(Radio Iowa) — A driver who ran a stop sign is blamed for a fatal accident this weekend in northwest Iowa. The crash happened Saturday afternoon at an intersection southeast of Larchwood. A State Patrol crash report shows 74-year-old Kenneth Wulf was driving a pickup that went through a stop sign and hit another pickup driven by 31-year-old Benjamin Dieters. Both men are from Larchwood.

The Dieters pickup, which was pulling a trailer, rolled in a ditch and the trailer crushed the cab. Dieters died at the scene. Wulf suffered minor injuries.

(Radio Iowa) — The Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office has become the second in the state to use a full body scanner to check inmates into their jail. Sergeant Lee Blanchard says the SecurePass systems is faster and more efficient. “It allows us to see things you wouldn’t normally see — any kind of contraband anything somebody might have hidden on their person — a huge way to do it without having to physically do a strip search,” Blanchard says.

When a person is brought into the jail for booking, they undergo a quick low-level radiation x-ray. “All they have to do is stand on the pedestal there and hold still for about seven seconds. The platform moves through and does a full scan of their body,” Blanchard says. ” You can see basically anything that somebody has on them.” The scanner will detect metal and other foreign objects including narcotics.

Major Tony Wingert says the scanner proved its worth in its first days of use when a person turned himself in at the jail to begin serving his time. He says they saw something on the scanner that concerned them and the person’s demeanor immediately changed and he started sweating, his temperature went up and he gave off clues that he may’ve been trying to hide something on his body. Wingert says they refused the prisoner and he is going to turn himself in at a later date.

Sheriff Dave Drew says the funding of the 190-thousand dollar unit came from inmate room and board charges. Pottawattamie County was the first to purchase this type of scanner after a prisoner being transferred hid a lock pick in his hair to free himself from handcuffs and then shot two deputies, killing one of them.

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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Ames’ plantings in beds and containers not only keep downtown looking lush, they also feed the hungry. For a second year, Ames Main Street has substituted edible landscaping _ including potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant, cucumbers and okra _ for the flowers it used to plant. On Friday, volunteers harvested more than 200 pounds of sweet potatoes from 25 planters along the street.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A 27-year-old woman has died after a rollover crash on an all-terrain vehicle in eastern Iowa over the weekend. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports the crash happened early Sunday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential prospect Cory Booker is planning to headline a state Democratic banquet in Iowa next month, raising the New Jersey senator’s profile on the heels of his spotlight role in Supreme Court confirmation hearings. A statement from the Iowa Democratic Party says Booker is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Oct. 6 event in Des Moines. Booker would be the first among the party’s better-known national figures to visit the leadoff primary state this year.

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (AP) — Court documents say a 12-year-old Iowa boy pointed a gun at his teacher’s face and pulled the trigger, but the safety was on. The Courier reports that court documents say the boy entered a North Scott Junior High classroom on Aug. 31 with a .22-caliber handgun. The boy is charged with attempted murder.

(DES MOINES) – Vincent Cortez Brown, convicted of Murder 2nd Degree in Polk County, was not present during a head count at the Fort Des Moines Work Release Center, Sunday afternoon.

Brown is a 39-year-old black male, height 5’10”, and weighs 223 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on August 23, 2018.

Persons with information on Brown’s whereabouts should contact local police. See his image on the link below.

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A call about a vehicle driving on its rims early Sunday morning near Creston, resulted in the arrest of a man on an alcohol-related charge. Creston Police say the 2018 Chevy Trailblazer was being driven by 52-year old Brett Duane George, of Creston, was traveling north of town on Cherry Street at around 2:25-a.m., when they saw the SUV had hit a parked 2018 Ford F-160 pickup registered to Patrick Means, of Creston. Brett George was arrested for OWI/2nd offense, after he tested at .283 for intoxication (more than 3 times the legal limit). He was also cited for Failure to Have Proof of Insurance, Failure to have a valid driver’s license, and a registration violation. His vehicle and the pickup sustained $3,000 damage, each. No injuries were reported.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Like most cities, Ames in central Iowa takes pains to keep its downtown looking lush in the summer by planting plenty of beds and containers lining the streets. But Ames’ plantings also feed the hungry.

For a second year, Ames Main Street has substituted edible landscaping — including potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant, cucumbers, kale, cabbage and okra — for the flowers it used to plant. On Friday, volunteers harvested more than 200 pounds of sweet potatoes from 25 planters along the street.

About 200 pounds of the potatoes were donated to Food at First, the local food pantry, said Ames Main Street spokeswoman Cindy Hicks. Downtown residents and business employees are welcomed to pick whatever produce they’ll consume. The rest goes to charity.

Hicks say about 100 pounds of other produce has been donated so far this summer, and more is expected, as many of the vegetable plants are still producing. The vegetable plants this year were donated, and the gardens are maintained by volunteers.

An ATV accident early this (Sunday) morning in eastern Iowa’s Jackson County, has claimed the life of a 27-year old woman. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2010 Polaris ATV driven by 28-year old Bret L. Rapp, of Maquoketa, was traveling west on Leisure Lake Road at around 1:15-a.m., when the machine left the road and rolled over before hitting a tree. A passenger, 27-year old Sarah May Bennett, of Bernard (IA), was ejected. Bennett suffered fatal injuries during the crash and died at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report 19-year old Austin Dallas Houston, of Stanton, was arrested a little after 10-p.m. Saturday, following a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 34 and Boxelder Avenue, on felony drug charges. Houston was charged with three Class-D felony counts of Delivery of Marijuana. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $5,000 bond. Sheriff’s Deputies were assisted in making the arrest, by the Montgomery County K-9 Unit.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, Saturday, said 37-year old Larry Rice Jr., of Lenox was arrested Aug. 31st in the 200 block of West Nebraska Street, in Lenox. Rice was charged with 1 count of delivery of a controlled substance.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two of nine current and former Omaha Tribal officials who admitted to using federal funds to give themselves bonuses have been sentenced to probation and ordered to repay the money.

The Sioux City Journal reports that 64-year-old Rodney Morris and 65-year-old Barbara Freemont were both sentenced Friday in Omaha’s U.S. District Court to five years’ probation. Morris, a former tribal councilman, was ordered to pay $13,404 in restitution, and Freemont, a former employee, was ordered to pay $89,000.

Both had previously pleaded guilty to one count of misapplication of health care benefit program funds. They are among nine tribal officials charged in a case that accused the officials of misusing federal funds by awarding nearly $389,000 in bonuses to themselves. Officials say the bonuses were paid from Indian Health Service funds meant to provide health care to members of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, who reside on the Omaha Reservation in Macy in northeastern Nebraska and in western Iowa.