Creston Police, early this (Tuesday) morning, arrested James Chandler Sash at his residence on West Adams Street. Sash was taken into cutsody on the charge of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was being held at Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A special election today (Tuesday) will decide who will replace Republican Jim Carlin in the Iowa House. Democrat Rita DeJong and Republican Jacob Bossman are competing for the District 6 seat. Carlin vacated it when he won a special election to the state Senate last month.

The heavily Republican district covers part of Sioux City, the cities of Sergeant Bluff, Bronson and Salix, and some rural areas in northern and southern Woodbury County. Bossman lost his previous bid for District 6 post in 2016. It’s DeJong’s first run for elective office.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Woodbury County supervisors are scheduled today (Tuesday) to consider asking a judge to let the public carry guns into some public areas of the county courthouse in Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports that the draft of a letter to Judge Duane Hoffmeyer asks him to eliminate the weapons ban in the public areas but uphold the ban for the second, third and fourth floors, which are considered court-controlled areas. Courtrooms, judge chambers and attorney offices are situated on those floors.

Hoffmeyer issued his order in August, after the supervisors voted to allow guns on county property in an attempt to comply with the state’s newly expanded gun rights law. Hoffmeyer is chief judge for Iowa’s 3rd Judicial District, which includes Woodbury County and 15 other Northwest Iowa counties.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports his deputies conducting an investigation into a series of stolen vehicle and thefts, Monday night recovered two stolen vehicle, a stolen camper, flatbed trailer, 4-wheeler, and other, miscellaneous stolen items. They were recovered in the vicinity of Green Hollow Road. During the investigation, Deputies came into contact with a suspicious vehicle, and they soon engaged in a pursuit on Green Hollow Road.

The suspect vehicle traveled south into Thurman, before heading east towards Highway 275 and then changing directions. He went south on 242nd Avenue and shut off his lights before turning into a field entrance a little over one-mile from 160th Street. Deputies pursued the vehicle until it crashed. When the persons inside took off on foot, Deputies deployed the Sheriff’s Office K9 “Judge” and his partner, to track the suspects.

K9 “Judge”

One of the suspects was tracked into the bluffs and down a creek bed. The suspect was given numerous commands to surrender, but he continued to resist, and fled on foot once again. The K9 foiled the suspects’ efforts to run, though.  During the apprehension, the suspect kicked the K9 in the face, but the dog never let go of his bite., and dragged him toward the handler. The suspect was then taken into custody and transported to Grape Community Hospital to be treated for dog bite and hypothermia. He was later transported to Jenny Edmundson Hospital, in Council Bluffs. A Deputy was treated for frost bite, following the incident.

The suspect’s name was not immediately available, because he was uncooperative with authorities. He faces charges that include Eluding, Assault on a Peace Officer, and other infractions.  The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Tabor Police and the Iowa State Patrol.

Republican Senator Joni Ernst says it “seems heartless” to deport people whose parents brought them into the U.S. illegally when they were children. “What I’ve been doing is kind of querying conservatives and Republicans across the state: ‘What do you think the answer to DACA is?’ And probably 90 percent or better say: ‘We need a permanent solution. They’re parts of our communities and we can’t let them go. They need to be here,'” Ernst says. “And I agree.”

Ernst says President Trump supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA program, he just requires a deal on DACA to include more funding for border security. Ernst held a town hall meeting in Boone yesterday (Monday) afternoon that was live streamed by The Des Moines Register. Ernst told the crowd she doesn’t “appreciate the rhetoric coming out of the White House” because “so much” of her time is spent answering questions about what the president says rather than the legislation she’s working on. Ernst directly addressed accounts indicating Trump used a derogatory word to describe African nations during an Oval Office meeting. As she visits other countries on congressional trips, Ernst says she tries to stress a “consistent” U.S. message of “level-headedness.”

“We have good friends in other nations…We need to treat them with dignity and respect, just as we would expect to be treated,” Ernst said. “…Hopefully, beyond the administration, they will see that they do have partners.”  A few minutes later, a man in the crowd directly asked Ernst if the president is a racist. “Deep inside, no, I don’t think he’s a racist,” Ernst said. “I think he’s brash and he says things that are on his mind, but I don’t truly think that he is a racist.”  Ernst got crowd reaction to her opinion that ranged from disagreement to applause.

(Radio Iowa)