The Creston Police Department reports three arrests took place over the past few days, along with incidents of theft and vandalism. Authorities say at around 2:19-a.m. today (Monday), 29-year old Terry Ray Hankins-Lund, Jr., of Creston, was arrested for OWI/3rd offense and Driving While Suspended. Hankins-Lund was later released on a $5,300 bond. At around 10:15-p.m. Sunday, 31-year old Kevin James Jungers, of Lenox, was arrested in Creston after the K9 “Jax” was deployed and alerted to the odor of narcotics. Jungers faces charges that include Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense, and Driving While Suspended. His bond was set at $2,300. And, at around Noon on Friday, 38-year old Durrell Bernett Haynes, of Creston, was arrested on an Adams County warrant. He was transported to Adams County and booked into their jail.

Last Friday, a woman residing in the 500 block of N. Chestnut Street, in Creston, reported to Police that her vehicle had been entered while it was parked in the alley at her residence. A wallett, checkbook and credit cards were reported as stolen. The loss was estimated at $50. Also on Friday, AgriVision Equipment in Creston reported a seed tender had been vandalized while it was parked on the companies’ lot. The damage was estimated at $3,000. And, a man residing in the 1100th Block of W. Adair, said Friday that someone broke out the passenger side window and damaged the windshield of his SUV, while the vehicle was parked outside his home. The loss was estimated at $1,200.

The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque man has been given 50 years in prison for killing a 59-year-old man at the victim’s home in Bellevue. Jackson County District Court records say 24-year-old Drew Mangler was sentenced Friday. He’d been convicted last month of second-degree murder. Prosecutors say he stabbed to death Richard Remakel during a break-in.

Officers found Remakel’s body after being called to a house in Bellevue on Dec. 25, 2016. An autopsy showed Remakel had been stabbed at least 32 times in his upper body, neck and head. He was believed to be dead for several days before police found him.

Court documents say Mangler was developed as a suspect following witness accounts to police. Investigators say they found a shoe with Remakel’s blood on it during a search of Mangler’s house.

FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) _ Winnebago Industries Inc. (WGO) on Monday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $21.6 million. The Forest City, Iowa-based company said it had profit of 68 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, were 60 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 56 cents per share.

The recreational vehicle maker posted revenue of $432.7 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $425.6 million. Winnebago shares have increased 20 percent since the beginning of the year. The stock has declined 21 percent in the last 12 months.

DOUGLAS, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are seeking an Iowa man suspected of shooting to death two people at their home in southeast Nebraska — the parents of his former live-in girlfriend.
Otoe County Court records say 36-year-old Brindar Jangir is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

An affidavit in support of an arrest warrant says Jangir used a stolen shotgun to kill Randal and Annette Grimes on Saturday morning in the village of Douglas. Their bodies were discovered by a sheriff’s deputy who was checking on an aborted call to 911.

The affidavit says Randal and Annette Grimes were the parents of a woman Jangir was living with in Sioux City, Iowa, until she moved out March 12. The affidavit says she told officers Jangir threatened to kill her and her parents if she ever left him.

(Radio Iowa) — With more than half the state under a disaster declaration due to flooding, many Iowans don’t need a reminder about how wicked Mother Nature can be. Still, residents who could use a refresher course on the dangers of springtime in Iowa should take note this is Severe Weather Awareness Week. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff at the National Weather Service, says a different topic is covered daily. “Anything from severe thunderstorms to understanding where to get warning information, family preparedness, flooding, tornado safety,” Hagenhoff says. “It’s just to get people thinking about springtime weather, since it is coming our way, making sure people have plans in place.”

Last year, 69 tornadoes touched down in Iowa, with one day standing apart. “Definitely that July 19th event is the one that sticks out,” she says. “That’s the day we had the most tornadoes in one day. Twenty-one of our tornadoes from last season were all in that July 19th event. Certainly, the memorable tornadoes were through the Pella, Marshalltown and Bondurant areas.”  As part of this week’s educational events, Hagenhoff says a statewide tornado drill is set for Wednesday morning.

“We’ll have a test tornado watch that will go out at 10 AM and then at 10:15, we will issue a test tornado warning,” Hagenhoff says. “We recommend people take it seriously and act as they would for a normal tornado warning, taking the appropriate actions so that we can practice our severe weather protocols.” Learn more about severe weather at www.weather.gov.

A traffic stop at around 11:15-p.m. Sunday, resulted in an arrest for alcohol and drug charges. Red Oak Police report 40-year old Laura Marie Tepoel, of Red Oak, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, Possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. Tepoel was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rain storms expected later this week could lead to another crest along the Missouri River and its tributaries just as residents are cleaning up from this spring’s flooding. National Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Low said that more than an inch of rain is expected to fall in Nebraska and Iowa later this week.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5. The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million.

FAIRMONT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his adult son. The Des Moines Register reports that 59-year-old Daniel Niebuhr of Fairbank was charged Friday in the death of 36-year-old Brock Niebuhr of Dike. The sheriff’s office says Daniel Neibuhr told investigators that he walked up behind his son and shot him in the head as he was on a couch watching television. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.

Rain storms expected later this week could lead to another crest along the Missouri River and its tributaries just as residents are cleaning up from this spring’s flooding. National Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Low said that more than an inch of rain is expected to fall in Nebraska and Iowa later this week.

Low says the storms between Wednesday and Friday could create a 1-foot rise in the level of the Missouri River around Omaha and cities downstream starting next weekend.

But it’s not yet clear how much additional flooding that rise could create.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5.

The next drawing for what would be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. history is Wednesday. The odds of winning are roughly 1 in 292.2 million. No one has won the Powerball jackpot since the day after Christmas. Twenty-four drawings since then have failed to produce a winner.

The buyers of three tickets shared the country’s largest jackpot. It was a nearly $1.59 billion Powerball prize drawn on Jan. 13, 2016. A South Carolina purchaser won a $1.54 billion Mega Millions jackpot. That was the nation’s second-largest lottery prize ever.