A woman from Mills County was injured when nearly a dozen explosions took place in her vehicle, as it was parked along the shoulder of southbound Interstate 29, Saturday afternoon, just north of the Mills/Pottawattamie County line. Video from the scene showed several small explosions, jets of flames and one large explosion, all in a little more than 90-seconds. Most of the explosions were from three propane tanks in the vehicle driven by 42-year old Angela Thurman, of Pacific Junction.

Authorities say Thurman was driving her boyfriend’s car which contained three propane tanks. Not long after she lit a cigarette, one of the tanks exploded. Thurman pulled off the road and escaped prior to a second tank and the vehicle’s gasoline tank exploding.The woman was transported to a hospital in Council Bluffs, and later taken to a hospital in Omaha for treatment.

A man who was arrested June 26^th in connection with a stabbing incident in Red Oak, was arrested at around 10:35-a.m. Today (Monday) on charges that include two counts of Probation Violation. One is a felony, the other an Aggravated Misdemeanor. 35-year old Gordon Leroy Currin III, of Red Oak, was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $15,000 bond.

Currin had turned himself in June 26^th following an incident that took place in the 400 block of E. Maple Street, in Red Oak on that same date, during which he allegedly stabbed Darold Eugene Bredberg, of Red Oak, in the back. The incident started as a disagreement about a female and escalated to violence. Bredberg suffered non-life threatening injuries, and was being treated at the UNMC in Omaha.

Currin faces felony charges of Attempted Murder and Going Armed with intent, in connection with the June incident.

Red Oak Police with assistance from Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies Sunday night, arrested four people for Breach of Peace, following a disturbance in the area of 6th and Washington Streets. A caller reported to police that about three or four people were in the front yard of a residence possibly fighting. The caller said there was screaming and hollering, the use of epithets and violent behavior that created a disturbance in the neighborhood. Upon investigation, Red Oak Police arrested 26-year old Michelle Lynn Eden, and 25-year old Ashley Dawn Eden, both of Red Oak, along with 57-year old Darrell Leroy Eden and 49-year old Katherine May Eden, both of whom are from Griswold.

All four subjects were transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where they were booked-in and held on $300 bond, each.

In an update to our earlier report, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday), said 18-year old Tallon Wilson, of Griswold, and 35-year old Nicole Jensen, of Lewis, were transported by ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, Saturday, following an accident that happened at around 1:25-p.m.  southwest of Atlantic, at Memphis and White Pole Roads. Authorities say a 2005 Chevy Uplander driven by Jensen, was traveling southwest on White Pole Road following a tractor, when the vehicle was struck in the rear by a 2009 Chevy Impala driven by Wilson.  Damage to vehicles was estimated to be $5,000 each. Wilson was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.

And, on June 28th, at around 5:43 p.m., the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a two-vehicle accident at 570^th Street and White Pole Road. A 2000 Chevy Cavalier owned and driven by 60-year old Paule Marie Hayes, of Clarinda, was eastbound on White Pole Road when the vehicle was hit on the front driver’s side by a 2005 Dodge Stratus driven by 18-year old Rodney Harris Blackwell, of Davenport. Hayes, a passenger in her vehicle, and Blackwell were all taken to Cass County Memorial Hospital to be treated for minor injuries. Damage to the Chevy is estimated at $2,000; damage to the Dodge is estimated at $2,500. Blackwell was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop Sign and Yield Right of Way.

(12-p.m. News)

The Kirkman Fire Department was called out Friday night to the scene of a barn fire at the Gary “Red” Swensen residence southeast of Kirkman. Officials say the cause of the fire is unknown at this time. The barn was a total loss. Harlan, Irwin and Defiance fire departments assisted at the fire.

(From our sister station KNOD in Harlan)

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old man died after a fireworks accident in northeast Iowa. The Bremer County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and medics were sent around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to the man’s home about 2 miles northeast (3 kilometers) of Waverly. Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Ellison said Monday that Coltin Carolus was lighting off fireworks with friends when he got too close to a device that may have malfunctioned. It exploded on the ground instead of being shot into the air and then exploding. Ellison says no one else was injured.

He would not describe Carolus’ injuries. The sheriff’s office news release says Carolus was taken to Waverly Hospital and then transferred to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. The release says he was taken office life support around 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Iowa is now the second state in the nation — behind Wisconsin — to offer lay-off insurance to workers. The plans pay out a lump-sum if a person is laid-off or becomes unable to work. Mark Greene is director of Safety Net, the company that created this type of insurance. Greene says too many people don’t have enough savings to deal with a sudden disruption in their income.  “We’re meeting the reality that people find it extremely hard to save,” Greene says. “Of course, we encourage saving but this is an option that we didn’t see in the market. There weren’t a lot of options for people that run into this situation.”

Greene says interest has been high, though he declined to say how many policyholders there are. He added most states have no specific regulations for lay-off insurance. Greene says even when a job includes disability insurance, that’s often tied to the amount a worker was earning. “What we’ve done is kind of flipped that on its head and said, ‘You know what? This is meeting this a different way’,” Greene says. “We’re asking the consumer to decide how much they need, should they run into this situation.”

Greene says people choose a policy based on how much they want to receive in a lump sum if they ever have a claim. He says the company saw a need to offer workers an alternative to traditional saving. Many people aren’t able to accumulate enough savings, Greene says, to keep them afloat if they are suddenly laid off or injured.

(Radio Iowa, w/Reporting by Amy Mayer, Iowa Public Radio)

The driver of a 2007 Dodge Caravan was cited for Failure to Yield one-half of the roadway, following an accident at around 5:20-p.m. Saturday, in Union County. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 54-year old Melissa Renee Fils, of Creston, was talking to a passenger in her van, when it crossed the center line of Highway 25, and struck a pickup truck that was pulling a large utility trailer. The collision caused the doors to be torn off the van. Fils was transported to the hospital in Creston for what were said to be minor/non-incapacitating injuries. The driver of the pickup, 54-year old Douglas Dean Lamb, of Diagonal, was not hurt.

Lamb’s 2002 Chevy Silverado pickup sustained $5,000 damage. Damage to the van was $8,000 – a total loss.