Police in Red Oak, Saturday, arrested a man from Stuart on a Dept. of Corrections warrant for Violation of Parole. Authorities say 27-year old Jesse Patrick Beaman was taken into custody at around 7:30-p.m. in the 200 block of W. 3rd Street, in Red Oak. Beaman was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted in his arrest.

A Creston man seen walking in the 2000 block of Highway 34 in Montgomery County early this (Sunday) morning, was questioned and then taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on a charge of Assault on a person in a certain occupation. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports Anthony Wasson was arrested at around 4:30-a.m., and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held on a $1,000 bond. Red Oak Police assisted Deputies in handling the arrest.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:15 a.m. CDT

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City police officers could be wearing body cameras by the end of the year. Police Chief Rex Mueller says the city council will be asked Monday to approve spending $260,000 for 120 body cameras. Mayor Bob Scott said he would be shocked if the proposal doesn’t pass unanimously. Mueller said after training, officers could be wearing the cameras late this year. Purchasing cameras is voluntary for Iowa law enforcement agencies, Sioux City has been considering them for several years but Mueller said the financing was never available because of other city priorities.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — One influential pork company has received the vast majority of payments from an Iowa program designed to support farmers who euthanized their hogs after the coronavirus devastated their industry. Newly released data shows that Christensen Farms has received $1.86 million from the Iowa Disposal Assistance Program. That’s 72% of the $2.6 million the program has paid to date. Christensen Farms is one of the nation’s largest family-owned pork producers, The Sleepy Eye, Minnesota-based company has received reimbursement payments for disposing of 46,599 euthanized hogs. The 15 other companies and farmers who have received payments reported euthanizing about 18,000 hogs combined.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A 37-year-old Waterloo man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on gun charges after he shot a man in 2019. Alberto Quinto-Pascual shot Alejandro Franco at a Waterloo apartment and Franco later died from his injuries. Quinto-Pascual was not charged with murder but was sentenced Friday in federal court on gun charges, in a move the increased his sentence. Quinto-Pascual is a citizen of Mexico, and will likely be deported following his prison time. Prosecutors said the two men met at a bar and then went to a house, where Quinto-Pascual shot Franco. Quinto-Pascual told police Franco shot himself.

UNDATED (AP) — Officials from states across the country who are hoping to expand broadband internet to underserved areas with federal money appropriated to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic are scrambling to finish the projects by the end of the year. To comply with the current CARES Act rules, states must have the broadband projects, which can typically take months if not years of planning and construction, up and running by Dec. 30. In Vermont, the Legislature cut back on what lawmakers would have liked to allocate from $100 million to less than $20 million because they didn’t believe they could have spent the larger amount on time, despite the need.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City police officers could be wearing body cameras by the end of the year. Police Chief Rex Mueller says the city council will be asked Monday to approve spending $260,000 for 120 body cameras. Mayor Bob Scott said he would be shocked if the proposal doesn’t pass unanimously. Mueller said after training, officers could be wearing the cameras late this year.

Purchasing cameras is voluntary for Iowa law enforcement agencies, Sioux City has been considering them for several years but Mueller said the financing was never available because of other city priorities.

Corning Fire and Rescue responded to an accident with injuries, early this (Saturday) morning, northeast of Corning. Officials reports crews were dispatched at around 12:48-a.m. to 2107 Corning Carl Road for a vehicle accident. Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate one victim. One person was injured in the accident with unknown injuries.

Corning Ambulance and Adams County Sheriffs Department were also on scene.

The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 463 new coronavirus cases and 7 additional deaths today (Saturday). As of 10 a.m., IDPH reported 44,937 total positive cases in the state, 32,802 recoveries and 872 deaths. As of 10 a.m. Friday, IDPH had reported 44,474 positive cases and 865 deaths. Cass County reports two more positive COVID-19 cases for a total of 42, and the first death in the County.

A total of 480,425 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. IDPH reported 4,804 Iowans tested the previous day, with a positivity rate of 8.2% . Health officials report 242 Iowans are currently hospitalized, up from 228 the previous day. There are 77 patients listed in intensive care, up from 71 the previous day. There are currently 35 patients on ventilators, up from 29 the previous day. There were 36 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, up from 31 the previous day.

Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: 14 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; eight are in an ICU; one person was recently admitted, and three people are on a ventilator. The IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries (   ), and the number of deaths to date (if any)  {    }:

• Cass: 42 [2 more than yesterday] (34) {1 death}
• Adair: 20 (16)
• Adams: 15 (10)
• Audubon: 28 [1 more than yesterday] (15) {1}
• Guthrie: 125 [1 more than Friday] (79) {5}
• Montgomery: 42 (29) {3}
• Pottawattamie: 1,171 (776) {21}
• Shelby: 156 [2 more than Friday] (131) {1 death}

There are currently COVID-19 outbreaks in 22 of Iowa’s long-term care facilities. IDPH reported 748 positive cases and 318 recoveries. There have been 470 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities.

The Iowa Department of Public Health displays the latest coronavirus information in real time on this website

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The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office located a stolen vehicle near Sidney early Saturday morning and made an arrest. Deputies were advised at 12:58 a.m. of a report of a truck stolen out of Council Bluffs that was possibly in the Sidney area. Deputies located the vehicle on Highway 2 near 350th Avenue, east of Sidney.

After stopping the vehicle, the driver 57-year-old Ralph Peterson of Council Bluffs was arrested for Theft 1st Degree and Theft 5th Degree. He was taken into custody without incident and held in the Fremont County Jail on $10,000 bond.

A woman from Lamoni was arrested early Saturday morning in Montgomery County following a traffic stop. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s reports at 12:37 a.m. a traffic stop was conducted at the intersection of Boxelder Avenue and Highway 34. Upon further investigation, Kilee Licht of Lamoni was taken into custody on a Decatur County warrant for Failure to Appear. Licht was taken to Montgomery County Jail where she was booked in and held on $300 cash bond.

Montgomery County Public Health/Emergency Management officials said Friday, three additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in residents of Montgomery County, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to forty-one (41). Of the three cases announced on Friday, two are elderly adults (> 80) and one is an adult (18-40) who contracted the virus via community spread and close contact with a previously reported positive case. Officials also announced an additional death associated with COVID-19 in Montgomery County for a total of three (3) confirmed deaths.

The number of Montgomery County residents tested for COVID-19 amounts to 1,174.