(Radio Iowa) — The wife of a missing Webster City man says he’s been found dead. Thirty-eight-year-old Jay Dee Wynkoop was reported missing on Sunday afternoon and his car was found outside a Webster City convenience store. Danielle Wynkoop posted on her Facebook page late Wednesday that her husband “went home to Jesus.” She offered no details, but said, “Thank you for allowing us to grieve this terrible loss,” and added, it was Jay’s wish that no online fundraisers be made in his name. Married in 2015, the couple had 11 children, ranging in age from five to 19.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports an Audubon County man was arrested on a felony, and other charges Wednesday night, following a traffic stop in Avoca. 41-year old Anthony Joseph Miller, of Kimballton, was taken into custody at around 11:30-p.m., on a felony charge of OWI/3rd or subsequent offense, and an aggravated misdemeanor charge of Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender. He was being held in the Pott. County Jail on a total of $7,000 bond.

And, 24-year old Robert Fredrickson Durham, an inmate at the Pott. County Jail, was charged Wednesday afternoon with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, for destruction/damage or vandalism of property valued at $300 to $750. Authorities say Durham broke the sprinkler head in his isolation cell. Corrections staff explained they to redirect Durham from tampering with the sprinkler all day long, Wednesday, until just before 2-p.m., when his efforts were successful.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A hospital association spokesman has been fired after criticizing Gov. Kim Reynolds’ handling of Medicaid privatization. The Des Moines Register reports that Thomas “Scott” McIntyre was dismissed from his post as vice president of communications for the Iowa Hospital Association after his personal, nonpublic Facebook post in March. He said at a Sept. 30 state unemployment hearing that his post was satirical and intentionally over the top in what he described as “Donald Trump language.”

He says the post rubbed a “small but powerful group” of the association’s members the wrong way. Critics of the privatization say it’s cut services for disabled Iowans and hasn’t delivered millions of dollars in payments and reimbursements to health care providers. The records say McIntyre won his unemployment appeal.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Members of a Mason City veterans group will dedicate monuments depicting male and female soldiers. The Globe Gazette reports the monuments will be dedicated Saturday at the All Vets Center. They have been added to a display that includes a Howitzer and flagpole. The monuments were obtained and repaired after a fundraising effort that included rummage sales and dances. One statue shows a female soldier who carries her helmet and has an M-4 rifle slung over her shoulder. The other shows an infantryman from the Vietnam War.

(Radio Iowa) — We’re less than two weeks away from Election Day and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is reminding voters they’ll need identification when heading to the polls for city and school board elections on November 5th. Pate says last year’s soft rollout of the Voter I-D program was successful. “Voters got it. We had a record voter turnout and so going into this cycle, we just want to make sure the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed and that people get the gist of it,” Pate says. “Bring your driver’s license or you can get your free Voter ID card from your county auditor.”

Other forms of I-D that will be accepted include: a U-S passport, a military or veteran’s I-D, and a Tribal I-D card. Pate says 94-percent of the Iowans who are registered to vote have a driver’s license they can use as at the polls. If you don’t have a driver’s license and you haven’t received a voter I-D card, Pate says one call should fix you up. “If they’re already registered, it’s real simple,” he says. “They just need to call the county auditor and they’ll take care of it for them.” Voter I-D laws have been a political issue for years, but Pate argues it brings integrity to our state’s elections. “You don’t put a new lock on the house after the burglar steals something from your home, so when it comes to Voter ID, it’s a natural protection,” Pate says. “I’m very proud to be able to tell people in Iowa, we’ve got your back covered when it comes to the integrity of our elections.”

A Polk County judge recently upheld a majority of the state’s Voter I-D law, stating that the requirement for voters to show identification at the polls does not violate the state’s constitution. “The judge came down with his ruling and he indicated that Voter ID was the law of the land,” Pate says. “Out of 35 pages, he had five sentences removed, so I think that’s pretty clear and so we are ready to operate on that.” For more information, visit: http://voterreadyiowa.org.