SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A western Iowa nature center is asking people for their discarded live Christmas trees. Sioux City television station KTIV reports that the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center will be collecting undecorated live Christmas trees through Jan. 11th.

The center plans to mulch the trees and use them for the nature center’s trails. The nature center is located on Highway 12 in Sioux City.

A fight at a rural residence early Friday morning near Prescott, in Adams County, resulted in one person suffering critical injuries from being stabbed. Authorities said Saturday, the unidentified victim was transported to Mercy Hospital in Corning before being flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office became aware of the incident when they received a 9-1-1 call just before 2-a.m., Friday, about two vehicles trying to run one another off the road. Deputies made contact with both vehicles and discovered that in the second vehicle was a male subject who had suffered stab wounds. An investigation resulted in the suspect in the case, 47-year old Kirk Frederick, of Corning, being charged with Willful Injury causing Serious Injury, and Going Armed with Intent.

An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI).

Police in Red Oak arrested a man Friday evening on an assault charge. Officials say 45-year old Lynn Kenneth Houtchens, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 5:20-p.m. at a location on Market Street, and charged with Domestic Assault. Houtchens was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond while awaiting his trial.