(Radio Iowa) — Des Moines Police shot a man at a homeless camp near the Raccoon River, Friday — not far from the governor’s mansion. A spokesman for Des Moines Police says officers were responding to a complaint about the homeless camp when a man in the camp ran and jumped in the river. When the man came back out of the water, police say he had armed himself with some sort of a weapon. A police spokesman says the man failed to respond to multiple orders to drop the weapon and an officer shot the man once. According to police, the man was alert and talking as he was taken from the scene and to a hospital for treatment.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Officials are preparing for the third round of Missouri River flooding in Western Pottawattamie County. Current river forecasts call for a nearly four and a half foot rise in the river over the next week. At these levels, many of the areas that have recently seen some relief could once again find themselves inundated with floodwaters. There is also a very real potential that the Interstates 680 and 29 could once again be impacted by encroaching waters.

Increased risk flood area (Pott. Co. EMA image) – click to enlarge

In a statement late Friday evening, Doug Reed, emergency management director for Pottawattamie County, said “The time to prepare is now.” Residents in areas that still have ponding water, recently receded water, damaged levees, or damaged drainage ditches should take proactive measures to protect their property and themselves. Reed said, “With the heavy rains experienced north of us, there’s no doubt we will see a significant rise on the river.”

Reed also commented that the Corps of Engineers announced reductions for Gavin’s Point over this weekend in attempt to help reduce the overall crest to try and keep the interstate system open.

Officials urge residents and travelers to remain aware of conditions over the next week, especially the northwest portion of the county. If your house flooded previously then you should assume that it may do so once again. There are many variables that make predicting the flood extent of this event very difficult when you consider that some temporary repairs have been made to levees and drainage ditches, some have not, fluctuating flows from the dam system, and any future rainfalls in the basin.

Residents should pay close attention to local media outlets, the National Weather Service, the Emergency Management 2019 Flood website and emergency management social media platforms to stay aware of updated conditions. Reed said “We urge residents to use the information we provide to make the best decision for their safety and protection of their property.”

Those living in the northwest portion of the county should remain on high alert over the next week and be prepared to leave their homes should it become necessary. If the river forecast is accurate we can expect to lose access to some of our roads which means residents may not be able to leave the area when needed and emergency services will have difficulty and delays getting to them.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The opioid crisis has hit virtually every pocket of the U.S., from rural towns in deeply conservative states to big cities in liberal-leaning ones. But a curious divide has opened up. The nation’s Republican state attorneys general have, for the most part, lined up in support of a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, while their Democratic counterparts have mostly come out against it, decrying it as woefully inadequate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say an officer shot a homeless man who tried to evade police and then threatening one of them with a knife. The shooting happened early Friday afternoon near the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Bridge over the Raccoon River. Police Sgt. Paul Parizek says officers responding to complaints about the homeless camp encountered a 26-year-old man who jumped into the river and later armed himself with a knife. Police say he was threatening an officer with the knife when he was shot.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The amount of water to be released into the lower Missouri River will change in the coming days to accommodate recent heavy rains in the Upper Plains. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a news release Friday that water releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border will be reduced to 65,000 cubic feet per second on Saturday and down to 60,000 cubic feet per second on Sunday. Soon thereafter, releases will be incrementally increased to up to 80,000 cfs.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A man has testified that he saw a woman burn bloody clothes at her eastern Iowa home a day or two after prosecutors allege that she beat her ex-boyfriend to death with a baseball bat in 1992. Scott Payne told a jury Thursday that Annette Cahill said the clothes were covered with red paint, but that he knew it was blood because of his days slaughtering pigs. Cahill was charged last year with first-degree murder in the beating death Corey Wieneke.