Two people were killed, another was injured, during a single vehicle accident early Sunday morning in Madison County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2006 Ford 500 driven by 20-year old Mari Silliman, of Winterset, went out of control and rolled at around 2:15-a.m.  Silliman was injured during the crash and taken by ambulance to the Madison County Hospital. Two passengers in the car, 21-year old Taylor M. Aleman, of West Des Moines, and 20-year old Logan M. Waltz, of Winterset, died at the scene. None of the victims were wearing seat belts.

Officials say the car was traveling west on 260th Street when it went out of control after it crested a hill. The vehicle entered the north ditch and came to rest partially on its top. The accident remains under investigation.

One person was seriously injured following a motorcycle accident late this (Sunday) morning in Pottawattamie County. According to dispatch reports, the accident took place on Interstate 29 northbound near the 71-mile marker, or I-680 interchange.

A man riding the cycle suffered head, neck and hip injuries, and was reported to be in serious condition. LifeNet helicopter was called to the scene just before Noon, and was expected to land on the Interstate near the crash scene. The accident victim was wearing a helmet. Crescent Rescue, the Iowa State Patrol and Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene.

No other details are currently available.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Department reports a Corning man was arrested  late Friday night on an alcohol-related charge. 41-year old Christopher Avila was charged with OWI 1st offense, following an  accident that occurred just after 11-p.m., Friday. Avila was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Two Red Oak residents were arrested early this (Sunday) morning. Authorities say 21-year old Bradina Sky Gary was arrested in the 1800 block of E. Summit Street at around 12:40-a.m., on a charge of simple assault. Her bond was set at $300. And, at around 1:25-a.m., 51 year old David Lawrence Howe, of Red Oak, was arrested at a residence in the 300 block of E. Linden Street, for being an Accessory After the Fact. His bond was set at $1000.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report two arrests took place Saturday night. An investigation into a reported disturbance at a residence in the 200 block of E. 4th Street in Villisca, resulted in the arrest of Eric T. Waldron and Chad W. Perkins, both of Villisca. Both men were charged with 4th degree criminal mischief, a serious misdemeanor. Waldron and Perkins were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond, each.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Red Oak Police, Villisca Rescue and Red Oak Rescue.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With the legislative session, members of the Senate Government Oversight Committee are poised to renew an investigation into state employment issues aided by the authority to subpoena witnesses, place them under oath and fine or imprison them if they fail to comply. The committee gained that authority through a resolution passed as the last Senate action of the 2014 session on Friday.

The five Republican candidates who are seeking their party’s nomination for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat support continuing federal subsidies for American farmers. The candidates appeared Saturday afternoon at a forum in Cedar Rapids sponsored by the Iowa Broadcast News Association and one of the questions they faced was whether federal farm subsidies were “the best use of taxpayer dollars.” Sam Clovis said farmers need a “catastrophic back-stop” for crop failure.

“That’s one thing that we have to do, because we have to protect the food supply and we have to protect that aspect of the industry,” Clovis said. “As far as other subsidies go, all subsidies should be suspect. All subsidies should be examined because they interfere with the market.” Joni Ernst of Red Oak said she is “philosophically opposed to subsidies” but supports continuing the subsidy farmers get to buy crop insurance. “But reality is that with the subsidies, unless we’re eliminating all of them across the board at the same time for every sector out there, then I’ll go ahead and support those subsidies,” Ernst said. Mark Jacobs said farm subsidies are “absolutely” good public policy.

“My concern is if we didn’t provide that backstop, we would have a lot of family farmers go out of business. This land would not be planted. At the end of the day it would result in lower amounts of food being produced and an increase in food prices for everybody across this country,” Jacobs said. Matt Whitaker says there should be an upper limit or cap on farm subsidies of 250-thousand dollars, so big corporations don’t get huge farm subsidy pay-outs from the federal government.

“I am frustrated beyond example as to how many times corporations go to the federal government with their hand out,” Whitaker said. “…I didn’t support the Farm Bill because 85 percent of it was food stamps.” Scott Schaben, of Ames said farmers face risk that no other industry faces. “Farmers cannot control when and when it does not rain and that is a massive variable that they have in their part of the economy that no one else can match,” Schaben says.

On foreign policy, all the candidates said it was important to take whatever action may be necessary to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. P-B-S NewsHour co-anchor Judy Woodruff interviewed each candidate individually at the start of the forum, asking the candidates their opinions on portions of the Iowa Republican Party’s platform.

You can listen to that portion of the 90-minute-long forum on www.radioiowa.com.