COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s deputy and a motorist injured in shootings authorities say was carried out by an escaped jail inmate have been discharged from the hospital.

The Daily Nonpareil reports that 59-year-old Deputy Pat Morgan has been discharged from the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was being treated. A 30-year-old Council Bluffs man shot in the neck in a carjacking attempted police say was related to the escape has also been released.

Iowa investigators say 24-year-old Wesley Correa-Carmenaty shot both men Monday during the jail break. He’s also accused of shooting Deputy Mark Burbridge, who died. Police say Correa-Carmenaty was recaptured after he carjacked a woman and fled to Omaha. He faces murder and other charges in the escape.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Regents is considering tuition hikes at the state’s three public universities next school year to help offset millions in budget cuts.

The Press-Citizen reports the proposal would increase in-state base tuition for undergraduates by $216 for the 2017-18 academic year at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.

ISU and UNI officials requested the increase be applied across the board, including for international, out-of-state, graduate and professional students. The move is expected to generate an additional $7.1 million at ISU and $2 million at UNI.

But UI officials have requested a 3.8 percent increase for other tuition classifications. That would increase base tuition for non-resident undergraduates by at least $1,078, generating an additional $16.5 million for UI.

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Iowa’s state parks are hosting “Camping Kickoff” events today (Saturday) to celebrate the unofficial opening of this year’s camping season. Todd Coffelt, chief of state parks for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says all of the state park campgrounds will host special programs. “The topics will vary from that individual (park) you’re staying in, the fish habitat our folks work on, or maybe some program related to hiking, birding, or kayaking,” Coffelt said. The full schedule of programs is posted on the Iowa DNR’s website ( www.iowadnr.gov/campingkickoff ).

“You can see the list of programs and where they’re going to be offered,” Coffelt said. “I think we have a program at almost every campground in the state parks system, so that’s 55 different programs people can pick from.” Campers who are staying in an Iowa state park today (Saturday) will also receive a free (May/June) issue of Iowa Outdoors magazine.

Iowa’s state parks hosted more than 15 million visitors last year, according to the DNR, and that included more 900,000 overnight stays. Iowa has more than 4,700 state park campsites and more than half of them can be reserved in advance
( www.iowastateparks.reserveamerica.com ).

(Radio Iowa)

What some have said was a “suspected drug house,” in Bridgewater, was destroyed by fire late Friday night, the cause of which is under investigation. A dispatcher at the Adair County Sheriff’s Office told KJAN News the fire in the 300 block of N. Main Street was reported right around 10-p.m.

Sources say the home was vacant and slated for demolition. Photos posted on the “Take Back Bridgewater” social media page, show the house fully engulfed in flames more than an hour later.

No injuries were reported. No other details are currently available.

The house on fire (Photo’s from the Take Back Bridgewater Facebook page used with permission

The structure before the fire

A traffic stop Friday evening in Fremont County resulted in the arrest of a Nebraska man. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports at around 7:10-p.m., deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office stopped a 1998 Ford F150 for speeding in the 2400 Block of Highways 59, east of Riverton.

The driver, 19-year old Logan Last, of Shubert Nebraska, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance 2nd Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of a handgun by a felon.

Last was being held at the Fremont County jail on $5000 bond.

Logan Last

The Red Oak Police Department reports three separate arrests Friday evening and early Saturday morning.

At 5:35pm on Friday evening Officers arrested 18-year-old Jonathan Brice Ernst of Red Oak for Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree. Ernst was arrested in the 900 block of E Reed Street and taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $1,000 cash bond.

At 2:35am Saturday Officers arrested 24-year-old Steven Austin Ripley of Red Oak for Public Intoxication and Simple Assault. Ripley was arrested in the 300 block of East Reed Street and taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 cash bond.

Also at 2:41am Saturday Officers arrested 38-year-old Terry Linn Smith Jr. of Red Oak in the 300 block of East Reed Street for Public Intoxication. He was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 cash bond.

Police in Shenandoah report 70-year old Gerald Lynn Harrelson, of Shenandoah, was arrested Friday evening in connection with an ongoing investigation. Harrelson was taken into custody at around 7:30-p.m. on two counts of Assault With Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse – an aggravated misdemeanor and Harassment 3rd Degree/2nd offense – a simple misdemeanor. He was transported to Page County Jail and held without bond pending an initial court appearance.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from Pottawattamie County was arrested Friday morning following a traffic stop for speeding. The driver of the vehicle, 30-year old Johnnie H. Krueger, of Council Bluffs, was cited for speeding and Driving While License Revoked. A passenger in his vehicle, 30-year old Heather Leann Lentz, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for felony Possession of Methamphetamine with intent to deliver 5 grams or more, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a simple misdemeanor. She is currently being held in the Page County Jail on $100,000.00 bond awaiting an appearance in front of a magistrate.

During the traffic stop on Highway 2 near M Avenue at around 11:25-a.m. Friday, A Page County Deputy and K-9 “Lucas” arrived.  K-9 Lucas was deployed alerted to the presence of a controlled substance in the vehicle.

Heather LeAnn Lentz

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports a Prescott man was arrested on Friday for trespassing on railroad property. At 11:09am Deputies arrested 38-year-old Casey Dell Claiser of Precott after complaints were made by three passing trains about a man on the tracks.

Claiser was charged with Trespassing on Railroad Property and held on $300 bond.