Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report the arrest early this (Tuesday) morning of an Arizona man on alcohol and drug charges. 37-year old Charles L. Harding III, of Yuma, AZ,  was arrested at around 2-a.m. on a charge of OWI/1st offense, and Possession of Controlled Substance/Marijuana. Harding was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad says the rules governing school start dates in Iowa are “too lax.” Branstad told reporters yesterday that the existing policy hurts summer tourism in the state.

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Police in central Iowa say a 13-year-old boy led officers on a weekend car chase through a residential area. Ankeny police say the boy drove the car with a flat tire early Sunday morning over curbs and around 50 miles per hour in a residential area. The chase ended after the boy crashed the car into a tree. He was taken to a hospital for a minor injury to his face.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A long-closed dog racing track in Waterloo would become the headquarters for a trucking company under plans released by the business. Waterloo-based Warren Transport president Dick Donnelly says the company hopes to close on the purchase of the former Waterloo Greyhound Park by August. The company then would build its headquarters at the 64-acre site near the intersections of U.S. highways 20 and 63.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A 50-year-old Dubuque man has pleaded guilty to selling heroin to someone who died from the drug. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said yesterday that Alvin Briggs, Junior was convicted after admitting Thursday that he sold $100 worth of heroin in July 2012 to an individual identified in court filings only as S.R., who died as a result of the drug.

Police in Council Bluffs say a man stabbed with a garden trowel Monday evening suffered non-life threatening injuries, and is expected to make a full recovery. Officials say someone allegedly stabbed 21-year old James Augustine, of Council Bluffs, in the back and slashed his upper lip with the tool. The incident happened just before 6-p.m. inside a home at 18 North 34th Street.  Augustine was taken to Jennie Edmundson Hospital by Council Bluffs Rescue for treatment of his injuries.

Police say the person responsible fled the scene.  The victim’s uncle, 42-year old Kenneth Augustine, is a person of interest in the case. The incident remains under investigation.

One person was hospitalized following an accident involving a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle Monday afternoon, southeast of Stanton. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office, a call from the scene near 240th Street east of O Avenue came in at around 3:50 p.m. Officials say 18-year-old Cody Johnson, of rural Stanton, was eastbound on 240th Street when his ATV’s brakes locked. The machine was nearing a ditch when Johnson jumped off and injured his leg when he landed. He was taken by ambulance to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak.  The four-wheeler was not damaged during the incident. The Sheriff’s office was assisted at the scene by the Stanton and Red Oak Fire and Rescue Departments.