One person was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital and another was arrested, following a rollover accident early Sunday morning. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a passenger in a 2006 Chevy Cobalt, 28-year old Kyle Wayne Pack, of Red Oak, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle, which trapped him underneath when it rolled. The driver, 37-year old David Daniel Wells, of Red Oak, who was wearing a seat belt, was not hurt. He managed to free Pack and place him back in the car before running to a nearby home to call for help.

The accident happened at around 4:50-a.m., as the car was traveling east on 210th Street, about one-half mile west of G Avenue, near Red Oak. The car went out of control and rolled into the south ditch, coming to rest upright. Pack was transported by Red Oak Rescue to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Wells was taken into custody for Driving While Suspended, with 15 withdrawals in effect. The accident remains under investigation. Officials say the car the men were in, sustained $4,500 damage.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 12:30-a.m. today (Sunday), of 30-year old Shawn Franklin Riazzi, of Grant. Riazzi was taken into custody at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, for Disorderly Conduct, a simple misdemeanor. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 cash bond.

And, Red Oak Police report Officers arrested 47-year old Shelby JoAnn Olivares, of Red Oak, for Violation of a No Contact Order, and 48-year old Lynn Kenneth Houtchens, of Red Oak, for Aiding and Abetting the Violation of a No Contact Order. Both subjects were transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where they were being held without bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some states push efforts to incorporate critical thinking throughout their public school curriculum, as studies show teens are easily duped by fake stories circulating online. Supporters of media literacy programs have been promoting their efforts for years, but they only started gaining traction after the 2016 presidential election. Bills were signed into law in a handful of states last year and will be introduced in several more in 2018.

GARNAVILLO, Iowa (AP) — A group in northeastern Iowa is fundraising to restore a historic clubhouse from 1860 that’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Telegraph Herald reports that the Garnavillo Historical Society wants to repair Lodge Hall, which served as community space for fraternal clubs through the end of the 1800s and early 1900s.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources is cancelling hikes at 27 state parks that had been scheduled for New Year’s Day because of frigid temperatures. State Parks Bureau Chief Todd Coffelt said in a statement that the agency is disappointed to cancel the events. But he said the goal is to ensure hikers’ safety. The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous weather conditions as a deep freeze sets in.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is temporarily easing some regulations on propane delivery as cold weather drives demand up. Reynolds signed a proclamation Friday to suspend some restrictions on the hours crews and drivers can work delivering propane. A release from the governor’s office says extreme weather conditions have contributed to low supplies of propane.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is temporarily easing some regulations on propane delivery as cold weather drives demand up.

Reynolds signed a proclamation Friday to suspend some restrictions on the hours crews and drivers can work delivering propane. A release from the governor’s office says extreme weather conditions have contributed to low supplies of propane.

The proclamation expires Wednesday.

New research documents a decline in U.S. farmland over the past 30 years. John Piotti, president of American Farmland Trust, says his organization collected data in partnership with the USDA and the Conservation Science Partnership. And Piotti says farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate.

“Since 1982, 41 million acres — that averages out to about 100 acres every hour,” Piotti says. According to Piotti, this data will help leaders in the ag industry make needed changes to keep farmland in production. Farmers should also be able to improve their bottom line by using state-by-state data that will be released in January.

“It will help farmers make smarter decisions about the future,” Piotti says. “We’re not only going to look at what has happened, so you know for instance as a farmer, if you were in the wave of development that might push you out of farming.” Piotti says the data also dives into the future of agriculture, in light of climate change.

“We’ll have a better sense on how a piece of farm land will fare if precipitation changes or if a number of degree growing days changes,” Piotti says.

(Radio Iowa, w/Thanks to Amie Sites, Brownfield Ag News)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — State lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction online, a skill they say is critical to democracy. Lawmakers have introduced or passed bills calling on public school systems to develop lessons for a form of instruction called “media literacy.”

The effort has been bipartisan but has received little attention despite successful legislation in Washington state, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Mexico. Several more states are expected to consider such bills in the coming year, including Arizona, New York and Hawaii.

