A man from Ft. Madison died Monday afternoon, during a single-vehicle rollover accident in southeast Iowa’s Lee County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 33-year old Hoyt Floyd Grossman died at the scene of the crash that happened at around 1:40-p.m.

Authorities say Grossman, who was not wearing a seat belt, was driving a 2000 Ford Ranger eastbound on Lee County Road J-48 when the pickup went off the road, to the right. Grossman over-corrected, causing the vehicle to go out of control. It drove off the road to the left and hit a culvert before flipping over and landing on its top.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say rescue crews have been unable to find a man spotted in the Des Moines River. Des Moines firefighters recovered a boat the man was seen using Monday afternoon. Fire Inspector Brian O’Keefe says the man had pulled the boat from debris upstream from the Scott Street Bridge. He somehow became separated from the boat when he reached the bridge and went over the dam.

O’Keefe says the man may have been living in a homeless camp near the river.

Iowa’s Safe Haven law was enacted in 2002 and, since then, has been used 27 times by parents to release custody of their newborn child. Amy McCoy, spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Human Services, says there’s a chance the 15-year-old law could be altered. “There was some legislation that was proposed this year to expand some portions of the law. That did not get passed this year, but we might see it come back next year,” McCoy says.

The law protects parents from prosecution for abandonment if they hand over their infant at a hospital or health care facility within 14 days of birth. McCoy says the proposed legislation would expand the law to give the parents more time and more options. “That would include being able to turn over care of the child to an EMT…so, fire or ambulance personnel,” McCoy said.

The law was approved in the wake of a high profile case in 2001 involving a teen mother in eastern Iowa who killed her home-delivered newborn.

On the web at http://dhs.iowa.gov/safe-haven

(Radio Iowa)

Police in Red Oak are looking for the female driver of a Chevy Impala who was involved in a hit-and-run property damage accident Monday evening. Officials say the accident happened at around 5:10-p.m. in the Red Oak Taco Bell parking lot, when, according to witnesses, a silver 4-door Chevy Impala backed out of a parking stall and in the process struck the side of a 2016 Nissan Altima, causing $2,000 damage to the Nissan.

The driver of the Impala was said to be a larger build white female with blonde hair, who was wearing an orange shirt. A witness captured a partial license plate image. The plate began with “EK.”  The accident remains under investigation. If you have any information concerning the incident, call the Red Oak Police Department.

Firefighters from Harlan along with a Medivac Ambulance crew were called to the scene of a fire at the West Ridge Acres Mobile Home Park (3002 12th St.), early this morning. The call went out just before 4-a.m.  By the time a deputy arrived on the scene moments later, one of the mobile homes was completely engulfed in flames. One person living inside the home was able to escape, but according to dispatch reports, suffered a laceration to his hand.

No other details are currently available.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DUNDEE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say an 8-year-old girl has been injured after falling 60 feet (18 meters) at a state park in eastern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said in a news release that the girl was hiking with friends and family Sunday afternoon at Backbone State Park when she fell. A department spokesman said Monday the girl may have fallen down a steep embankment as she jumped from rock to rock.

JEFFERSON, Iowa (AP) – A well-known Iowa bell tower will soon be ringing for the first time in more than 30 years. KCCI-TV reports that a $440,000 renovation project on the Mahanay Bell Tower in Jefferson is expected to finish next week. The project refurbished existing bells and added more than 30 additional bells. The bell tower had been in disrepair since the 1980s and had been playing recordings instead of actually ringing.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say witnesses kept a car driver from drowning in a ditch near Interstate 80 in Council Bluffs. The accident was reported around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. Police say the driver lost control of his car. It grazed a road sign, struck a light pole and ran off the roadway into the ditch. Police say the car was submerged in waist-deep water, but witnesses who had rushed to help kept the driver’s head out of the water.

MCINTIRE, Iowa (AP) – Organizers have raised about half the $10,000 needed for a veterans memorial in a tiny northern Iowa town. Vietnam veteran Marvin King is among those supporting efforts to erect a memorial in the Mitchell County community of McIntire, which has about 120 residents. King says: “We thought every other town has one; why not us?” The Mason City Globe Gazette reports the 20-foot-long limestone monument will include U.S. and Iowa flags.

DUNDEE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say an 8-year-old girl has been injured after falling 60 feet at a state park in eastern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said in a news release that the girl was hiking with friends and family Sunday afternoon at Backbone State Park when she fell. Department spokesman Alex Murphy said Monday that the girl may have been jumping from rock to rock and then slipped, plunging down a steep embankment. He could not confirm the girl’s name.

The girl’s companions called 911 for help, and she was flown to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Her condition has not been released.

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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The Creston Police Department says three people reported incidents of Theft, Sunday. A Norfolk, NE residents told police a license plate was taken from his 2009 Toyota Yaris, while it was parked at the Creston Family Restaurant, May 28th.

A resident of the 800 block of N. Sycamore Street in Creston reported that sometime between 8-p.m. Saturday and 10-a.m. Sunday, someone stole a Milwaukee-brand Hackzall and Hitachi 18-volt drill set. The loss was estimated at $175.

And, a resident of the 900 block of N. Lincoln Street in Creston reported that sometime between 9-p.m. Saturday and 7-a.m. Sunday, someone stole his maroon 1996 Buick regal Custom 2-door from his driveway. The vehicle was later located at an undisclosed location.

The Creston Police Department reports five weekend arrests.Early this (Monday) morning, 37-year old Juliann Marquis Edsall, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for felony Unauthorized Use of a Credit card. She was being held in the Ringgold County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

On Sunday, 24-year old Trevor James Perrigo, of Clive, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, and three counts of Possession of a Concealed Weapon. He was later released on $2,000 bond.

On Saturday, 45-year old Anita Ruth Michael, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear in court on a Child Support matter. She was being held in the Ringgold County Jail on a $240 bond. Also arrested Saturday, was 31-year old Joshua David Coulter, of Creston, who was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for felony Forgery, and Theft in the 5th Degree. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Last Friday, Melissa Shinn, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Barred. She was later released on $2,000 bond.