A deer that was crossing 160th Street in Union County, last week, tried to jump out of the way of an SUV, but instead hit the windshield and driver’s side of the vehicle. The Union County Sheriff’s Office said the accident happened last Thursday, at around 2:20-p.m., as 27-year old Steven Provost, of Decatur, was traveling east on 160th. In an e-mail to KJAN, Provost said Also he went to a hospital emergency room to have glass removed from his face. He said also, damage to his 2018 Jeep Compass was in excess of $5,000.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The adult daughter of an Iowa City man charged with killing his wife is included on a long list of potential prosecution witnesses. A court document released Tuesday formally charges 67-year-old Roy Browning Jr. with first-degree murder in the April 5 stabbing death of his wife, University of Iowa employee JoEllen Browning.

Witnesses listed on the document include one of the couple’s two adult children, Elizabeth Browning Adrianse of Des Moines. She said last month that she and her brother did not wish to comment on the arrest of their father, saying the family “needs time to heal.”

Other witnesses include several employees of the Iowa City Police Department and the Division of Criminal Investigation. Representatives of multiple banks are also listed. Investigators allege that Roy Browning killed his wife as she was in the process of discovering that he had hidden major financial problems. He stood to inherit $2 million in savings and life insurance upon her death.

Browning is being held at the Johnson County jail and is scheduled to be arraigned next week.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The remains of a Marine from Iowa will soon return to his home state 76 years after his death in World War II. The Defense Department used DNA from a niece to identify the remains of 18-year-old Pvt. Channing Whitaker, of Granger, Iowa. Whitaker died on Nov. 22, 1943 during the Battle of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific.

This undated photo provided by the Department of Defense shows Marine Corps Pvt. Channing Whitaker. Whitaker’s remains will soon return to his home state of Iowa 76 years after his death in World War II. The Defense Department used DNA from a niece to identify the remains of 18-year-old Pvt. Whitaker, of Granger, Iowa. Whitaker died on Nov. 22, 1943 during the Battle of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific. (Department of Defense via AP)

Whitaker’s niece Marla Brubaker tells KCCI it is a miracle that her DNA was able to identify Whitaker’s remains. Archeologists have been working since 2009 to dig up and identify the remains of soldiers who were buried in a previously undiscovered burial trench on the Gilbert Islands.

Whitaker’s family will hold a funeral with full military honors in Des Moines on Nov. 22.

Authorities in Creston report a teenager was injured during a collision this (Tuesday) morning, near the intersection of Cherry and Summit Streets. According to Creston Police, 16-year old Logan Eugene Osterhout, of Creston, was driving a 2006 Buick LeSabre northbound on Cherry Street at around 7:50-a.m., when, according to the teen, a dog ran out in front of his vehicle (registered to Janet Osterhout).

When Logan applied the brakes, he said the car went out of control and ran into the back of a 2006 Chrysler 300 that was parked near 504 Cherry. The teen told Creston Police he didn’t know what happened after the initial impact. An ambulance was dispatched to assist in treating his injuries. Osterhout was transported by his mother to the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, for further treatment.

Damage to the vehicles amounted to $3,000 altogether. No citations were issued.

Atlantic Fire and Rescue, Medivac Ambulance and Atlantic Police responded to a two-vehicle accident at around 1:54-p.m. today (Tuesday), just west of 7th and Olive Street on eastbound 7th. A woman complained of neck pain and is believed to have been transported to CCMH. Both vehicles had been moved into an alley south of 7th, when emergency crews arrived.

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No other details were immediately available.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge has overturned the firing of a Cedar Rapids teacher who’d been criticized for how a black baby doll was left hanging in her classroom. The Cedar Rapids Community School District board had terminated Tammy Ryan’s teaching contract at Metro Alternative High School. A social media outcry arose in spring 2018 when a photo of the doll tied around the waist by a ribbon and hanging horizontally from the ceiling was posted.

Ryan says students placed the doll around the room as part of a game. The Gazette reports that Ryan says she perceived the doll as flying. Others saw it as a racist allusion to lynching. The board fired her, and she took the district to court, seeking a reversal.

In a ruling issued Oct. 30, the judge said: “This single instance of unintentional insensitivity does not amount to just cause to terminate Ms. Ryan’s teaching contract.” A district representative says board members are evaluating the district’s next steps.