Red Oak Police report the arrest at around 10:15-p.m., Saturday, of 33-year old Joshua Kenneth Wolcott, from Red Oak. He was taken into custody in the 100 block of E. Market Street, and charged with Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense, by impeding air flow, and, Interference with Official Acts. Wolcott was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Police in Council Bluffs responded at around 1:30-a.m. today (Sunday), to a shooting that took place at Woodbury Pines Apartments at 530 Woodbury Avenue, where a man had possibly been shot in the leg with a shotgun. Officers arrived and found the victim lying in the parking lot with a wound to his leg. The victim was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. No other persons were injured in the incident, and the suspect remains unknown.

Anyone with any information that was in the area at the time of the incident is encouraged to contact the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division at 712-328-4728, or Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.

A vehicle heading in the wrong direction on Interstate 80 in eastern Iowa’s Scott County, collided head-on with another vehicle, causing the death of two people and injuries to one other. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at mile marker 285.5 near Walcott, at around 11:25-p.m. Saturday.

Authorities say the public had reported multiple times, that a 1999 Chrysler Concorde was traveling eastbound on I-80 in the westbound lanes, prior to crashing into a 2020 Infiniti QX-60. Two people died at the scene. One person suffered unknown injuries and was transported to a local hospital. No names were released, pending notification of family.

The Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office, Buffalo and Walcott Police Departments, and emergency medical personnel.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say 20 to 25 train cars derailed near Des Moines area after a small bridge collapsed. The Des Moines Register reports that the Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the collapse happened Friday morning in the northeast part of the county. It closed roads in the area for nearly 12 hours.

Sgt. Ryan Evans, of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, described what happened as a “mess.” The sheriff’s office is assisting Union Pacific with the investigation.

(Update 7:15-p.m.: The driver/crash victim was identified as 50-year-old Stephen Johnson, of Omaha)

An official with the Council Bluffs Police Department reports one person died in a single-vehicle accident late Saturday morning. According to Lt. Mark Galvan, emergency crews responded at around 10:15-a.m. to I‐480 Eastbound at Exit 0, to investigate a report of a single vehicle accident that was off of the roadway. The vehicle had left the roadway for unknown reasons and came to rest against a tree.

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The driver and lone occupant was pronounced deceased at the scene by Paramedics. The investigation has been turned over to the Council Bluffs Police Departments Special Operations unit for further investigation. The identity of the driver was being withheld, pending notification of family.

Anyone who may have witnessed this accident is encouraged to contact the Council Bluffs P-D Special Operations unit, at 712‐328‐4948

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot a relative on Christmas Day in an Iowa home. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s deputies responded around 4:30 p.m. after a resident called 911 to report that there had been a shooting between family members. The wounded man was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Deputies determined that there was an argument before the shooting. Capt. Mark Herbst of the sheriff’s department said in a news release that the investigation is ongoing and no names were immediately released.