The Page County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, said two separate accidents occurred Monday, the first of which resulted in several people being transported to the hospital. Just before 5-pm., deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Highways 2 & 59. An investigation showed 18-year old Isiah Michael Still, of Coin,  was driving a 1992 Oldsmobile Cutlass southbound on Highway 59, and attempting to make a left (east) turn onto Highway 2, across traffic.

61-year old Steven Craig Roby, of Red Oak, was driving a Ford F-150 pickup northbound on Highway 59. Still said that he didn’t see the Roby vehicle when making the turn. Due to Still turning into the path of Roby, both vehicles collided causing disabling damage to both.  Still was cited for No proof of Insurance, Failure to have a valid driver’s license, and Failure to yield upon a left turn.  Several people from the vehicles were transported to Shenandoah Medical Center for treatment of unknown injuries. The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, the Shenandoah Police Department, the Shenandoah Fire Department, and the Shenandoah Ambulance Service.

And about three hours later, deputies in Page County responded to a single vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 71 and 120th Street which is approximately 9 miles north of Clarinda, Ia. When Deputies arrived they found a 2011 Chevy K-1500 pickup that had what appeared to be totaling damage. There was nobody around the vehicle. Deputies made contact with the owner, 45-year old Lynn Lamar Scott, of Villisca, who said that he was driving at the time of the accident and had swerved to miss a deer and then went into the ditch, striking posts, debris and a power pole before coming to rest. Scott was uninjured. The vehicle received severe disabling damage. No citations were issued.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

ATLANTIC, Iowa (AP) — A woman from Atlantic who tricked people into thinking her daughter had cancer is avoiding jail time. A judge has sentenced Leatha Slauson to five years of probation and ordered her to continue mental health treatment. Donations for Slauson’s five-year-old daughter poured in after she pulled the hoax on Facebook.

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a previously convicted child sex offender has been arrested for violating his sex offender registry regulations. Police records say 45-year-old Kenneth F. Orr was arrested Monday at Coral Ridge Mall in Coralville for being within 300 feet of the mall’s ice rink and the Iowa Children’s Museum. Iowa law prohibits sex offenders from being within 300 feet of any place intended primarily for the use of minors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Freshman Republican Sen. Joni Ernst says the newly empowered GOP-led Congress heard the voters’ message in November and will work to change the direction in Washington. Ernst delivered the GOP response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday. In excerpts released in advance, the Iowa senator says Republicans will make Washington focus on Americans’ concerns. She is criticizing Obama’s health care law as a failed policy.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A bill has been introduced in the Iowa Legislature that would force casinos to comply with the state’s smoking ban. Casino floors in Iowa are now exempt from following a 2008 law that prohibits smoking in public places. A bill sponsored by Sen. Herman Quirmbach, of Ames, would eliminate that exemption. The bill could face strong opposition from the casino industry. A spokesman for Republican Gov. Terry Branstad says the governor favors such a measure and would sign it into law.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A north-central Iowa man has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug use and illegal firearm possession charges. Officials say 32-year-old Mark Harken, of Aplington, received the prison term. The sentence comes after his August 2014 guilty plea to one count of being a felon and illegally using methamphetamine while in possession of firearms and ammunition. Harken said he had five firearms, including one semi-automatic rifle.

Cass County Attorney David L. Wiederstein, late Tuesday afternoon, issued a statement to the press about the sentencing earlier in the day of 30-year old Leatha Kaye Slauson to a term of 5-years probation, in association with a child cancer hoax. Wiederstein said “The Court clearly set forth the rationale for the sentence and I am not going to comment any further on the Judge’s ruling. The biggest form of punishment levied against Leatha this morning is further removing her from her status as a mother.”

“Atlantic and Cass County should not be ashamed with the overwhelming giving spirit it showed when the child was purportedly sick, and even more so the community-wide show of support to Riley since her mother’s criminal scheme was revealed. The longer that Leatha is not able to stand in the shoes of a parent, the more justice will be served.”