(Creston, Iowa) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following an accident Thursday morning. Authorities say a 2022 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 37-year-old Daniel L. Koch, of West Des Moines, was traveling east on Highway 34 at around 8:10-a.m., when a deer ran into the side of the motorcycle. Koch lost control of the cycle, causing it to skid into the path of a 2010 Kenworth semi driven by 44-year-old Steven Robertson, of Rake, Iowa.

The tractor-trailer ran over the motorcycle, totaling the machine ($15,000 value). The semi sustained a bent front bumper that tore a chunk of rubber out of the left front tire, causing it to lose air. The semi, registered to Kuchenbecker Excavating, Inc., of Rake, sustained $2,000 damage. There were no citations issued.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department says officials with AgriVision, in Creston, have reported another theft. As previously mentioned, on Wednesday, AgriVision officials said  a white, 2020 Chevy Silverado pickup was stolen. The vehicle was valued at $37,200. They have since reported a 2018 John Deere XUV 835M ATV Gator w/4-wheel drive, was stolen from their lot. The machine was valued at $16,000.

Creston Police said also, 20-year-old Keontay Shylee Taylor, of Davenport, was arrested Thursday afternoon, at 1303 Southwestern Blvd. (Near SWCC). Taylor was charged with Possession of Paraphernalia. He was cited, and released from the scene on a Promise to Appear.

(Radio Iowa) – The leader of a group of Iowa mobile home residents advocating for fair housing practices says the mobile homes bill that’s awaiting the governor’s signature won’t help them. Candi Evans of North Liberty is co-chair of the Iowa Manufactured Home Residents’ Network. She says the bill didn’t address any of the group’s five priorities.  “Legislators said as they began to work on this that they were anxious to balance the power of ownership between the landlords and the residents, the homeowners. That did not happen. They gave more power to the landlords. And they took away more from us,” Evans says

Evans started pushing for change when an out-of-state company bought the mobile home park she lives in and significantly raised the rent.  “We only want to save our home. We are not asking for anything that we have not earned on our own,” she says.”We are asking that they help us so it’s not taken away from us.”

Republican lawmakers say they wanted to do more — but this bill is a step forward in protecting Iowans who live in mobile homes. But Democrats and Evans say the bill will make things worse for residents. Evans made her comments Thursday, on the Iowa Public Radio program “River to River.”

(reporting By Katarina Sostaric, Iowa Public Radio)