Catholic Diocese has announced it is developing a list of “credibly accused priests” who’ve worked in the northwest Iowa diocese. The Diocese acknowledged news stories about Jerry Coyle, a priest who worked in parishes in Carroll and Fort Dodge, had been upsetting to many. In a written statement, the bishop asked anyone who had been victimized by a priest in the Diocese “at any time” to report it to the Victims Assistance Coordinator in the Diocese.

It also emphasized the allegations surrounding Coyle happened when the church often sent priests to treatment rather than report sex abuse allegations to the police for potential prosecution.

According to the statement, the Sioux City Diocese asked county attorneys in northwest Iowa to review allegations priests in the area had sexually abused children. The Diocese statement indicates the county attorneys declined “for various reasons” as many of the accused priests were dead and the statute of limitations had expired so there was no way to criminally prosecute accused priests who were still alive.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two years after Republicans swept most state and federal offices in Iowa, Democrats showed they still have some life in the state. Republican Kim Reynolds was elected governor on Tuesday and the GOP maintained control of the Legislature, but Democrats beat two Republican congressional incumbents in winning three of the state’s four U.S. House seats. It was a contrast to 2016, when President Donald Trump won the state by about nine percentage points and the GOP took three of four House seats.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Mike Naig will remain state agriculture secretary. Voters on Tuesday choose Naig over Democrat Tim Gannon, a central Iowa farmer who previously worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Naig grew up on a farm in northwest Iowa and has worked at the state agriculture department since 2013. Gov. Kim Reynolds appointed him agriculture secretary in March.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Kim Reynolds won her first full term as governor Tuesday, beating Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell to become the first woman elected governor in Iowa. Reynolds became governor in 2017 after Terry Branstad was named ambassador to China.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democrats in Iowa captured a majority of the state’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterms for the first time in years, but Republicans kept control of the state’s executive branch. While Democrats picked up two congressional seats, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds defeated Democrat Fred Hubbell to earn a full four-year term and her party appeared poised to keep control of the Legislature.