A traffic stop at around 3-a.m. today (Sunday), in Red Oak, resulted in an arrest. 37-year old Matthew William Goranson, of Red Oak, was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

A woman died and another woman was injured during a single-vehicle rollover accident Saturday morning in southeastern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports 28-year-old Mallory Kate Johnston, of Fremont, lost control of the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee she was driving on a snow-covered curve on southbound Highway 23, in Keokuk County. The SUV went off the road near 310th Street just before 9 a.m. Saturday, and flipped onto its top.

Mallory Johnston died at the scene. Her passenger, 21-year-old Madelynn Johnston, of Oskaloosa, was injured and taken to a hospital. Neither women were wearing their seat belt. The Iowa State Patrol is investigating the crash.

A separate crash Friday evening, resulted in life threatening injuries to a truck driver from eastern Iowa. The Patrol says 49-year old Darin Kruse, of Lone Rock, was flown by MercyOne helicopter to the hospital, after the 2014 semi he was driving rear-ended a semi on westbound  Highway 20 in Grundy County. The accident happened at around 5:30-p.m., Friday, near mile marker 186.

The driver of the other semi, who was from Texas, was not injured.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A student is suing Drake University in Des Moines, along with a fraternity at the school and several fellow students for an unspecified amount after he said he nearly died from a hazing incident. Court documents filed Feb. 7 show Marcus Shields is suing the school, Theta Chi fraternity, its Drake chapter and others. The lawsuit says Shields was a 19-year-old freshman last year and a Theta Chi pledge when the fraternity engaged in hazing, included coercing and forcing him to drink excessive amounts of alcohol. Shields says he pleaded with his fraternity brothers that “he didn’t want to die,” and had to be taken by ambulance to a hospital for acute alcohol poisoning.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party has selected a new interim chairman to replace Troy Price, who resigned this week following a meltdown in the state’s lead-off presidential caucuses. The Des Moines Register reports that the party’s State Central Committee voted Saturday to install Iowa state Rep. Mark Smith, of Marshalltown, as interim chairman. The vote came a day after party officials agreed to hire two high-profile lawyers to investigate the factors leading to the problems that hamstrung the Feb. 3 Iowa Caucus, when problems with a mobile app and other issues prevented it from releasing results.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Officials say two people suffered minor injuries in a fire that destroyed a Fort Dodge towing and auto business. Television station KCCI reports that the fire broke out Friday afternoon in Mid Iowa Towing. Firefighters arrived to find a large fire in the company’s shop area, with flames reaching the roof. The building is not served by the city and did not have fire hydrants, requiring the firefighters to use 500-gallon water tanks. Officials say the lack of water and presence of a large amount of flammable liquids, coupled with high winds, caused the fire to grow and spread quickly. Two of the business’ employees were treated for burns on their hands.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state court judge has heard arguments on whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a state law passed last year that would block Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from receiving federal grant money for sex education courses. Judge Paul Scott is considering whether to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa for Planned Parenthood. It challenges the law passed on the last day of the 2019 session as a violation of free speech, due process and equal protection rights. A judge last May halted enforcement of the law until the court decides whether it’s constitutional.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A student is suing Drake University in Des Moines, along with a fraternity at the school and several fellow students for an unspecified amount after he said he nearly died from a hazing incident. Court documents filed Feb. 7 show Marcus Shields is suing the school, Theta Chi fraternity, its Drake chapter and others.

The lawsuit says Shields was a 19-year-old freshman last year and a Theta Chi pledge when the fraternity engaged in hazing, included coercing and forcing him to drink excessive amounts of alcohol. Shields says he pleaded with his fraternity brothers that “he didn’t want to die,” and had to be taken by ambulance to a hospital for acute alcohol poisoning.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (KCCI-TV) — Officials say two people suffered minor injuries in a fire that destroyed a Fort Dodge towing and auto business. Television station KCCI reports that the fire broke out Friday afternoon in Mid Iowa Towing. Firefighters arrived to find a large fire in the company’s shop area, with flames reaching the roof. The building is not served by the city and did not have fire hydrants, requiring the firefighters to use 500-gallon water tanks.

Officials say the lack of water and presence of a large amount of flammable liquids, coupled with high winds, caused the fire to grow and spread quickly. Two of the business’ employees were treated for burns on their hands.

The Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency reports Villisca Fire and Rescue was paged out to the scene of a house fire in Villisca at around 8:15-p.m., Friday.  After they arrived on the scene at 3269 260th Street,  crews attempted to make an aggressive interior fire attack to stop or slow the spread of fire in the home, however crews were forced to back out and took up a defensive firefighting operation, due to many issues they were faced with, including heat, smoke conditions and ice. Firefighters were on scene for roughly 3.5 hours before the fire was extinguished.

All photos via the Montgomery County EMA Facebook page.

ANAMOSA – Officials with the Iowa Department of Correction say a correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate at the Anamosa State Penitentiary at approximately 7:40-p.m., Friday. The officer was observing the distribution of medications to inmates on a mental health unit when an inmate refused to comply with taking a required prescription.

After being verbally directed to take his medication, the inmate refused and unexpectedly struck the officer in the face with a closed-fist strike. The officer that was attacked, as well as additional officers that responded to the incident were able to place the inmate in restraints without further incident.

The officer was taken by State vehicle to the Jones Regional Medical Center to be evaluated and was found to have suffered injuries to his face and hand. The inmate did not suffer any major injuries. The incident remains under investigation.

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The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports a recent theft arrest. At approximately 12:00pm on January 10th 62-year-old Paule Wayne Norton of Bedford was caught in the act of taking rear wheel weights from a tractor sitting at County Peddler, 2058 Hunter Trail, in Corning. Norton was arrested for Theft in the 5th Degree. No further details were released at this time.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state court judge has heard arguments on whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a state law passed last year that would block Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from receiving federal grant money for sex education courses. Judge Paul Scott is considering whether to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa for Planned Parenthood. It challenges the law passed on the last day of the 2019 session as a violation of free speech, due process and equal protection rights. A judge last May halted enforcement of the law until the court decides whether it’s constitutional.

OAKLAND, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa school district will pay $4.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of 16-year-old girl who died in a 2017 school bus fire that also killed the bus driver. Riverside Community School District reached the settlement this week with the family of Megan Klindt. She died when the bus became stuck in a ditch, leading to a fire in the engine compartment that spread to the passenger compartment. The fire also killed 74-year-old Donnie Hendricks. An attorney for the school district had said Thursday that the settlement terms were confidential, but the Iowa Freedom of Information Council later released the details.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man has been convicted of beating to death the 5-year-old son of his girlfriend in eastern Iowa. A jury found Tre Henderson guilty Thursday. The 28-year-old will be sentenced April 1 to life in prison without possibility of parole. Prosecutors say Ja’Shawn Bussell had 17 broken ribs, damage to internal organs and bruises from the top of his head to his ankles after Henderson beat him in April 2018. Henderson and the boy’s mother, Jacqueline Rambert, were charged with child abuse for failing to seek prompt medical attention for the boy. They’re both from Chicago and were living in Davenport when Ja’Shawn died.