(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston say seven people were arrested on separate charges and/or warrants over the past few days. There were two arrests on Friday, in Creston:

At around 4:05-p.m., 30-year-old Darren McCay Wilker, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston/Union County LEC, under the authority of a Department of Corrections Warrant charging him with two-counts of Violation of Probation, on an original charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. Wilker was later released on a $600 cash or surety bond. And, at around 4:47-p.m., Friday, Creston Police arrested 39-year-old Samantha Lynn Hays, of Creston, for OWI/3rd or Subsequent Offense. Hays was taken to the Union County Jail then transferred to the Adams County Jail. She was later released on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

Two people were arrested Saturday, in Creston:

At around 6:15-p.m., 36-year-old Wesley Gene Keeler, Jr. of Creston, was arrested on a Union County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault by Impeding Air/Blood Flow – causing Bodily Injury, and False Imprisonment. Keeler was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $6,000 bond; At around 2:30-a.m., Saturday, Creston Police arrested 24-year-old William Joseph Wulff, of Creston, at the Creston Union County LEC. Wulff was charged with OWI/1st Offense. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.

And, three people were arrested in Creston, on Sunday:

A little after 12-a.m., 30-year-old Storm Julian Spencer, of Creston, was arrested for Disorderly Conduct-Fighting/Violent Behavior, and Public Intoxication. Spencer was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $600 bond; 50-year-old Timothy Daniel Williams, of Creston, was arrested at around 12:10-a.m., Sunday for Possession of Controlled Substance/Marijuana-1st offense, Public Intoxication, and Disorderly Conduct-Fighting/Violent Behavior. Williams was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $1,600 cash or surety bond; and, 39-year-old Kevin Wayne Rauch, of Creston, was arrested a little before 10-p.m., Sunday, at the Creston Union County LEC. Rauch was charged with False Reports-911 Call, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Controlled Substance-Methamphetamine 1st Offense. He remains held in the Union County Jail on a $1,600 cash or surety bond.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office reports Brent Brown, the fourth victim of an attack that killed three others on Wednesday in rural Linn County, has died from his injuries. Johnson County Medical Examiner pronounced Brown dead on Friday. He was 34 years old.

Luke Truesdell is now charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Officials said the attack happened on Wednesday, where police found three people – Romondus Cooper, Keonna Ryan and Amanda Parker – dead in an out building at the 3600 block of East Otter Road in northern Linn County.

Investigators said Truesdell admitted to beating four people with a metal pipe. Truesdell is expected to make an appearance in court on Monday on that new, fourth charge of first-degree murder.

Brown’s body will be transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for autopsy. The investigation into this incident continues.

(Hartford, Iowa) – One teenager died and two others were injured Sunday night in a rollover crash in central Iowa’s Warren County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 Toyota Camry Solara was traveling north on 200th Avenue west of Hartford at around 9:22-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control near Delaware Street and entered the west ditch.

The car overturned and vaulted over a driveway before rolling over again, and ejecting two of the three occupants. None of the crash victims were wearing seat belts. One of the car’s occupants – a 15-year-old – was flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines where they died from their injuries. Two teens – ages 15 & 16 – were transported to Mercy and Blank Hospital’s respectively, in Des Moines by ambulance. No names were released.

The crash remained under investigation.

(Radio Iowa)- Iowa Democratic Party chairwoman Rita Hart says the party is focused on reaching out to over 92-thousand Iowans who voted as Democrats in 2018, but did not cast ballots in the 2022 election. “We didn’t lose them to Republicans,” Hart says. “….That’s what we have to turn around and that’s what we’re bound and determined to turn around between now ’til November.” All four of Iowa’s seats in the U-S House are held by Republicans and Republicans currently hold sizable majorities in the state legislature. Hart predicts Democrats will field candidates in around 80 of the 100 seats in the Iowa House.

“Which is very encouraging and we’ve got candidates all across the state that are stepping up,” Hart says, “and a lot of our candidates have been inspired to run because of the many things that are happening at the state level that are very concerning to folks.” Hart cites both the state-funded accounts for private school students and Area Education Agency changes that Republican lawmakers approved as concerns. Hart also says Iowa Republicans are out of sync with the general public on the abortion issue.

The only statewide race in Iowa this November is between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. A Des Moines Register Iowa Poll conducted in March found 29 percent of those surveyed approved of Biden’s job performance. Hart says Trump is morally compromised and Democrats have a good story to tell about Biden’s presidency. “The contrast here is pretty stark,” Hart says. “The American people and Iowans recognize that we are looking at a Republican Party that is struggling to get behind their nominee.”

Hart made her comments during a weekend appearance on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S. The Iowa Democratic Party’s state convention is this Saturday, June 15th. The Iowa Republican Party’s state convention was held May 4th.