A traffic stop early Thursday morning in Harrison County resulted in the arrest of a Texas man on a suspicion of first-degree robbery, charge. According to the Daily NonPareil, 52-year old Robert Kelly, of Round Rock, TX, was pulled over at around 4-a.m. Thursday near Modale, for driving erratically. Kelly allegedly told the deputy who stopped him, that he had robbed a gas station just 90-minutes earlier, in Council Bluffs.

The deputy detained Kelly while his story was being checked out. An investigation revealed the Kwik Shop on North 16th Street and Avenue G in Council Bluffs was robbed by a man wielding a folding knife, at around 2:30-a.m. Thursday. The suspect, later identified as Kelly,allegedly took an undisclosed amount of money and also stepped behind the counter to take bottles of liquor and cigarettes. He then made the clerk get down on the floor before he fled.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines middle school was placed on lockdown temporarily as authorities investigated a report of a student showing two other students a handgun. Des Moines Public Schools tell the Register officers found no weapon on the student following the report yesterday.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say no bomb was found at a high school in central Iowa after a threat was reported in a girls’ restroom. Captain Brian Sher of the Indianola Police Department says officers did a sweep of Indianola High School yesterday and found nothing. A bomb threat on a note was reported earlier in the day. Sher says authorities are still investigating who may have been involved. Classes are expected to resume today.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A northwest Iowa day care provider has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 3-year-old girl she was watching in October. Sioux County Attorney Coleman McAllister says 33-year-old Rochelle Sapp was arrested yesterday after test results confirmed that the girl, Autumn Elgersma, died of blunt force trauma. Sapp is being held on $250,000 bond.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A fired prosecutor’s former boss testified that the assistant U.S. attorney changed dramatically in the months before she lost her job. The Sioux City Journal reports Larry Kudej testified yesterday that Martha Fagg “changed in front of our eyes” in the six months before she was fired by former U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose, who is now a federal judge.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports three people were arrested Thursday (12/5), on drug charges. 37-year old Johnny Wayne Robinson, of Chatsworth, GA, and 21-year old Jonathan Tyler Newborn, of Fruitsworth, AL, face Possession of Controlled Substance charges. And, 39-year old  Elmo Dwayne Lykins, of West Liberty, KY, was arrested on charges of Manufacturing and Possession of a Controlled Substance, as well as Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

All three men were taken to the Cass County Jail. Robinson was later released on $1000 bond. Newborn remains incarcerated on $1,000 bond and Lykins remains incarcerated on $10,000 bond.

In other news, on Wednesday afternoon, Cass County Sheriff’s deputies investigated a report of a hit & run accident on Main Street, in Lewis. A 2012 Chevy Cruze owned by Thomas Fritz, of Lewis,was parked on Main Street in Lewis, when it was struck sometime between 5:30-a.m. and 1:30-p.m. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $2000. No injuries were reported.

(12/6 *Corrects earlier report saying the vehicle was parked in Anita – as the Sheriff’s report had stated)