Supporters say the misinformation spread during the 2016 presidential campaign has helped their efforts. They want schools to include lessons about how to evaluate and analyze sources of information in civics, language arts, science and other subjects.

A Nebraska man suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the thigh during a car jacking incident early this (Saturday) morning, in the parking lot of a Council Bluffs casino. Council Bluffs Police say officers were called to the Horseshoe Casino at around 4:43-a.m., for a reporting of a male party laying in the parking lot who had been shot.

It was discovered the 53-year old male from Elk Horn, NE., was the victim of a robbery / car-jacking in the parking lot. The unidentified man was shot by a suspect, as the victim attempted to flee on foot from the vehicle. The suspect fled from the scene with the victim’s vehicle, a gray 2006 Ford F-150 Super-Crew.

The victim was transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. His vehicle was recovered by the Omaha Police Department in the area of the 2000 blk of So 45th St. Authorities say it had been burned.

The case is currently part of an active investigation being conducted by the Council Bluffs Police Department Criminal Investigation Division and the Omaha Fire Department. Anyone with information is urged to contact CBPD Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-STOP (7867)

Officials with the Harlan Police Department, earlier this week, issued a report on arrests that took place over the past couple of weeks. On Dec. 19th, 24-year old Jacob Wayne Jens, of Shenandoah, was arrested on an active Shelby County warrant. Jens was transported to the Shelby County Jail and also charged with Driving While Suspended, Violation of Financial Liability, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. And, on Dec. 13th, 24-year old Victoria Rae Gonzales, of Bettendorf, was arrested following a call about a stolen vehicle possibly being in the Harlan area. She was brought to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Possession of Stolen Property.

…Brutal Cold This Weekend and Early Next Week…

.Arctic air will persist across the area from today into early Tuesday. This will bring bitterly cold wind chills to the area. There will be brief limited periods this afternoon and again Sunday afternoon when portions of the area may see some improvement
in wind chills and then wind chills will again quickly drop into the evening. Additionally, even colder air will move into the area Sunday into Monday. All of the area will then be under a wind chill warning at that time.

For the KJAN listening area: A WIND CHILL ADVISORY is NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY…

* WHAT…Dangerously cold wind chills expected. Expect wind chills to range from 15 below zero to 29 below zero through 6 am Sunday and then from 25 to 35 below through Tuesday.

* WHERE…Southwest into south central Iowa.

* WHEN…For the Wind Chill Warning, 6 AM Sunday to noon Tuesday. For the Wind Chill Advisory, this morning to 6 AM Sunday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…The cold wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin through Sunday. From Sunday through Tuesday wind chills will cause frostbite in as little as 10 minutes to exposed skin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Wind Chill Warning means the combination of very cold air and the wind will create dangerously low wind chill values. Frost bite can occur quickly and even hypothermia or death if precautions are not taken.

A Wind Chill Advisory means that cold air and the wind will combine to create low wind chills. Frost bite and hypothermia can occur if precautions are not taken. Make sure you wear a hat and gloves.

With temperatures dropping to the single digits and below, combined with the winds, weather officials have issued wind chill advisories for Iowa. The Director of Nursing for Floyd Valley Healthcare in Le Mars, Lorrie Mortensen, says frost bite is a real concern, and can hit you before you know it.

She says it can occur in a matter of minutes if you do not dress appropriately. Mortensen says any uncovered areas will be hit first. The tissues start to freeze and the first symptoms are a cold prickly feeling to exposed areas such as ears, toes and fingers. “And then it kind of turns into that numbness feeling,” she explains. She recommends wearing mittens as opposed to gloves.

“Because you actually have the other fingers keeping them warm…when they are individually covered you don’t have as much protection as you do with a mitten,” Mortensen says. She says both the young and the elderly are more susceptible to the frigid cold temperatures, and they are likely to get frost bite before others.

Mortensen says elderly people may have decreased circulation and they often walk slower and are exposed to cold weather longer than others. Mortensen’s advice during these cold days is to “keep moving and bundle up.” Wear several layers of clothing, and remember wet clothing will bring on frost bite faster than wearing dry clothing.

(Radio Iowa)