Nominations will be accepted beginning tomorrow (Wednesday) for the 11th annual Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin contest. Ron Birkenholz is with the Iowa Pork Producers Association, which sponsors the contest.

Breitbachs Country Dining in Balltown, was last year’s Iowa “Best Bread Pork Tenderloin” winner.

“Any restaurant, cafe, tavern…you know, anyone who serves a breaded pork tenderloin is eligible to be nominated,” Birkenholz says. “We encourage tenderloin lovers to get their nominations in on May 1st.” In addition to statewide publicity, the winner of the contest receives a plaque and $500.

“All the past winners have always told us they see a major influx of business,” Birkenholz says. “We’ve got people from all over the Midwest who follow this contest. We’ve had people from Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri go to these restaurants that win to try (their pork tenderloin).” Iowans who want to submit a nomination can do so online at www.IowaPork.org. Entries are due by June 11.

Last year, Iowans submitted a record 993 nominations naming 65 restaurants. Judges visited the restaurants and ultimately chose Breitbach’s  Country Dining in Balltown as the 2013 winner of “Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin.” The winner of this year’s contest will be named in October, which is “Pork Month.” The winner of “Iowa’s Best Burger Contest” will revealed this Thursday. That competition is sponsored by the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association and the Iowa Beef Industry Council.

A traffic stop at around 8:15-p.m. Monday in Adams County resulted in an arrest. Sheriff’s officials say 21-year old Christopher Cerda-Romo, of Lenox, was taken into custody after it was determined he was Driving While Suspended. Cerda-Romo was booked into the Adams County Jail and held pending an initial court appearance.

A Red Oak man was arrested Monday night on a drug charge. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year old James Donald Uhlmann, Jr., was taken into custody in the 1800 block of east Summit Street, in Red Oak, just before 9-p.m.  Uhlman was cited for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and released on $300 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A truck carrying a backhoe crashed into an overpass spanning Interstate 35 in Warren County, causing police to close the northbound lanes of the freeway. Officials closed the lanes after determining the overpass wasn’t safe to drive on or pass beneath.

GILBERT, Iowa (AP) — High school students in the Story County city of Gilbert are looking forward to moving across the street for classes in the fall. The students will pick up their desks and chairs on the last day of school this year and carry them to waiting trucks. They’ll be moved across the street to the new high school.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A real estate agents group estimates high quality crop land in Iowa is worth $11,515 an acre. The Realtors Land Institute, made up of people specializing in farm and land sales, management and appraisal, say the average value is up 9.4 percent from September 2012.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The owner of Henry’s Turkey Service testified during a trial in federal court that he didn’t strike a disabled man who worked for him. Kenneth Henry spoke yesterday during the trial in Davenport, where the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeking compensation for 32 former employees whom it claims were mistreated.