(Red Oak, Iowa) – Two accidents occurred Saturday in Red Oak. Only one resulted in possible/unknown injuries. According to Red Oak Police, 59-year-old Sheryl Lynn Clark, of Red Oak, complained of pain following a collision between her 2006 Chevy Malibu and a 2011 Chevy pickup, driven by a juvenile male from Red Oak. She was not transported to the hospital. The report states the pickup, driven by 15-year-old Carson J. Davids, was traveling east on Walnut Street in Red Oak at around 9:18-a.m, Saturday, when the vehicle was struck broadside by the car, which was traveling north on 1st Street.  Clark was cited for Failure to Yield. Damage from the accident amounted to $18,000.  Red Oak Fire and EMS assisted at the scene.

The second accident in Red Oak, happened at around 1:38-p.m., Saturday, at the intersection of Corning and Broadway Streets. Police report a 2011 Toyota 4Runner (SUV) driven by 17-year-old Cyrus S. Mensen, of Red Oak, was rear-ended by a 2012 Ford Explorer (SUV), driven by 40-year-old Christopher R. Fowler, of Red Oak. The collision occurred as both vehicles were northbound from the intersection stoplight. Fowler was cited for Following too closely, and Failure to provide proof of insurance/accident related. Damage from the accident amounted to $4,500.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowans who like watching the barges and tugs make their way on the Mississippi River will soon start seeing less traffic. The shipping season officially ends today (Monday) on the Upper Mississippi, and winter maintenance begins on four locks and dams between Hastings, Minnesota, and Guttenberg, Iowa. Liz Stoeckmann, with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers, says these lock and dam closures end the 2023 navigation season. “We’re really just protecting the longevity of these locks and dams,” Stoeckmann says, “so that we can continue our operations for safe, reliable economy of our barges going up and down the river.”

Stoeckmann says they’re not shutting down boat traffic because of ice or cold weather. “This is standard winter maintenance for our locks and dams,” she says, “so that it doesn’t affect the navigational season as far as barges and traffic going up and down the Mississippi River.”

Crews will be making repairs on several locks and dams in Minnesota, including Number-2 at Hastings, Number-3 in Welch, Number-4 near Alma, Wisconsin, and Number-7 near La Crescent. Last year’s shipping season ended on November 29th.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County 4-H is hosting a Family Find Out Night for the community and current 4-H or Clover Kid members, to learn more about what the 4-H program does. This (Monday) evening (12/4), from 5:30-until 7-p.m., you can come and go as you please through the Cass County Community Building at 805 W 10th Street in Atlantic, and learn more about 4-H.

The event is free, and you don’t need to make a reservation. A short 10-minute overview of the program will be presented at 5:45- and 6:45-p.m., with questions to follow. Throughout the event you will be able to stop at different tables to learn more and ask questions.

Extension staff will have information on why 4-H is free in Cass County, the basics of what 4-H is, including what it stands for and the motto, project areas to get involved with, along with various programs, record books, and livestock identification and more. Officials say this is a no-pressure event for youth K-12 in the community to learn about opportunities they can get involved in.

Get all of your questions answered about 4-H and Clover Kids in Cass County and find a club that best suits you! For more information about 4-H visit www.extension.iastate.edu/cass, or call 712-243-1132.

Authorities in Union County say no injuries were reported following two separate accidents, Friday. The first happened at around 11:20-a.m. on Highway 25 North (Sumner Street), in Creston. Creston Police said a 2013 Chevy Equinox driven by 18-year-old Hazin Floyd Clayton, of Lorimor, was traveling northbound in the left lane, when the vehicle in front of him attempted to turn left. Clayton attempted to merge into the right lane, and in doing so struck a 2012 Jeep Liberty driven by 17-year-old Evy Isabelle Marlin, of Corning, as her SUV was traveling north in the right lane. Damage from the collision amounted to $2,000. No citations were issued, but Police noted Clayton made an improper or erratic lane change.

The second accident happened at around 4:50-p.m., Friday, in the Creston City limits. The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a 2018 Honda Pilot (SUV) driven by 37-year-old Jennie P. England, of Creston, and a 2023 Toyota Sequoia SUV driven by 41-year-old Jacqueline H. Welchans, of Creston, were traveling north on Highway 25 near the intersection with Montgomery Street, and had just left the stoplight at the intersection with Adams Street, when England attempted to change lanes in order to turn right at the next intersection. She didn’t see the Toyota next to her. The accident was witnessed by a Conservation Officer, who remained on the scene for officers to arrive.

Damage from the collision amounted to $2,000. Both vehicles were driven from the scene. There were no citations issued.

