A fight inside a vehicle early Sunday morning in Adams County led to a crash that resulted in one person being sent to the hospital. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 27-year old Christopher Adam Fannon, of Corning, faces OWI and Domestic Assault charges, after an investigation into the incident, which was reported to authorities at around 1-a.m., Saturday.

Officials say a vehicle occupied by Fannon and another person was traveling on Birch Avenue, when Fannon and the other person began fighting. The vehicle went off the road and entered a field. The unidentified passenger was injured during the altercation and transported to the Corning Hospital for treatment. Fannon was taken into custody as was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Documents show the Iowa attorney general’s office has a large backlog of criminal appeal cases, and the agency has warned the state about staffing issues for years. Chief Deputy Attorney General Eric Tabor described the conditions in a Jan. 7th letter to the Iowa Executive Council, which authorizes some expenses involving litigation.

Tabor sought permission for the Iowa attorney general’s office to hire three lawyers on a temporary basis to reduce the load. The office faces a backlog of about 100 criminal appeal cases. The council later approved the request.

Tabor says an Iowa Supreme Court rule change in 2012 that required more filing of appeal briefs has added work to the office. Documents show the agency tried to alert the state in 2013.

Firefighters in Council Bluffs discovered a body in a home that caught fire Saturday evening. Fire Chief Justin James says crews were dispatched at around 5:40-p.m. to 2722 Avenue H for a reported structure fire. They arrived less than three minutes later and found light smoke coming from a single family dwelling.

Upon entering the house crews were able to extinguish the fire quickly and conduct a primary search of the residence. Upon completion of the primary search fire crews reported to have found a deceased victim inside of the home. The victim has not been identified at this time.

Personnel from the Council Bluffs Fire Marshal’s Office, Council Bluffs Police Department, and the Pottawattamie County Medical Examiner’s Office are conducting the investigation. The fire and cause of death remains under investigation.

Police in Red Oak arrested a man Saturday afternoon who was Driving While Suspended (DWS), with 15 withdrawals in effect. 39-year old Billy Ray Hunter, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 2:20-p.m., after police stopped the vehicle he was driving, at the corner of E. Reed and N. 4th Streets.

In addition to the DWS charge, Hunter was cited for failure to have valid insurance. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

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Police in Red Oak report the arrest of a teenager on an OWI charge this (Saturday) morning. Deputies took 17-year old Megan Justine Sands, of Red Oak, into custody at around 4-a.m. at the intersection of Highway 34 and Ironwood Avenue. Sands was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and charged with OWI/1st offense. She was then released to the custody of a parent.

Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County arrested a Red Oak woman Friday night. 40-year old Rachel Charise Kathleen Hadden was taken into custody at around 9-p.m. on a Page County warrant for Violation of Probation. Hadden was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 cash bond.

And, Red Oak Police say no injuries were reported following a collision Friday afternoon. Authorities say just before 5-p.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at the corner of N. 4th Street and Highway 34, in Red Oak. While en route, officers were informed one of the vehicles had left the scene. The same vehicle drove past the officers head south at a high rate of speed.

As Officers attempted to turn around and follow the vehicle, they lost sight of it. They continued to the accident scene, where an SUV was in the ditch, with one person trapped inside, but not hurt. Rescue crews were able to extricate 54-year old Michelle Solt, of Red Oak, from her vehicle.

The driver of the other vehicle, 57-year old Bunnie Sue Jared, of Red Oak, called Police later, stating that she was at a friends home and that she left the scene in her 2001 Chevy Impala because she didn’t have a phone to call police from.

Jared was cited for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device and Excessive Speed 50-mph in a 20-mpg zone)

U.S. Senate candidate Rob Hogg will highlight jobs and the economy on his visits to Onawa and Harlan today (Saturday). According to the Daily NonPareil, the Democratic candidate will meet with the public in Onawa at the public library, 707 Iowa Ave. from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by a similar function at the American Legion Post in Harlan, 702 Chatburn Ave., from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The 49-year old Hogg is serving his third term in the Iowa Senate after two terms in the Iowa House. He announced his candidacy to unseat Charles Grassley last September in Callender, where his grandmother was born in 1902.

An Iowa State University climatologist says the current El Nino weather pattern is generally providing Iowa with milder temperatures this winter. Elywnn Taylor says it’s also bringing abundant moisture which is causing sub-soil tiles to run at full capacity to drain the state’s farm fields. Taylor says there’s a big drawback for farmers from El Nino.

“It doesn’t take very much rain in April and early May to make things awfully wet for when they’re planting crops,” Taylor says, “and that can be a real disadvantage.” Taylor says a strong El Nino weather pattern, like we have now, is often historically replaced by the opposite La Nina pattern, which brings drought conditions during the summer and fall.

Taylor says first indications of that won’t be apparent until late March when the sun moves into spring position over the Midwest.

(Radio Iowa)