Red Oak Police report the arrest at around 2-a.m. today (Sunday), of 40-year old Rodney Dean Klein, Jr., of Red Oak. Klein was taken into custody at the intersection of 5th and Hammond Streets, in Red Oak, for Public Intoxication, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana. He was transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, and held on a $1,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:00 a.m. CDT

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man faces charges in Nebraska and Iowa after officials say he led officers on a high-speed chase and rammed two law enforcement vehicles. The Nebraska State Patrol says the incident happened Friday evening when a trooper tried to stop a pickup truck being pursued by South Sioux City police. Officials say the truck rammed the trooper’s car before crossing into Iowa. It latter again rammed the trooper’s car and a sheriff’s SUV before the driver was arrested.

KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a man whose body was discovered near the wastewater treatment plant in Keokuk. The Hawk Eye reports that police identified the man as 34-year-old Jake Anthony Mason of Keokuk. Mason’s body was found Wednesday. Additional details, including whether law enforcement had any reports of missing people in the area, the cause of death and whether foul play is suspected, have not been released.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport’s first mayor now has a tombstone after cemetery volunteers and city officials worked to get a marker placed on the grave. The Quad-City Times reports Rudolphus Bennett was a Vermont native who journeyed to Davenport in 1837. He was buried in Davenport after his death in 1871. It’s unclear whether Bennett’s grave originally had a tombstone. Bennett’s new marker is in honor of the 175th anniversary of Davenport’s City Cemetery founding.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteers to participate in the state’s annual wild turkey survey. Each summer, the department asks for volunteers to participate in the July-August survey.

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources law enforcement and Clear Lake Fire and Rescue responded to a crash involving several juveniles on Clear Lake at approximately 8:15 p.m., Friday.

The crash happened less than a mile southwest of the 1200 block of North Shore Drive. A personal watercraft being operated by a 15 year-old Glidden male with a 16 year-old male passenger from Carroll struck the back of another personal watercraft with three 17 year-old females, all from Cedar Falls. One of the females that was struck directly by the personal watercraft fell into the water.

Clear Lake Fire and Rescue brought her ashore where she was transferred to a Mason City hospital with a leg injury. She was eventually transferred to a Rochester, Minnesota hospital and her condition is unknown at this time.

The 15 year old male operating the personal watercraft that caused the crash has been charged with Reckless Use of a Watercraft, and Operation of a Watercraft by an Underage Person Without Boating Education.

The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department and the Iowa State Patrol also assisted with this incident.

Dispatch reports Saturday afternoon said only minor injuries occurred during a two-vehicle collision southwest of Atlantic. Emergency crews, including Lewis 1st Responders, Atlantic Fire and Rescue, Medivac Ambulance and Deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene off Highway 6, near the Dairy Farm.

An SUV came to rest near a corn field, while a came to rest in the field. The vehicles’ occupants were outside when emergency personnel arrived. No other details were immediately available late Saturday afternoon.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man faces charges in Nebraska and Iowa after officials say he led officers on a high-speed chase and rammed two law enforcement vehicles. The Nebraska State Patrol says the incident happened Friday evening when a trooper tried to stop a pickup truck being pursued by South Sioux City police. Officials say the truck rammed the trooper’s car, which had maneuvered in front of it, from behind before crossing into Iowa.

The trooper and a Dakota County Sheriff’s Office following the truck onto Interstate 29 before it went out of control and became stuck in a median. Officials say the truck then rammed both the trooper’s car and the sheriff’s SUV before the driver was arrested.

The patrol says 43-year-old Larry Johnson II, of Sioux City, in being held in an Iowa jail. The officers were not seriously injured.

KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a man whose body was discovered near the wastewater treatment plant in Keokuk. The Hawk Eye reports that police identified the man as 34-year-old Jake Anthony Mason, of Keokuk.

Mason’s body was found Wednesday. Keokuk police and fire personnel removed his body from the water and took it to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Decedent Care Center in Iowa City for an autopsy.

Additional details, including whether law enforcement had any reports of missing people in the area, the cause of death and whether foul play is suspected, have not been released.

A collision between three vehicles Friday afternoon in Carroll County, resulted in one fatality and another person injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 2:53-p.m. at the intersection of Highways 71 and 141. Officials say one of the drivers, 86-year old Donald M. Tallman, of Reno, Nevada, who was not wearing his seat belt, died at the scene of the crash. Another driver, 58-year old Rebecca Hewitt, of Arkansas City, Kansas, who wore her seat belt, was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony Hospital, in Carroll.

The crash occurred when a 2018 KIA Soul driven by Tallman, was coming to a stop behind a 2015 Chevy Equinox SUV driven by Hewitt, as both were westbound on Highway 44. A 2005 Ford F-150 driven by 29-year old Mitchell Hewitt, of Arkansas City, KS, was stopped ahead of the Chevy, waiting for cross traffic, so he could turn left onto Highway 141.

The KIA rear-ended the SUV, causing that vehicle to hit the rear of the pickup. The KIA came to rest facing westbound along Highway 71. The SUV and pickup came to rest facing west on Highway 141.

A traffic stop at around 12:12-a.m. today (Saturday) in Adams County, resulted in the arrest of a man on drug charges. Deputies conducted the traffic stop on a vehicle near the 150th Street and Union Avenue intersection. When they approached the driver, Wayne Sign IV, Deputies observed a substance believed to be marijuana, on his clothing. Upon further investigation, Sign was placed under arrest for Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense and Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense.

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The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports 54-year old Curt Weaver, of Bedford, was arrested Friday in the 700 block of Madison Street, in Bedford. Weaver was charged with Violating a No Contact Order and was being held at the Taylor County Jail pending an appearance with the magistrate.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports that on Friday, (July 6th), Deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office conducted a narcotics investigation in Tabor. During the investigation Deputies arrested 25-year old Tyler Murtaugh of Omaha, NE.

Murtaugh was found to be selling approximately one-quarter pound of Psilocybin Mushrooms before being apprehended by deputies. He was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center where his cash-only bond was set at $10,000.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Tabor Police Dept. with the investigation.

Tyler Murtaugh