The Glenwood Police Department reports the arrest of a homeless man on Wednesday. 18-year-old Dillon Weaver was arrested on a Mills County Warrant for Disorderly Conduct. He was held on $300 cash or surety bond.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man whose body was recovered from the Iowa River in downtown Iowa City.

He’s been identified as 42-year-old Mohammad Albaghdadi. Test results to confirm the cause and manner of his death are pending.

Pedestrians on a bridge spotted the body amid tree branches around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. Sheriff’s deputies used boats to take the body to shore.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Charges have been dismissed for a man who unsuccessfully argued that Iowa’s “stand your ground” law should protect him from prosecution following a Cedar Rapids gunbattle.

Linn County prosecutor Monica Slaughter requested the dismissal Wednesday of attempted murder and other charges filed against Michael Hodges Jr. Court records don’t explain why she made the request. She and her boss, Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden, didn’t immediately return messages Thursday from The Associated Press.

Hodges and Zevon Johnson had both said the law passed last year made them immune from prosecution. Security video shows them exchanging gunfire Jan. 28 in downtown Cedar Rapids.

The law says a person doesn’t have to retreat before using deadly force if he or she thinks his or her life is being threatened.

On Monday a judge denied Hodges’ request to dismiss the charges.

WHITING, Iowa – A mysterious clay tile line that was discharging into the McCandles – Cleghorn ditch and reported to the DNR on Friday, July 13 has since been identified.

After dye testing, using a camera in the unknown line, and dirt work, it was determined that a 10-inch clay tile line had collapsed under the city of Whiting’s wetland.  The tile was likely installed in the mid 1900’s and had been abandoned.  The tile was exposed and then removed.  At the end of the exposed tile, a 10-inch air bladder was installed to cap off the line.  Clay was then added to fill in the area near the capped tile line.

Now that the discharge has been stopped, the City of Whiting is working to restore the wetland to the originally designed standards.

The Creston Police Department reports two arrests in the past 24-hours.

On Wednesday afternoon Officers arrested 32-year-old Jose Manuel Huerta of Prescott on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Theft 5th Degree. Huerta was arrested at 3:15pm at the Law Enforcement Center. He was booked in at the Union County Jail on $300 bond.

Early Thursday morning at 1:01am Creston Police arrested 59-year-old Steven Michael Nutt of Creston for Driving While Suspended. Nutt was arrested at Fremont and Maple Street in Creston. He was booked in to the Union County Jail on $300 bond.

w/ Chris Parks

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The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports two men were arrested on drug charges Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Wednesday morning 20-year-old Fernando Madrigal of San Francisco, California was arrested after Deputies were called to the 23-mile marker of Interstate 80 to check an erratic driver. Madrigal was located and arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver and No Drug Tax Stamp. Deputies seized five pounds of marijuana during the stop.

Deputies also report the arrest Tuesday of 30-year-old Marcus Heye of Omaha, NE for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. During investigation of a suspicious vehicle on Lake Hill Lane, Heye was found to be a passenger in the vehicle. Three pipes were seized from the vehicle. Heye was cited and released at the scene.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Wednesday of 36-year-old Jesse Donald Trost of Red Oak on a statewide Carroll County Warrant for Contempt of Court by Resisting Order and Process of District Court. Trost was arrested at 4:00pm on South 4th Street in Red Oak. Trost was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 cash or surety bond.