The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office has released additional information on a two-vehicle accident that resutled in two fatalities.

The crash happened at approximately 1:23pm Friday in the area of Pioneer Trail and Humbolt Lane. Upon arrival Deputies located a 2017 Ford F-350 and a 1998 Honda CRV involved in the crash. The F-350 was being driven by 46-year-old Rollin Hansen of Council Bluffs eastbound on Pioneer Trail near the intersection with Humbolt Lane. The driver of the CRV has not been determined but the vehicle was westbound on Pioneer Trail near that same intersection. The vehicles collided near the intersection sending both vehicles into the south ditch and the CRV overturned.

One occupant of the CRV was identified at 17-year old Floyd Quick of Council Bluffs who along with another occupant who has not been identified were pronounced dead at the scene. The State Medical Examiner’s Office is working to identify the other occupant that was killed.

The investigation indicates that speed was a factor and that another vehicle was involved and failed to stop. If you have any information on this vehicle, please contact the Sheriff’s Office Traffic Investigations Division at 712-890-2288.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court a jury verdict that concluded former Gov. Terry Branstad discriminated against a former state commissioner because the official is gay.

A jury in July awarded former Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Chris Godfrey $1.5 million, finding he was the victim of discrimination and retaliation when Branstad tried to force him to quit in 2011 and then cut his pay. Jurors found against Branstad, one of his staff members and the state.

Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett said Friday that Reynolds made the decision after consulting with attorneys. Branstad attorneys have argued the verdicts weren’t supported by substantial evidence and conflict with state law. Reynolds says she believes the additional legal costs will be minimal and winning the appeal would save taxpayers millions of dollars.

Godfrey’s attorney Roxanne Conlin says appealing is “deeply dumb” because the best outcome for the state is the Supreme Court orders a new trial.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two people have been killed in a two-vehicle crash just southeast of Council Bluffs. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that the crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. Friday. Deputies sent the scene say a pickup truck and car had collided, and two people inside the car were pronounced dead at the scene.

Their names have not yet been released pending notification of family members. The occupants of the pickup were treated for minor injuries at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) — State Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has announced an alternative dispute resolution process with propane distributors. Naig says that could help ease the shipping issues created by the late harvest and cold weather. “They will start dispute resolution next week — which gets the shippers and the pipelines together. And we hope that will yield some increased supply as we head into the next week and into the following week,” according to Naig.

He says the late October the demand for propane in Iowa was three times higher than it normally is, and the demand hasn’t eased a lot. “Anything that we can do to put more propane in these pipelines will absolutely help resolve that,” Naig says. “We are very hopeful. It won’t be an immediate solution — but we are heading in the right direction and we appreciate the work that our governor and our senators and FERC to bring some resolution to this.”

The nationwide supply of propane has been good — but Naig and others say the issue has been getting enough shipped to Iowa as the demand dramatically increased.

(Radio Iowa) — Due to year-end budget constraints, some road repair crews are having to stop working on flood-damaged highways in southwest Iowa. While water remains in parts of Fremont County closest to the Missouri River, retreating floodwaters have wreaked havoc on the county’s secondary roads. County Engineer Dan Davis says the county has started making repairs, but funding remains an issue.

“It’s just been very slow,” Davis says. “We’ve done a few contract repairs on FEMA projects. Our crews have done a lot of repairs with local funds. By the end of September, we were over 50% of our budget, which shouldn’t happen until December, so we had to cut some of that off.” Davis says his department remains in a holding pattern on major repairs until the county’s coffers are replenished by the federal government for work that’s already been done.

“Now, we’re in the waiting mode of getting reimbursed by FEMA for those projects that were either contracted done or that our crews did,” he says. In the meantime, Davis says his crews have worked to keep up with regular maintenance on other county roads so the problem isn’t compounded next spring.  “We’re still doing some patching to finish up the year and the weather’s cooperating,” Davis says. “Hopefully, we’ll get that completed and we’ll try to get as much open as we can this year until the weather changes. Then, we’ll hit it in the spring and hopefully we’ll be back caught up with our reimbursements is the big thing.”

