(Updated 11:30-a.m.) – WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man shot while trying to rob an armored vehicle outside a Waterloo bank branch has died and a suspected accomplice has been arrested. The shooting happened just before 10 a.m. Wednesday outside a U.S. Bank branch. Police and medics who arrived on the scene found a man with gunshot wounds who was taken to a hospital where he died later. He’s been identified as Bryce Miller, of rural La Porte City. The other man also was wounded and was caught later. A manager at Rochester Armored Car says none of the company employees was injured.

Creston Police say a woman complained of pain following an accident Wednesday evening, but did not require ambulance transport to the hospital. Authorities say a 2004 Hyundai Elantra driven by 18-year old Haylee Alexis Morgan, of Creston, was traveling south on Cherry Street at around 6:20-p.m., at the same time a 2018 Chevy pickup driven by 39-year old David Lee Ayers, of Creston, was traveling eastbound on Howard. When Ayers pulled out in front of the Morgan vehicle, his pickup was hit on the left front side.

Ayers told Police he came to a stop at the controlled intersection and looked both ways before proceeding, but did not see the oncoming Hyundai, due to vehicles parked near the intersection. Damage from the collision amounted to $5,000. No citations were issued.

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report a woman from Corning was arrested Wednesday afternoon on an Assault charge. Angie Hardisty was taken into custody for Assault causing a Bodily Injury (a Serious Misdemeanor), at around 1-p.m. at a residence in Corning.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Senate has passed a bill to clarify the county officials have control over local courthouses. The bill is a response to the “break-ins” at courthouses in Polk and Dallas Counties that were conducted by a firm STATE court officials hired to assess security. Senator Zach Whiting, of Spirit Lake, says there’s no way to sugar coat what happened.

“The Judicial Branch of our state government contracted with an out-of-state third-party entity to commit a crime, to break into county courthouses,” Whiting says. “If you think that’s bad…wait until you hear this: apparently these hired hands waited until 12:30 a.m. on September 11th to conduct one of these break-ins, or as they like to call it, a ‘physical penetration testing.'”

The two contractors triggered an alarm and were arrested inside the Dallas County Courthouse. Whiting says there was no coordination with local government. “It’s stupid, it’s dangerous and it’s irresponsible,” he said. Whiting added “…Law enforcement was not notified beforehand and perhaps most troubling of all, the cavalier attitude with which these bandits acted towards local law enforcement after their arrest, even claiming they had a ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ card.”

The Senate’s Government Oversight Committee held a hearing last fall to examine the incidents. Whiting credits the late Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady for his remarks at the hearing about the break-ins. “He did so with a sincere, apologetic and humble attitude because I think he fully understood the gravity of the situation,” Whiting said. “Police officers racing to the courthouse in the dark of night, not knowing who or what is inside the doors. Staff working late at night in the building could have been startled, injured, shot or even killed.”

The bill makes it clear that counties own all the county courthouses in the state and are responsible for security. It passed on a 45-to-one vote. The court had previously done security checks of court records, to ensure confidential information was protected and judicial branch officials say they did not expect the contractors to conduct “physical penetration” of courthouses outside of business hours.