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston report two men were arrested on drug-related charges, Sunday. At around 1:40-p.m. 34-year-old Chevy Van Sauer, of Greenfield, was arrested at the intersection of Elm and Summit. Sauer was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession Of Controlled Substance Methamphetamine 3rd Offense, and Driving while Barred. Sauer was taken to the Union County Jail where he was being held on $7,300 cash or surety bond. And, at around 11:05-a.m., Sunday, 42-year-old David Junior Richman, of Creston, was arrested in Creston on a Union County Warrant for Possession Of Controlled Substance Methamphetamine/3rd or Subsequent Offense, and Possession of Controlled Substance Marijuana/3rd or Subsequent Offense. Richman was being held in the Union County Jail on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

Just before 1-a.m., Sunday, 31-year-old Lafi Khaled Alaqrabawi, of Minnesota, was arrested in Creston for OWI/1st Offense. Alaqrabawi was taken to the Union County Jail, and later released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

Friday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 18-year-old Xander Getting, of Creston. He was taken into custody at his residence, on a Union County Warrant for two counts of Child Endangerment with Serious Injury. Getting was being held in the Union County Jail on a $20,000 cash or surety bond.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports two people were injured during a collision between a car and pickup truck, Sunday afternoon. Authorities say the pickup, driven by 57-year-old Scott Eugene Mitchell, of Afton, was traveling east on Highway 34 at around 12:46-p.m., and was turning left onto Old Highway 34, when the vehicle was struck from behind by an eastbound 2014 Chevy Impala, driven by 20-year-old Kaden Lee Briggs, of Creston.

Following the collision, the car entered the south ditch and hit a utility pole before coming to rest. Briggs, and a passenger in the pickup, 64-year-old Jeff Smith, suffered suspected minor/incapacitating injuries. Both men were transported by EMS to the hospital in Creston. No citations were issued.

(Radio Iowa) –  Many Iowa restaurants are wondering how they’ll be able to start paying off federal loans that were made available at the start of the pandemic. Payments on Economic Injury Disaster Loans were deferred for more than two years. Iowa Restaurant Association C-E-O Jessica Dunker says it’s a struggle for some restaurants to start making those monthly payments — since spending patterns have changed and more customers are not ordering appetizers, sharing entres and only drinking water.

Dunker says for most restaurants, profits are razor thin. and very few restaurants are back to the profitability levels that they had in 2019. By the end of LAST year, about 800 restaurants that were open at the beginning of the pandemic had closed. And Dunker warns there will be more to add to that list when the tally is done for 2023.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Supreme Court has denied a Manchester man a third trial on his attempted murder conviction in the shooting of his former girlfriend. Robert Krogman was convicted of shooting and seriously injuring the woman in 2009 after she broke up with him. He was granted a new trial over an issue involving his frozen finances and was convicted again.

The Court of Appeals ruled he should get a third trial after he said a video interview with police should have been allowed in court to help his diminished capacity defense.

The Supreme Court ruled that video should have been allowed — but says the video would not have provided any meaningful help to Krogman’s claim that he had diminished capacity at the time of the shooting.

(Radio Iowa) – New rules proposed by the EPA would require most cities in the country to replace lead pipes within ten years. Corey McCoid oversees the Iowa D-N-R’s drinking water program. “Replacing all the lead service lines is great. I think we’re going to need a little more time than 10 years to do that,” McCoid says.  McCoid says replacing lead lines won’t be easy.

“The challenge is going to be the cost and the time that we have to do that in the workforce to do it,” he says. ” I applaud the E-P-A’s efforts. And this is just the first crack at it. So we’ll take a hard look at this and see, see what we’re, we’ll land with this final rule that will come out next year.”

Iowa’s Bipartisan Infrastructure funding is providing 162 million dollars in grants through 2026 to address the issue of safe drinking water. Several Iowa cities have already requested funding to help replace lead pipes in their communities. The U-S banned the use of lead pipes in 1988.

(Chickasaw County, Iowa) – A vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed Sunday afternoon in northeastern Iowa, went out of control and rolled over, causing three occupants to be injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2004 Nissan Armada SUV driven by 29-year-old Emmanuel Rivera-Castro, of New Hampton, sheared-off a power line pole and came to rest in a field off of Highway 18, about one-half mile west of Bassett. The crash happened at around 3:17-p.m., Sunday.

Rivera-Castro, and his passengers, 27-year-old Paloma Jaimes Ortiz, of New Hampton, and 41-year-old Eliazar Morales, of Charles City, were injured. Rivera-Castro was flown from the scene by helicopter to MercyOne North Iowa. Ortiz and Morales were transported by ambulance to the Floyd County Memorial Hospital.

The crash remains under investigation. The Patrol was assisted by the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office, Ionia Fire Dept., Chickasaw rescue Squad, New Hampton Ambulance, AMR Ambulance, and Mercy Air.