A woman was reportedly trapped in her car following a two-vehicle collision Wednesday evening in Atlantic. According to dispatches from the Cass County Communications Center, the accident happened in the 200 block of West 7th Street, at around 5:10-p.m.,  and involved a pickup and a car. The car came to rest against a tree. One person was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Medivac Ambulance. Additional details concerning the crash are expected later this morning.

One person was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Red Oak, following an investigation into a reported incident of domestic abuse. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says 42-year old Amy L. Schmadeke was charged with Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault. She was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held, pending an appearance before the magistrate.

And, Red Oak Police report the arrest Wednesday of 35-year old Erik Allan Appley, of Red Oak. Appley was picked-up on a Red Oak P-D warrant for Failure to Appear on a Drug Paraphernalia Possession charge. Appley was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.

During an hour-long televised debate last night (Wednesday), the two incumbent Iowa congressman who’re running against one another this fall argued about their campaign ads. Republican Congressman Tom Latham has an ad that blasts Democratic Congressman Leonard Boswell for giving his staff half a million dollars worth of bonuses and Latham repeated the charge last night. “Giving these kind of taxpayer bonuses I think is just totally inappropriate,” Latham said. Boswell replied: “How disengenuous for you to say that when you yourself have done that.”

Boswell said the salaries Latham pays his congressional staff are about six-thousand dollars higher, on average, than the salaries for Boswell’s staff. “You probably ought to tell me how sorry you are for doing that,” Boswell said. Latham began: “Well, the fact of the matter is in the last 16 years — all the time he’s been in congress — he has paid his staff about a million and a half dollars more than what my staff has.” Boswell interrupted: “That’s not true. Do a fact check on it. Do a fact check on it.” Latham replied: “Excuse me. You know, part of the problem we have in Washington is people won’t listen.” Boswell defended an ad he’s running against Latham, charging Latham has personally benefited because a bank Latham invested in got federal bailout money.

Latham used words like “false” and “misleading” to describe the ad, because Latham moved his bank investment into a “blind trust” and has no control over the bank’s executives. “This is really about being honest, about someone who tries to make up an issue and I would just, you know, ask Congressman Boswell: ‘When’s the last time you ran a positive ad?'” Boswell replied: “You’ve been negative throughout your career and what you’ve done and so here’s a situation where it’s so disengenous to use something and then preach against it. You think that Iowans don’t realize where your major investment is.” Latham said: “You notice he didn’t answer the question about when’s the last time he ran a positive ad because he can’t remember.”

Last night’s debate was co-sponsored by The Des Moines Register and KCCI, the CBS television affiliate in Des Moines. The two congressmen are scheduled to debate again, tonight (Thursday), at seven o’clock on Iowa Public Television.

(Radio Iowa)