A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy on patrol Tuesday night, arrested a woman on a warrant following a traffic stop. The Deputy pulled over a 1998 Jeep Cherokee at around 9:45-p.m., after the driver allegedly failed to obey a stop sign at the intersection of Monument Road and Mynster Springs Road. A records check showed the driver, 29-year old Rachel Goldapp, of Council Bluffs, was wanted on a warrant for violation of probation.  Once the warrant was confirmed, Goldapp was placed under arrest and transported to the Pottawattamie County Jail where she was turned over to jail staff without incident.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque hospital is expected to plead its case Wednesday at a state oversight board hearing in Des Moines for a new cancer center. Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque is seeking permission from the State Health Facilities Council to buy $5.2 million worth of equipment for a $25 million center. In October the council rejected Mercy’s request. UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital argued at the time that its Wendt Cancer Center already provides the necessary services in Dubuque. The council is charged with preventing unnecessary duplication of medical services.

One of the five council members has noted connections to a law firm involved in Mercy’s application so is not expected to vote, avoiding a possible conflict of interest.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has rejected a request from the developers of three wind turbines in northeast Iowa to review a district judge’s order that the turbines be removed by Dec. 9.
The city of Fairbank and some private landowners sued in 2015 after county zoning officials declared the turbines didn’t require special permit approval. Judge John Bauercamper sided with the project opponents in 2016 and ordered the turbines to be removed. That decision was later upheld by the Iowa Court of Appeals, and the Iowa Supreme Court in May let that decision stand.

On Tuesday the high court again refused to review Bauercamper’s order. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the developers indicated in a separate district court filing that electric production has ceased and that developers intend to sign a turbine removal contract by Friday.

HERSHEY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an Iowa woman was pulled over and cited twice for speeding in western Nebraska — the second time after hitting 142 mph. Lincoln County, NE. deputies say 31-year-old Shauntl Wilson, from Council Bluffs, was first stopped around 1 a.m. Saturday on westbound Interstate 80 between Brady and Maxwell. A deputy cited her and let her leave. But deputies say she accelerated away rapidly and soon exceeded the speed limit. They gave chase again as she hit 142 mph, and she finally stopped a couple miles west of Hershey.

Wilson was arrested for Willful Reckless Driving and taken to the Lincoln County Detention Center. While doing an inventory of her car, Deputies discovered user amounts of suspected Marijuana in the vehicle. Authorities say additional charges are possible.

Police in Creston say a woman from Lenox was arrested Tuesday night in the 100 block of N. Pine Street, in Creston. 41-year old Shelby Weis was taken into custody at around 9:05-p.m., for Driving While Barred. Weis was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

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WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — Another nursing assistant accused of sexually abusing patients at a northeast Iowa mental health facility has pleaded guilty. Fayette County District Court records say 31-year-old Jamie Pagel, of Sumner, entered the plea Monday to sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist. She was given two years of probation and was ordered to register as a sex offender. Pagel also was granted a deferred judgment, which means the conviction can be cleared from her record if she abides by the terms of her probation.

Pagel was one of five nursing assistants arrested earlier this year after an investigation of sexual assaults at Prairie View Residential Care Facility in Fayette. The facility provides services for adults with chronic mental illness.