PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to jail for his role in a fatal traffic accident in eastern Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Michael Bauman, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced Thursday in Plattsmouth to 250 days in jail. He also was fined $1,000, and his driver’s license was revoked for a year. He’d pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular homicide.

Authorities say he was driving south on Nebraska Highway 43 south of Eagle around 9 a.m. on July 14, 2017, when he turned his semitrailer left into the path of a northbound motorcycle. Forty-seven-year-old Chris Badman died in the collision. He lived in South Bend, Nebraska.

Officials with the Creston Police Department say 49-year old Brian Ward, of Creston, was arrested at around 8:10-p.m., Sunday. Ward was taken into custody for OWI/2nd offense, and Driving While [License] Suspended. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $3,000 bond. And, at around 9:40-a.m. Sunday, a Creston man who resides in the 700 block of W. Devoe, reported to police that his cell phone was taken from his porch sometime during the overnight hours of May 19th-20th. The loss was estimated at $50.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters and others have been searching for a man who was reported to have fallen into the Mississippi River in Davenport. Searchers combed the area near the Lake Davenport Sailing Club, where the man was working on a boat Saturday morning. Divers from the Big River Rescue and Recovery Dive Team joined the effort. The man’s name hasn’t been released.

Members of the CAM School District’s Board of Education will meet 6:30-p.m. today in the CAM High School Media Center. During their regular session, the Board will Discuss and/or act on: Approving salaries for classified staff for 2018-19, and Teacher Leadership position; the 2018-19 school calendar; contracts and/or resignations; a memorandum of understanding with Iowa Western Community College; approval of a sharing agreement with Atlantic School District, and other administrative matter.

Area law enforcement agencies and officials with the Governors Traffic Safety Bureau say that beginning today (May 21st) and until June 3rd, State and local law enforcement agencies across the United States will be stepping up enforcement with the Click It or Ticket campaign. This concentrated effort will be on the lookout for motorists who aren’t wearing their seat belts. Click It or Ticket is not just about writing traffic tickets; it’s about saving lives. In 2016, the last year in which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has information, there were 10,428 unbuckled passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in the United States. That number is more than the population of Grimes, IA and of 99.5 percent of Iowa’s towns and cities.

According to NHTSA 48 percent of the passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2016 were unrestrained. Almost twice as many males were killed in crashes and they had a lower seat belt use rate. It is even worse at night when 56 percent of the fatalities were unrestrained.

Patrick Hoye, Bureau Chief, Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau said, “If you have a friend or family member who does not buckle up when they drive, please encourage them to make it a habit. It is such a simple thing to do and it very well could save their life”.

The Iowa Department of Public Safety and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau remind you that seat belts save lives, and everyone – front seat and back, child and adult – needs to remember to buckle up – every trip, every time!