The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City Construction Office reports ramp shoulder construction work, in conjunction with the Interstate 29 interchange reconstruction project, will require closing northbound I-29 on- and off-ramps at Salix (exit 134) beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, until Tuesday, June 13, weather permitting.

Motorists will be directed around the northbound I-29 ramp work zone onto a signed detour route using Woodbury County roads D-51 and K-45. Upon completion of the northbound I-29 ramp construction work, southbound I-29 on- and off-ramps will be closed for approximately two weeks for shoulder construction work. Traffic will be detoured around the work zone using Woodbury County roads D-51 and K-25.

The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with caution, obey the posted speed limit and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving violations are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, drivers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles, and wear seat belts.

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Police in Red Oak, late Thursday morning arrested a woman for Driving While Revoked. 26-year old Erin Nicole Griger, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 11:22-a.m. and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $300. Griger was also issued a warning for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County are asking for your help in solving an incidents of burglary and arson. At around 6:30-a.m. Wednesday, Deputies responded to a reported burglary at a construction site in the 1700 block of 200th Street (on the west edge of Red Oak). Several tools were removed from the company’s construction trailers. The dollar amount of the loss had yet to be determined.

And, at around 2:10-p.m. Wednesday, Montgomery County Deputies responded to an incident of arson in the 400 block of Prairie Street, in Stanton. A 1979 Chevy pickup owned by Todd Silva, of New Market, was parked on the street in front of the residence, where a person or persons unknown intentionally set the vehicle on fire sometime between May 17th and May 24th. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $3,000. The State Fire Marshall’s Office is assisting in the investigation.

Anyone with information about either of the incidents is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-888-434-2712, or the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 712-623-5107. You can remain anonymous. Crimestoppers may pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrested and conviction.

(Updated 4:50-a.m.) Cumberland and Massena Fire and Rescue personnel along with a Medivac Ambulance crew responded to a reported two-vehicle, possible three-injury accident this (Friday) morning, southwest of Cumberland. The page went out at around 4:16-a.m. with regard to the crash at Highway 92 (Richland Road) and 670th Street. One of the victims, a male, was said to have had a serious head injury. He was transported by Medivac to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, where LifeNet helicopter was set to land and transport him to a trauma center.

No other details were immediately available.

A 20-year-old Arkansas man caught in Iowa will spend three decades in federal prison for seeking out a 12-year-old girl for sex. Authorities found Damien Perez of Fayetteville, Arkansas, living in the woods near Knoxville about a year ago. Investigators discovered text messages to the Iowa girl, along with photos she had sent to Perez and confirmed the two did meet and have sex.

Court records indicate the girl wasn’t his first victim. There were as many as 10 others. And the sex wasn’t limited to humans. Perez has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activities.

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

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Big Ten had to revise its baseball tournament schedule for the second straight day to avoid starting a game after the event’s predetermined 10 p.m. EDT curfew. The tournament was pushed back because it took 4 hours, 28 minutes for Indiana to defeat Michigan 5-4 in 13 innings in an elimination game. Minnesota’s game against Northwestern, originally scheduled for Thursday night, will be played Friday at 10 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg are hitting the road. Reynolds’ staff says the pair held public events Thursday and more are set for today (Friday), around the state. They’ll attend events Friday in Hawarden, Mason City, Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Reynolds announced Gregg as her acting lieutenant governor Thursday in her new formal office. She was sworn in Wednesday as Iowa’s 43rd governor.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A divided Iowa Supreme Court has reset the way criminals are charged by redefining when a person is formally arrested. The court ruled Thursday in cases involving three Waterloo men accused of drugging and raping two 15-year-old girls in 2012.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is detailing misspending and potential fraud by the former information technology director of the University of Iowa athletics department. State auditors say Patrick Delin made personal purchases using a university credit card, then “intentionally submitted” false invoices that showed legitimate work items had been purchased. They say Delin spent thousands traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t related to his work and registering for a Miami conference he didn’t attend.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is detailing misspending and potential fraud by the former information technology director of the University of Iowa athletics department. State auditors reported Thursday that Patrick Delin made personal purchases using a university credit card, then “intentionally submitted” false invoices that showed legitimate work items had been purchased.

They say Delin spent thousands traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t related to his work and registering for a Miami conference he didn’t attend. He also gave his wife, a department employee, a university cell phone even though she didn’t need one. The Associated Press first reported this month that Delin resigned in February amid the investigation. A separate internal audit found other weaknesses in the athletic department’s handling of IT equipment.

ADEL, Iowa (AP) — The adoptive parents of a 16-year-old girl who authorities say weighed only 56 pounds when she died have pleaded not guilty in her death. Authorities say Sabrina Ray was found dead May 12 inside the Perry home she shared with her parents, 41-year-old Marc Ray and 40-year-old Misty Ray, and her siblings.

Marc and Misty Ray are each charged with child endangerment causing death, child endangerment causing serious injury and neglect. Police say preliminary autopsy results show Sabrina Ray was severely malnourished.

At a hearing Thursday, the Rays asked a judge to lower their $1 million cash bonds in hopes of being released from jail before their Aug. 28 trials.

MALVERN–The Iowa watershed approach, providing nearly $100 million to improve rural watersheds, is the focus of the June 13th meeting of the State Interagency Missouri River Authority (SIMRA).

Larry Weber will discuss the Iowa watershed approach and how adopting conservation practices reduces peak stream flows and improves water quality. As director of the University of Iowa’s IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering center, including the Iowa Flood Center, Weber will highlight how funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development can help reduce flooding by improving watershed resiliency.

Other speakers will share progress from the Watershed Management Coalitions for the East and West Nishnabotna rivers, updates on Missouri River conditions and the Missouri River recovery program.

The meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the Classic Café, 317 Main St. in Malvern. Interested people can attend the meeting by conference call. Dial 866-685-1580 and follow the prompts. The conference code is 4510673319 followed by the pound (#) sign.

The complete agenda is available below and on the SIMRA website at www.iowadnr.gov/simra.