County officials recently closed J-10 or Waubonsie Avenue between Bartlett and the Loess Hills following its collapse due to undermining from floodwaters and repeated heavy equipment usage for levee repairs.

(Radio Iowa) — The legislature is NOT likely to make wholesale changes in the state’s tax credit system according to a panel of lawmakers who spoke today (Friday) at a meeting of the Iowa Taxpayers Association. Representative Dave Jacoby of Coralville, a Democrat, used a barnyard epithet — which we have edited — to share his opinion.

“I’ll admit this: there are people on both sides of the aisle that are chicken____ to review some of them because they help some of their communities and they afraid that they may not perform as well as they should,” Jacoby said. Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, says it took two decades to create a wide range of tax credits and legislators shouldn’t shy away from unraveling some of them.

“Eat a little humble pie here and actually think what’s best for a competitive tax code and for Iowa,” Dawson says. Dawson says some of the credits should remain, however, and Dawson points to the tax credit for restoration of historic properties, which he says is popular in rural areas. Dawson was not one of the small group of lawmakers who met three weeks ago to begin reviewing the dozens of credits available to Iowa taxpayers.

A lawmaker who WAS on the panel says the state will award 434 million dollars in credits in the current tax year.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old Ankeny man has been arrested after being accused of recording men in bathrooms at Des Moines Area Community College and Principal Park, a minor league baseball stadium in Des Moines.

The Des Moines Register reports the man was arrested Friday morning and faces a charge of invasion of privacy after a man reported to police that he saw someone stick a device under a divider of a bathroom stall he was in while urinated on Sept. 9.

Police say the victim confronted the suspect, and a police search of the suspect’s cellphone revealed numerous videos of men being recorded in restrooms.

A transient man was taken into custody this (Friday) morning in Council Bluffs, for 2nd Degree Robbery. Council Bluffs Police say officers responded at around 8:50-a.m. to the 700 block of West Washington, for an armed male making threats. When officers arrived they learned, the victim, Steven Hairston II, and his wife, Candice Hairston, from Council Bluffs, were getting inside their vehicle when the suspect, 35-year old Daniel Kennedy, approached them.

Kennedy allegedly pointed what looked like a handgun at the couple, and began yelling at them to, “Get out of the car!” When Steven Hairston got out of his vehicle, he realized the handgun was a toy and he told Kennedy the police were on the way. Kennedy then allegedly threw a glass bottle and a sweatshirt at Hairston.

Officers arrived on scene and where able to detain Kennedy, and placed him under arrest. He was charged with Robbery 2nd and transported to Pottawattamie County Corrections for processing.

(Radio Iowa) — The Denison Community School District has completed its investigation and will be reinstating a teacher who used the “N” word when teaching about a court case. The Denison Community School District said while it is clear the situation has significantly impacted the educational environment, it is equally clear that the teacher had no malicious intent. The school district says it will work with teacher Crystal Holt, to implement necessary changes, in order to transition the teacher back into the classroom.

The District will be working in partnership with families, staff and the community to implement a High School Cultural Advisory Committee comprised of students, teacher leaders and school administration. The District will also develop a School and Community Advisory Committee of parents, educators, administration and school board members.

(Radio Iowa) — State regulators have fined Harrah’s Casino in Council Bluffs ten-thousand dollars for filing late paperwork on three requests from people who wanted to ban themselves from gambling. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko says it took a couple of months to get the paperwork filed. “The commission’s expectation is that anyone who wants to participate in the program — that there information is uploaded in the state system within seven days,” Ohorilko says.

He says the number of violations dictated the fine. “It was the first time the commission has had to work with Harrahs on something like this. Typically those first offense violations within the past year come in at five-thousand dollars,” according to Ohorilko. “But since there were multiple incidents with respect to this review — the commission did set a penalty of ten-thousand dollars.” Ohorilko says the casino has taken steps to improve its operation to prevent future violations. “Essentially it incorporates multiple individuals as part of the process, and so that will help add some extra checks and balances to make sure that these forms are submitted timely,” Ohorilko says.

The I-R-G-C took that action at its meeting Thursday in Dubuque.