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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Judges are sealing warrants that allowed police to obtain blood and urine samples from “The Bachelor” Chris Soules and to enter his home after a fatal crash. Two orders released Friday say the release of warrant materials could jeopardize the investigation into Monday’s accident and undermine Soules’ right to a fair trial. Soules is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident after his truck rear-ended a tractor, killing 66-year-old farmer Kenneth Mosher.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Illinois man has been given 20 years in an Iowa prison for the fatal shooting of another Illinois resident. The Quad-City Times reports that 19-year-old Juwan Johnson, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced Thursday in Scott County District Court. Prosecutors say Johnson killed 19-year-old Louis Woodson Jr. outside a store in Davenport on Sept. 2, 2015. Woodson lived in Quincy, Illinois.

RED OAK, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters in southwestern Iowa have rescued a man trapped under a tractor. Omaha television station KETV reports that the accident happened early Friday morning at Red Oak, Iowa. Crews were sent to the area around 6:15 a.m. for a report of a tractor rollover and a person trapped. Arriving firefighters found a tractor on its top with a man underneath. Crews used special inflatable bags to lift the tractor and get the man out.

CHELSEA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman has died after a fire at her home in central Iowa. Poweshiek County officials say 56-year-old Catherine Foster died after firefighters found her late Thursday morning inside the residence a little more than 2 miles south of Haven.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a rural Red Oak man suffered minor injuries and possible hypothermia after being trapped underneath a tractor overnight. At 6:30am on Friday morning Deputies responded to a reported overturned tractor with the operator pinned beneath it. Deputies found 73-year-old Robert J. Jones of rural Red Oak had been removed from being pinned underneath the Farmall 504 he had been operating the day before.

Jones best assessment was that the incident occurred at approximately 4:30pm on Thursday as he was rotary mowing and the tractor rolled and pinned him underneath the operator’s station.  He was discovered Friday morning at about 6:15am by his wife. The accident occurred just west of a residence on F Avenue on private property.

Jones was extricated and transported to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital by Red Oak Fire and Rescue for treatment of what appeared to be minor injuries and possible hypothermia. The injuries weren’t expected to be life threatening.

The tractor received an estimated $1,000 in damage during the accident.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Judges are sealing warrants that let police obtain blood and urine samples from “The Bachelor” star Chris Soules and to enter his home after a fatal Iowa crash. Two orders released Friday say the release of warrant materials could jeopardize the investigation into Monday’s accident and undermine Soules’ right to a fair trial.

Soules is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident after his truck rear-ended a tractor, killing 66-year-old farmer Kenneth Mosher. Authorities say he called 911 and sought help for Mosher before leaving for his Arlington home, where he declined to answer the door until officers obtained a warrant.

Judges approved warrants allowing officers to search Soules’ home, a red truck, and to obtain blood and urine specimens. Police are investigating whether alcohol was a factor.

Work on some of the rural bridges in Cass County Continues. County Engineer Charles Bechtold informed the Board of Supervisors during their meeting this (Friday) morning, that Bridge #134 by Massena was poured a couple of weeks ago and the railings have been installed. It should be open in a couple of weeks. Bridge #17 in the southern part of the County is scheduled to have a deck poured next Wednesday, weather permitting.

He says two bridges are still under design, in-house. Bridge #433 on Olive Street was contracted out, and is expected to be done by November.

Bechtold said also, they’re having a hard time getting QUALITY gravel. Atlantic’s gravel pit he said, is shut-down, and they’re having to pull rock out of other, more distant quarries.

It costs about three-dollars per ton to haul if it comes from Atlantic, but four-dollars per ton from elsewhere. It takes 250-tons of rock and $4,000 to gravel one-mile of road.

A plastic surgeon in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area says he’s seeing a trend in women from Iowa and Nebraska wanting to look like First Daughter Ivanka Trump. Doctor Perry Johnson, a professor with the University of Nebraska Department of Surgery, says it’s not wise to change your appearance so you’ll resemble a famous person.

“Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to operate on somebody to make them look like somebody else,” Dr. Johnson says. “The problem becomes, after a period of time, if you become disillusioned with the particular celebrity that you’re trying to look like, then what?”

Johnson says he’s getting a lot of requests from women wanting to resemble the president’s oldest daughter and it’s not a cheap or quick process. “It’s commonly the nose, lips and breasts for women,” Johnson says. “When you’re talking about multiple different operations, it could easily get well over $20,000, upwards of $50,000 when you’ve had as many operations as some of these people.”

Johnson says there are few standards set for plastic surgeons and people should choose very carefully. He says any potential patient should ask if the physician if they’re formally trained in plastic surgery or if it’s a side specialty. “Are you board-certified in plastic surgery?” Johnson says. “Are you allowed to perform plastic surgery in a hospital environment where they have very strict criteria on whom they allow to operate?”

He says those doctors with their own facility and operating room have very little oversight regarding formal training.

(Karla James/Radio Iowa – Omaha)

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says an Adair County man was arrested Thursday evening on drug charges at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. 38-year old Michael Ross Waddingham, of Orient, was arrested on a Union County warrant for two charges of controlled substance violations.  Waddingham remainsg held in the Union County Jail on $50,000 bond.

An increase in the number of persons serving time in the Cass County Jail has put a strain on available space and is likely to affect the budget for this year and next. That was the word this (Friday) morning from Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren, who spoke before the County Board of Supervisors. McLaren said because of the number of drug-related and other types of arrests, they can’t house everyone who is court ordered to serve time, and have, in the past, sent prisoners to other counties, at a cost of roughly $50-to $75 per day to the County.

Sending juveniles to other facilities is even more costly, and Cass County does not have the proper space to separate those offenders from the general, adult population. McLaren said he wasn’t asking for a new jail or anything of the sort. He just wanted the Board to be aware his budget will be impacted because of the issue.

Supervisor Steve Green, the former Police Chief for Atlantic, asked if they couldn’t just outfit the less severe offenders with a GPS monitored ankle bracelet or similar device.

(McLaren said they have a few available, but a judge has to order them to be used. No judge has ever issued such an order, thought. He could also place an offender on “House arrest,” but it would be on a case-by-case basis.)

If it’s a District Court case, he says the County Attorney can issue a recommendation to the Judge on how the offender deals with their sentence, and McLaren says he can push to have the Attorney make bracelet recommendations for less serious cases.

McLaren says they probably only have a couple of monitoring bracelets at this time, but he can always order more. Figuring out how to monitor a given number of persons outfitted with the devices might become an issue, though.

Jail overcrowding isn’t strictly a Cass County problem. Many area Counties are experiencing overcrowding, and are forced to send their inmates elsewhere, if space is available, but it isn’t free. Some jails, like those in Cass and Union County, have to send their female inmates to another county jail which is able to house those particular inmates. Other Counties have built new Jails to deal with the matter, such as Adair, Mills and Montgomery Counties, whose jails have a higher capacity to house inmates.

McLaren says the courts are putting more people on probation to try and deal with the issue.

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The Creston Police Department reports three people from Polk County were arrested Thursday morning on drug charges. Officials say 35-year old Joey Gene Ebard and 31-year old Lindsey Marie Dee, were arrested for Possession with the Intent to Sell or Manufacture Methamphetamine over 5 grams. 34-year old Kristin Jan Gross was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. All three are from Des Moines. Ebard was being held in the Union County Jail on $100,000 bond. Dee and Gross were being held in the Ringgold County Jail, where bond for Lindsey Dee was set at $100,000, and Gross’ bond was set at $1,000.

Creston Police said also, 40-year old Sara Nicole Weis, of Afton, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on four warrants for Probation Violation. She was transported to the Ringgold County Jail and held pending a court appearance.