Three people were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday, in Creston. According to Creston Police, 30-year-old Alex Cunningham, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Failure to serve a court-ordered jail sentence on an original Violation of a Protection order, charge. Cunningham was being held in the Union County Jail until the balance of his sentence is served.

20-year-old Montell Rivers, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday at his residence, for Domestic Abuse Assault. He was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

And, 19-year-old Jillian Simmons, of Corning, was arrested in Creston Tuesday night, for Possession of Paraphernalia. She was subsequently released on a $300 bond.

(Radio Iowa) Registration is now open for the majority of sports in the Summer Iowa Games, which will be held in the Ames area and at Iowa State University in late July and early August. Cory Kennedy, a spokesman for the games, says the pandemic has forced a few changes, but organizers are thrilled to be moving forward with this year’s events. “We are pretty much offering everything,” Kennedy says. “We’ve had to cancel some events due to COVID-19 concerns, whether it’s sports where you’re in close proximity for a longer period of time or some sports that we run in conjunction with their national governing bodies.”

While the 2020 edition of the Summer Iowa Games was abbreviated due to COVID, this year’s version will see competition in more than 50 sports. “Some of our popular sports for teams are soccer, baseball, softball are a couple of the larger team sports,” Kennedy says. “Individual sports, track and field is a large sport for us, archery is an up-and-coming, growing sport, and another large sport that is continually growing is pickleball.”

The main weekend of the games is scheduled for July 29th through August 1st, with 27 sports and competitions. Some events will start on July 10th, while others will begin in just a few weeks. “We’ll host a high school trap-shooting event next month, in May,” he says, “as well as our annual Big Fish Classic fishing tournament.” Billed as Iowa’s premier multi-sports festival, Kennedy says the event will attract thousands of participants from across the state. “The cool thing about the Iowa Games is that it is definitely an event for all athletes, anybody, all ages, all abilities,” Kennedy says. “We have something from A to Z, archery to zumba.”

The Opening Ceremony will be held virtually this year on July 30th. Learn more and register at www.iowagames.org.

The Red Oak Police Department reports two recent arrests. At around 1:10-a.m. today (Wednesday), 31-year-old Travis Todd Nelson, of Red Oak, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. His bond at the Montgomery County Jail was set at $1,000. And, at approximately 9:18-p.m. Tuesday, 48-year-old Floyd Raymond Henry, II, of Red Oak, was arrested on a Felony warrant for a Controlled Substance Violation. His bond was set at $25,000.

(Radio Iowa) – Thirty Republicans in the Iowa Senate have advanced a proposed amendment that says Iowa’s constitution does not recognize the right to an abortion or public funding of the procedure. 2024 is the earliest Iowans could vote on the amendment if the proposal clears other legislative hurdles. Senate President Jake Chapman of Adel, a Republican, says the amendment would undo a 2018 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that Iowa women have a fundamental right to an abortion under the state constitution.

“It is our responsibility,” Chapman says, “it is our oath-bound duty to rightfully propose to the people of Iowa a constitutional amendment to correct this judicial overreach.” Senator Jackie Smith, a Democrat from Sioux City, says the proposed amendment weakens the right to privacy. “Women deserve the freedom from politicians that interfere in our personal lives,” Smith said. “…Likewise, I believe a woman should be free to access abortion with dignity and respect.”

Senator Jeff Taylor, a Republican from Sioux Center, says abortion is a very tragic cover for unaddressed social problems. “The desire to protect human life, especially the most innocent and vulnerable, is a worthy cause,” Taylor says, “even when it conflicts with other understandable desires and genuine rights.” Senator Amanda Ragan, a Democrat from Mason City, says the ultimate G-O-P objective is to ban access to safe abortion. “Iowans deserve freedom from political interference in their personal lives,” Ragan says. “These private health care decisions belong to a woman and her doctor.”

The proposal goes back to the House, where Republicans approved something similar earlier this year. However, Senate Republicans advanced slightly different wording that must be reviewed and approved by the House. The resolution must clear the Iowa legislature this year or next — then AGAIN in 2023 or 2024 before the proposed constitutional amendment can be submitted to voters.