A head-on crash that occurred during the early morning hours of June 9^th in Dallas County has claimed a second life. Family members report 20-year old Jesse Leeper, of Adair, died early this (Wednesday) morning at a hospital in Iowa City. Leeper was the driver of a car that was struck head-on by an SUV that was heading the wrong direction on Interstate 80. The driver of the SUV, 24-year old Megan Wakeham, of West Des Moines, also died in the crash that happened about a mile east of Earlham.

A third person, 49-year old Lori Wallace, of Greenfield, was injured in the crash when her SUV hit the rear of Leeper’s car. Two passengers in Leeper’s car suffered non-life threatening injuries.

JEFFERSON, Iowa (AP) – Casino supporters have turned in petitions calling for a public vote on gambling in west-central Iowa’s Greene County.  A group called Grow Greene County submitted more than 750 signatures on Tuesday. Only about 460 verified signatures are needed to force supervisors to schedule a vote. An Aug. 6th election is expected.
 
Greene County Supervisor Guy Richardson backs the casino and says the county must grow in order to thrive.  The Rev. Julie Poulsen of First United Methodist Church in Jefferson is a leader of No Casino Greene County. She says she opposes gambling because of the harm to individuals and families.
 
A Greene County casino likely would be developed at the intersection of U.S. Highway 30 and Iowa Highway 4 in Jefferson.

Authorities in Pottawattamie County say a woman from Oakland was transported to the hospital by helicopter in criticial condition following a collision Tuesday afternoon between a car and a semi, just east of Oakland. Officials say 27-year old Jessica Luke failed to yield to a westbound semi at the intersection of 450th Street and Highway 6. After the two vehicles collided, the car ended-up beneath the trailer of the semi. Oakland and Carson Rescue responded to the scene of the crash, which happened at around 1:45-p.m., Tuesday, about three-miles east of Oakland.

Luke was extricated from her vehicle and flown to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. The driver of the semi, Daniel Mueller, of Griswold, was not hurt.