DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Members of 13 teacher bargaining units have voted to maintain their union affiliations under Iowa’s new collective bargaining laws.

Iowa Public Employment Relations Board staff counted the votes Tuesday. The Des Moines Register reports that of the nearly 1,300 eligible voters, more than 1,100 voted to maintain their units.

The new collective bargaining laws require public-sector unions to recertify every time they face a new contract negotiation. Previously they elections if one of their members petitioned for decertification.

Republicans say the new laws give local governments more budget flexibility and ensure that unions are held accountable to all their members. Labor leaders say the new laws are designed to reduce the number of unions and weaken their influence.

All of Iowa’s 1,200 public bargaining units will face recertification elections.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of two young Red Oak women after a traffic stop on Tuesday night. At 8:41pm Officers conducted a traffic stop in the 1200 block of North Boundary Street for an Equipment Violation. After officers made contact with the two female occupants, an investigation recovered Marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. The driver 21-year-old Nakia Nicole Lamb of Red Oak was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Passenger 18-year-old Anna Marie Aufdenberg of Red Oak was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance.  Both women were taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond each.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the early morning arrest of a Council Bluffs man on drug charges following a traffic stop. 33-year-old Andrew Dean Boeck of Council Bluffs was arrested at the intersection of Highway 34 and A Avenue for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond. Deputies were assisted on scene by the Montgomery County K-9 Unit.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports an early Wednesday morning arrest of a Corning woman in Villisca. At 2:18am Deputies arrested 38-year-old Tamara Lynn McCoy of Corning at the intersection of U Avenue and West 3rd Street in Villisca on a valid Page County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. McCoy was turned over to Page County authorities and booked in to the Page County Jail on $5,000 cash only bond.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak woman on Tuesday night. At 9:32pm Officers arrested 53-year-old Leanna Miner in the 1200 block of East Summit Street in Red Oak on a Montgomery County Warrant for Violation of Probation. She was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.