DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those preparing for the new school year in Iowa might want to wait a few weekends before hitting the back-to-school sales. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that Iowa’s annual sales-tax-free shopping holiday is set for Aug. 5-6.

The annual sales tax holiday coincides with back-to-school shopping. It allows shoppers to buy select clothing and footwear priced at less than $100 without paying sales tax or local option taxes. The two days are usually among the best of the year for Iowa retailers. To learn more about the rules, visit https://tax.iowa.gov/iowas-annual-sales-tax-holiday .

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Food processing and storage company Cloverleaf Cold Storage is planning an $18 million expansion of its warehouse in Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports that company officials announced the expansion Thursday for the warehouse at the city’s Bridgeport Industrial Complex.

Deputies in Page County who investigated a reported accident early Saturday morning about 4-miles east of Shenandoah, arrested the driver of the vehicle on an OWI charge. 21-year old Tyler Allen Nothwehr, of Shenandoah, was arrested at around 4:40-a.m. for OWI/1st offense. He was brought to the Page County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond or surety, pending further court proceedings.

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The Iowa State Patrol reports a Shenandoah man was injured in a motorcycle accident in Clarke County late Friday night.  At 11:05pm 48-year-old Rodney E. Allely of Shenandoah was traveling southbound on Highway 69 on his Harley Davidson Motorcycle when he swerved to miss a deer in the road.  Allely lost control of the cycle and was ejected during a crash.  Allely was flown by Lifenet helicopter to Unity Point Hospital in Des Moines for treatment of unknown injuries.

Troopers stated Allely had an odor of alcohol and an open container of alcohol was found in the saddlebag of the cycle.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Malvern man late Friday night.  At 11:12pm officers were called to 711 North 5th Street in Red Oak for a possible violation of a no trespass order.  Upon investigation officers arrested 35-year-old Kale Hardman of Malvern for Violation of a No Trespass Order.  He was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 bond.

Three Red Oak men were arrested on Friday night after a verbal altercation at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Red Oak.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports they received a call about the altercation at 10:07pm on the fairgrounds involving several individuals.  After investigation deputies arrested three individuals for Public Intoxication, 31 year-old Craig Allen Williams, 24-year-old Roland Charles Chapin III, and 28-year-old Robert Richard Fate all of Red Oak.

All three individuals were taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 bond.

Sheriff’s deputies in Adams County, Friday, arrested William Scott Davis, of Corning, on numerous drug charges. Davis was taken into custody on three Counts of Possession With Intent to Deliver On Certain or Real Property, and three Counts of Failure To Affix Drug Tax Stamp. He was being held in the Adams County Jail.

William Davis

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Eggs have gone from record high prices at the height of the bird flu crisis last year to the cheapest prices in a 10-year span. It’s because young hens are laying lots of eggs, boosting supply, but demand hasn’t come back as strong. Countries that stopped accepting U.S. eggs last year have haven’t resumed imports and companies that make pancake mixes and bread learned to cook without as many eggs.

Three weeks ago, Midwest wholesale egg prices hit a 10-year low of 55 cents a dozen. The record wholesale price was $2.88 a dozen in August 2015. Marcus Rust, CEO of the nation’s second largest egg producer, Rose Acre Farms, says the marketplace will resolve the supply and demand issues in time.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a body has been recovered from the Missouri River. Cass County (Nebraska) Sheriff William Brueggemann says a fisherman found the body Thursday afternoon near the mouth of the Platte River.
The body was later identified as that of a 42-year-old Omaha resident, Tim Mohr. An autopsy has been ordered.