(Collins, Iowa) – A wrong-way car collided with a semi Friday night in Jasper County, killing the car’s driver. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2020 KIA Soul driven by 79-year-old Ronald Vasey, of Maxwell, was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Highway 65 near Collins, at around 10:30-p.m., when the vehicle collided with a 2018 Freightliner driven by 39-year-old Martin Cory, of Cedar Rapids. Vasey died at the scene.

The accident remains under investigation. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and EMS assisted at the crash scene.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A woman from Red Oak was arrested Friday night on Criminal Mischief charges. According to Red Oak Police, 45-year-old Jill Renee Coddington was arrested in the 300 block of E. Washington Street at around 8:20-p.m. She charged with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, and two-counts of Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. Coddington was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

(Lisbon, Iowa) – The driver of a 2016 Mack truck died, when the vehicle was struck by a train Friday afternoon, in eastern Iowa’s Linn County. The Iowa State Patrol says the driver attempted to cross the railroad tracks in the 120th block of 115th Street in Lisbon at around 1:36-p.m., when it the truck was hit on the driver’s side, by an eastbound train.

The truck driver’s name and other accident information was being withheld by authorities, pending notification of family.

The State Patrol was assisted at the scene, by the Lisbon/Mt. Vernon Police Department and Ambulance, Mechanicsville Fire Dept., the Iowa DNR and DOT.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says legislation she voted for along with other House Republicans is a conservative border security package that could address the humanitarian and safety crisis issues. “Well, I certainly hope that Senate will step up to the plate and work with us in the house to deal with this situation because it is unprecedented as a result of this administration’s policies,” Hinson says.

Hinson’s comments come as coronavirus restrictions on asylum allowing the U-S to quickly turn back migrants at the U-S-Mexico border ended today (Friday) She says Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should have taken action to ensure that immigrants weren’t rushing the border as the restrictions ended. “I would support moving forward with an impeachment trial if Secretary Mayorkas refuses to do the right thing and resign because of his failures at the southern border,” Hinson says. Hinson hopes there can be a bipartisan solution to dealing with the issue.

“We have heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they realized that this is a problem, they realize that the Biden administration has failed in this case,” Hinson says. “They knew the deadline was coming. And they did not take steps to address the coming surge of illegal immigration. So I’m counting on some folks in the Senate to have a little political courage here and step up and realize we have to do the right thing to secure our country and secure our border.”

Hinson says we’re coming up on almost 300 people on the terror watchlist that have been apprehended at our southern border that we know of,so this is a safety and security issue.

(Radio Iowa) – The governor has signed a bill into law that extends new liability protection to the trucking industry. When someone is injured or killed in a crash with a semi, a large commercial vehicle or tow truck, the new law sets a five MILLION dollar limit on so-called pain and suffering awards for non-economic damages in most cases. Iowa’s trucking industry lobbied for the bill, arguing there had been nuclear verdicts connected to lawsuits in other states.

The new law does not limit compensation to accident victims for things like medical expenses or lost wages.