Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources said Sunday two men were injured Saturday evening when the personal water crafts (PWCs) they were operating on the Des Moines River hit an obstruction near the surface of the water. Injured was 42-year old Christian Whitney, of Rippey and 42-year old Kevin Davis, of Johnston. Both were transported to Boone County Hospital with Davis later being transferred to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Whitney and Davis were operating separate PWCs at approximately 7 p.m. when the collision occurred near U.S. Highway 30 west of Boone. Both were wearing life jackets which likely saved their lives after being thrown into the river following the collision. A third PWC operator in the group, Alexander Goodburn, 30, of Ankeny, was not involved in the collision, but was arrested for boating while intoxicated and booked into the Boone County jail.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources was assisted at the scene by the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and the Boone Police Department. The DNR is investigating the incident including trying to determine what the obstruction was in the water that caused the collision.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say a prisoner who escaped from a Sioux City work release facility has turned himself in to authorities. Officials say 30-year-old Caleb Robert Babb did so at the Woodbury County Jail shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday. Babb had been placed on escape status after failing to return to the facility on Friday after working his job.

Babb, who was nine years into a 10-year sentence for second-degree robbery, had been transferred to work release on May 29.

Police in Red Oak say 40-year old Eric Michael Huffstutlear, of Red Oak, was arrested Saturday, on an assault charge. Huffstutlear was taken into custody at around 9:10-p.m. at 105 E. Linden Street, and charged with Domestic Abuse Assault. He was transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held without bond pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Two people were transported to the hospital following an accident Saturday afternoon, in Adams County. The sheriff’s office says they received a call at around 3:30-p.m. about a vehicle which had left the road off of Highway 25, one-mile south of Highway 34. The driver of the vehicle, 83-year old Kenneth Edward Six, of Knoxville, told authorities he fell asleep at the wheel. Six, and his unidentified passenger, were transported to the hospital in Creston. A report on the extent of their injuries is not available.