One person died and another was injured during a collision early this (Friday) morning, in southeast Iowa’s Jefferson County. The Iowa State Patrol says at around 1:10-a.m., a 2002 Pontiac driven by 50-year old Richard Dwayne Boyd, Jr., of Fairfield, was traveling north on Highway 1, when it crossed the center line of the road. The car collided head-on with a southbound 2008 Kia. driven by 28-year old Tylor James Lewman, of Birmingham (IA). Both vehicles came to rest in opposite ditches. Authorites say neither driver was wearing a seat belt. Richard Boyd, Jr. died at the scene. Lewman was transported by Midwest Ambulance to the Jefferson County Health Center, in Fairfield.

The accident remains under investigation.

A traffic stop in Creston late Thursday night, resulted in the arrest of two people on drug charges. Creston Police report 31-year old Amber Dawn Johnson, of Cedar (IA) and 39-year old James William Lenze, of Des Moines, were taken into custody at around 11:35-p.m. following the traffic stop on Wyoming Avenue, in Creston. During this stop, the K9 “Jax” was deployed, and got a positive hit on the vehicle.

Johnson was taken into custody on the charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance- 3rd, and was being held in the Adams County Jail on $5000 bond. Lenze was taken into custody on the charge of Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, and Driving While Barred. He was being held in the Union County Jail without bond, until seen by a magistrate.

Creston Police said also, 42-year old Michael David Johns, of Creston, was arrested Thursday morning, on a warrants for parole violation and Theft in the 5th Degree. Johns was being held without bond in the Union County Jail.

Authorities said in addition, a Creston man reported to Police that sometime between 6-p.m. Monday and 7:30-a.m. Tuesday, someone stole a propane tank from his property in the 200 block of N. Oak Street. The loss was estimated at $50.

Officials with the City of Corning have declared a 24-hour SNOW EMERGENCY in effect at 8:30-a.m. today (Friday). No parking will be allowed on marked snow route streets during the first 12 hours of this Snow Emergency. Except for the business district, parking during the first 12 hours on all other streets will be on the South and West side, only. For the remainder of the event, parking will be allowed on the North and East side of the street, if not prohibited by signs.

All No Parking signs and direction of travel parking, will be enforced.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City man acknowledged he ran a stop sign and caused a fatal crash last summer. Julian Espinoza pleaded guilty Thursday to vehicular homicide by driving recklessly, causing a crash that killed Ronald Hacker, of Sioux City. The charge carries a 10-year prison sentence. The Sioux City Journal reports Espinoza will be sentenced March 16 in Woodbury County District Court. He remains free on bond. As part of a plea agreement, an initial charge of vehicular driving while intoxicated was changed. The crash happened when the 32-year-old Espinoza drove his pickup through a stop sign in Sioux City. He collided with a vehicle driven by Hacker, who died three days later.