Authorities in Harlan say one person suffered unknown/possible injuries during a rollover accident Christmas Day. Harlan Police were called at around 2-p.m. Wednesday, to 7th Street and Victoria Avenue, where a 2004 Ford Taurus was found on its top.

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Officials say 75-year old Larry Leo Kruse, of Harlan, was turning south onto 7th Street from Victoria Avenue, when he made the turn too wide and over-corrected to the left, just missing a tree. Kruse then turned sharply to the right, causing the vehicle to flip upside down.

Kruse was assisted from the vehicle by Medivac and the Harlan Fire Department personnel.  Although he initially said he wasn’t injured,  Kruse was transported to Myrtue Medical Center by Medivac Ambulance, as a precaution and to be checked out.

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(By The Associated Press) – The deadline is less than a year away for people to obtain updated driver’s licenses or ID cards so they can fly commercially and enter federal facilities. An Iowa or Nebraska license that complies with the federal Real ID program has a small white star in a gold circle background on the upper right-hand corner. The star shows licensees already have undergone additional ID verification steps as required by the program. The deadline is Oct. 1, 2020. Travelers also can use military IDs or passports to access flights and federal facilities.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Des Moines police patrol car was hit by gunfire as it traveled on a street just north of the city’s downtown. The gunfire Wednesday night hit a window, causing the glass to break and slightly injuring one of the two officers inside. The officer was treated by medics. The car was traveling along University Avenue, a major east-west thoroughfare. Investigators were talking with witnesses and trying to determine if the officers were the intended target.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A woman who told investigators she threw her baby son at his hospital crib in Sioux City has pleaded not guilty. Court records say Megan James entered the plea Monday to child endangerment resulting in serious injury. A court document says James acknowledged to detectives that she’d became frustrated while trying to breastfeed her son two days after he was born on Nov. 15. She says he hit his head on the crib when she threw him and then on the hospital room floor. The document says he suffered skull fractures.

The Creston Police Department reports two arrests took place and one break-in was reported, Tuesday. Authorities say 32-year old Ashley Wolf, of Kent, was arrested Tuesday afternoon for Driving While Suspended. She was subsequently released on a $300 bond. And, 49-year old Christopher Brown, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday night, for Assault with Injury. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

A Creston man reported to police late Tuesday morning, that sometime overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning, someone broke a window to his garage located in the 200 block of N. Jarvis Street. Once inside, the person or persons unknown stole an impact socket and then rummaged through a vehicle before taking the owner’s manual. Damages and the value of the items taken were estimated at $200.

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(Radio Iowa) — Before the holiday break, state officials distributed new resources to help Iowa schools respond to the “vaping” epidemic. The latest data shows 29 percent of Iowa 11th graders admit they use an electronic cigarette DAILY and experts say adults often do not know what the devices look like.

Melissa Walker of the Iowa Department of Education, works with school nurses throughout the state. She says “Iowa school nurses and teachers are in a unique position because of their ability to reach students, families and their school community.”

Walker’s agency and the Iowa Department of Public Health have developed a webinar for teachers and school nurses. It outlines the illnesses students who vape tend to have and the various devices that are used to vape. Some look like watches, with a time and date display. Others are fashioned to resemble flash drives or high lighters.

“The more we equip our educators, students and families with evidence-based information, the better the chances that students will make responsible, healthy choices,” Walker says. “School nurses and teachers are in a great position to do this work because of the relationships they build with their students.”

Posters are also being distributed to Iowa schools — to show students that one vaping pod can have as much nicotine as 20 cigarettes.