A traffic stop at around 1:50-a.m. today (Thursday), in Montgomery County at 140th Street and Highway 148, resulted in the discovery of drugs and drug paraphernalia. Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 58-year-old Elton Dean Chandler, of Denison, for Possession of: Methamphetamine, Marijuana, and unlawful possession of prescription medication. Chandler was also charged with Driving While Barred. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

Chandler

Police in Red Oak, Wednesday evening, arrested a man at the intersection of 1st Avenue and W. 4th Street. Authorities say 42-year-old Kim Jack Douglas Trost, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 5:40-p.m., for Public Intoxication, and Domestic Abuse Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. Trost was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Trost

Des Moines, Iowa/KCCI —The Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 104 additional COVID-19 deaths. The additional deaths happened between Aug. 29 and Oct. 30. That brings the statewide total to 7,069 since the start of the pandemic. The number of Positive tests have also increased over the last week. IDPH reports 6,816 positive tests, up from 6,652 at last report on Monday. The state’s 14-day positivity rate is up from 8.1% on Monday to 8.2% on Wednesday.

The number of patients hospitalized in Iowa is also on the rise once again after declining for several weeks. There are 483 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, up from 467 on Monday. Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, 74.8% are unvaccinated, while 82% of those listed in intensive care with COVID-19 are unvaccinated.

There have been 3,771,944 vaccine doses administered in Iowa, with 68% of those 18 and older fully vaccinated and 70.5% of those 12 and older with at least one dose.

(Urbandale, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Polk County, Wednesday, said a man from southern Iowa’s Ringgold County has been charged with first-degree murder in the death and disappearance of woman from southwestern Wisconsin. Deputies 30-year-old Rachel Reuter, of Cassville, Wisconsin, was reported missing by her father to the Urbandale Police Department on June 16th.

In a News Release, authorities said “The Urbandale Police Department requested assistance from the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigations, and both agencies worked conjointly to investigate the reported missing person. Evidence in the case eventually lead investigators to a residence in Bondurant, IA. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and began to assist with the case,” deputies said through a news release. “Information and evidence gathered shifted this incident from a missing person investigation to a homicide investigation.”

Investigators believe 46-year-old James Shiloh Klever, of Mount Ayr, killed Reuter at the Bondurant residence on June 13. Deputies said her remains have not been located. Klever is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a controlled substance. He’s currently being held in the Polk County Jail in lieu of a $1 million cash bond.

Authorities say the case remains an ongoing and active investigation that is being conducted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the DCI. Anyone with information in the case is asked to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at 515-286-3334.

Des Moines, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Public Health reported the first flu death this year, Wednesday. IDPH stated the Central Iowa woman who died was 81 years old and had underlying conditions. According to the state, the flu season began on Oct. 3. While flu cases remain low in Iowa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people six months and older to receive the flu vaccine.

Two weeks after receiving the vaccine, participants will fully benefit from the vaccine’s protection. The first flu death also comes on the heels of the CDC recommending the Pediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 years and older.

IDPH is asking Iowans to get the COVID-19 vaccine and the flu vaccine.