IDA GROVE, Iowa (AP) — A man Iowa authorities say was intoxicated when his vehicle crashed into another, killing three men, now faces felony charges in the case.

The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that 21-year-old Ryan Daniel Childers, of Odebolt, was charged last week with three counts of vehicular homicide when driving under the influence and one count of serious injury by vehicle.

Authorities say Childers was driving a pickup truck the wrong way on Highway 59 just north of Holstein when he hit a car head-on. The car burst into flames, killing its occupants, 21-year-old Francisco Joel Nicia Guerro, 25-year-old Jose Danilo Gonzalez Guerro, and 39-year-old Felipe De La Cruz Nava, all of Denison. Childers and his passenger were seriously injured.

Childers has been released after posting $500 bond. His preliminary hearing is set for July 18.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An Iowa man who eluded authorities for almost eight years after his indictment on federal firearms charges has been apprehended in Montana.
Michael Duane Strain of Lime Springs, Iowa made an initial appearance in a Montana courtroom Friday, where a judge ordered him returned to Iowa to face charges.

Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Timothy Hornung says the 62-year-old defendant is a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen, a label used by people who contend they’re not bound by U.S. law.

Hornung says Strain was arrested after a tip that came in by telephone led authorities to him on a remote ranch on the Crow Indian Reservation.

Strain was indicted in northern Iowa in 2011 on two counts of a felon being in possession of firearms. He has previous convictions in Minnesota including for explosives possession and contempt of court.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City woman charged with vehicular homicide in Nebraska has pleaded not guilty to driving drunk in Sioux City the same night as the traffic fatality.

The Sioux City Journal reports that 19-year-old Maria Gonzalez-Diego entered a written plea Friday to second-offense operating while intoxicated and driving while her license was revoked. Gonzalez-Diego remains in the Woodbury County Jail on more than $500,000 bond.

In northeastern Nebraska’s Dakota County, Gonzalez-Diego is charged with vehicular homicide with a prior conviction for DUI and with failure to stop and render aid.

South Sioux City police say Gonzalez-Diego’s northbound vehicle hit 62-year-old Antonia Lopez De Ramirez the night of June 24 as the woman walked east across a street and kept going. Lopez De Ramirez died later at a hospital.

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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest early Saturday of a Shenandoah man. At 2:47am Deputies arrested 27-year-old Jordan Scott Poe, of Shenandoah for Public Intoxication. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

The Red Oak Police Department reports numerous arrests Friday night.

At 6:45pm Officers arrested 26-year-old Dillon Roy Karwal of Red Oak in the 1400 block of Broadway Street for Driving While Suspended and Failure to have SR-22 Insurance. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

At 9:05pm Officers arrested 46-year-old Alex Edwon Cellan Jr. of Red Oak at the intersection of West 2nd and West Reed Streets on a charge of Driving While Suspended. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $566.25 bond.

At 11:20pm Friday Red Oak Police arrested 21-year-old Dakota Lynn Girouex of Red Oak in the 100 block of West Coolbaugh Street on a charge of Simple Assault. She was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

At 12:37am Saturday Red Oak Police arrested 27-year-old Devon Keith Hale of Glenwood in the 400 block of North Broadway Street for Disorderly Conduct. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond.

Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynold’s staff reports the Governor will participate in the City of Casey’s 150th Anniversary Parade on Saturday, July 13th. The Big Parade line-up begins at 9-a.m. that day, with the parade itself getting underway at 10-a.m.

Governor Reynolds is expected to arrive by no later that 9:45-a.m. Here’s more information on the events taking place to help celebrate Casey’s 150th Anniversary:

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Officials in eastern Iowa say a man has lost his hand in a fireworks mishap that also seriously injured two others. The city of Muscatine says in a news release that one of the three men lit a mortar while holding it in his hand and attempted to throw it, but it exploded before he could. Firefighters say the man lost his hand in the explosion, while a second man suffered injuries to his face, eyes and ears. The third man lost several fingers.

Two of the men were taken by ambulance to a hospital. The other drove himself to the hospital. All three were later taken to an Iowa City hospital and are expected to survive their injuries. Assistant Fire Chief Michael Hartman says it’s the city’s most serious fireworks incident since the state legalized fireworks two years ago.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa police shooting that paralyzed a black man in 2016 also threatened the life of the city’s deputy chief when the injured man’s speeding truck smashed into his patrol SUV.

Cedar Rapids has released police reports related to an incident in which Officer Lucas Jones struggled with and shot Jerime Mitchell, an unarmed black man who was pulled over in November 2016. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in April that the reports were public records.

They shed little new light on the shooting, which was captured on dash camera video made public in 2016. But they add new detail to what happened afterward.
Authorities had said that after he was shot, Mitchell was paralyzed and unable to control his truck as it struck a police SUV whose driver was extricated.

The records reveal that the SUV’s occupant was Deputy Cedar Rapids Police Chief Thomas Jonker, who was responding to Jones’ call for backup. Mitchell’s truck was traveling 60 miles per hour when it smashed into Jonker’s driver’s side, trapping him inside. Jonker reported pain to his neck, jaw and knee and chipped teeth but returned to work days later.

PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say a 27-year-old Knoxville, Iowa, man has drowned at Lake Red Rock just west of Pella.

The Des Moines Register reports that Marion County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to the lake just after 6 p.m. Thursday for reports that a man had gone under the water and not resurfaced.

Officials say about 20 minutes later, Tyson Marshall was brought to shore, where medics sought to revive him. Marshall was taken to a Pella hospital, where he was pronounced dead.