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

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old Nebraska boy has died in a western Iowa lake. Council Bluffs Assistant Fire Chief Derrick Williams says witnesses saw the Omaha boy disappear beneath the water shortly before 1 p.m. Monday at Lake Manawa. The boy had gone to Lake Manawa State Park in Council Bluffs with two siblings. Williams says the boy was last seen on an inner tube near the ropes that mark the end of the swimming area.

SPARTA, Wis. (AP) — Police say the Iowa man accused of making threats to kill estranged relatives at a high school graduation in Wisconsin has been arrested. The Sparta Police Department said Benjamin Sidie was taken into custody by Dubuque, Iowa police on Monday. School district officials in Sparta decided to cancel Friday’s graduation because of the alleged threats.

IONIA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old has died while swimming in a northeast Iowa park. The Chickesaw County sheriff’s office says Samuel Hake, of Nashua, died on Saturday at Chickesaw Park. Hake was an 11th grader at Nashua-Plainfield High School. Authorities have given few details on how Hake died, and are still investigating his death.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Two people have died in an eastern Iowa crash involving a car and a motorcycle. Authorities say officers responded to the crash in Waterloo around 5:40 p.m. Saturday. The driver of the motorcycle and a passenger in the car died at the scene. The car’s driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Monday night, released a report on arrests that took place over the past week. On May 20th, 53-year old Katherien Ann Larsen, of Greenfield, who also lists an address in Wichita, KS, was arrested at the Casey’s Store in Greenfield, on an Adair County warrant for Harboring a Runaway against the wishes of a parent. Larsen was released the following day on a $400 bond.

On May 23rd, 27-year old Brandy Lee Lumpula, of Omaha, was arrested in Adair, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense, after a K9 alerted to the presence of narcotics in her vehicle. A Probable Cause search of the Cadillac SUV resulted in the discovery in a bag located in the back seat. The bag contained a plastic cup with a white, crystal-like substance. Also inside the bag, was glass pipes believed to have been used for smoking meth. Lumpula admitted after being read her rights, that the substance was meth, and that she forgot the residue was there on the cup. She was booked into the Adair County Jail and released the next day on bond.

On May 24th, 27-year old Joshua Lee Jones, of Creston, was arrested following a traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 80. The driver of the vehicle told the Adair County Deputy that his passenger, Jones, had punched him in the side of his face. A female in the back seat had an active protection order in place against Jones, who was charged with simple assault and Violation of a Protection Order. Bond was set at $300.

On May 25th, 40-year old John Michael Burgoyne, of Brooklyn, IA, was arrested on a warrant for Violation of Probation, after being picked up from another law enforcement agency. His cash bond was set at $2,000. On May 26th, 38-year old David William Pat Clayton, of Greenfield, was arrested for Domestic Assault with Bodily Injury. He was released the same day after posting a $1,000 cash or surety bond. Also arrested May 26th, at the same location, was 41-year old Carrie Lee Ross, of Greenfield, who was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault causing bodily injury /2nd offense. Her cash or surety bond was set at $2,000.

There are now two hospitals in Iowa offering a new treatment for stroke victims that removes clots in the brain, potentially reversing early symptoms that previously could have led to permanent damage. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City and Mercy Hospital in Des Moines both offer endovascular thrombectomy. Michael Jacoby, medical director at Mercy, calls the procedure a “profoundly important” new option.

“It’s opened up a whole new avenue of stroke care in terms of an opportunity that wasn’t previously available to a large population of patients,” Jacoby says. According to Jacoby, for about 20 years, doctors only had I-V medication to offer as an immediate treatment for stroke.

“It’s only in the past couple years or so has a brand-new and in particular a very earth-shattering, or revolution, basically, in stroke care come to be in that we have this ability now to go in and take out clots that previously had resulted in devastating stroke,” Jacoby said. Mercy recently reached adequate medical staffing to offer the procedure anytime an eligible patient arrives. Patients can be transported from other hospitals to Mercy or UI Hospitals and the window for beginning treatment can be as long as 24 hours. But, Jacoby emphasizes that with stroke – it remains critically important to get medical attention as quickly as possible for the best outcomes.
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http://www.mercydesmoines.org/Mercy-Neuroscience-Center/Neurosurgery/Mechanical-Thrombectomy
(Radio Iowa, w/Thanks to Amy Mayer, Iowa Public Radio)