Police in Red Oak, Tuesday afternoon, arrested 40-year old Tyler Geoffrey Jennings, of Red Oak. He was taken into custody on a Red Oak P-D warrant for Domestic Assault/2nd offense and was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa’s gasoline prices continue to be among the lowest in the country, according to Mark Peterson with Triple-A Iowa. “Today, the average price per gallon in Iowa is at $2.45 and the national average is $2.65,” Peterson says. “What’s interesting is if we compare that to last year at the same time, in Iowa, a gallon would cost you $2.73.”

While there’s still more than a month of summer left, the summertime driving season is coming to an end with the start of school. Still, Peterson says there’s an unusual trend starting to emerge in gasoline sales.

“Demand just started picking up in the last few days, over the weekend,” Peterson says. “Maybe some people are just trying to get that vacation in toward the end of the year, but we’re starting to see a bit of a change in demand but the prices are still staying down, which kind of surprises us.”

Based on the boost in demand, simple economics dictates we should soon see a corresponding boost in prices. “There’s still a lot of things out there that have an impact that we have no control over,” Peterson says. “Some unresolved tensions in the Middle East have contributed to some of the prices and that situation could change very quickly. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to anticipate that affecting gas prices across the state.”

The daily Triple-A survey finds the cheapest gas in Iowa is being sold in Sioux City at $2.35 a gallon while the most expensive gas is in Dubuque at $2.62.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says rural Americans embrace immigration when they see it as the solution to their employment needs and a shrinking population.

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor discussed his rural economic policy proposal with reporters Tuesday while taking a walk through the Iowa State Fair. His proposal calls for towns and counties, and not just corporations, to be able to seek employment visas.

Buttigieg says if residents are part of the decision to invite immigrants to their communities, “it does change the way we look at things,” and they are less likely to fear outsiders.

Buttigieg has embarked on a three-day trip through Iowa, including rural counties carried by Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and Republican Donald Trump in 2016.

COLLINS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say crews have stopped a leak that sent plumes of dangerous anhydrous ammonia into an area around Collins.

Hazardous materials crews were called around 11 a.m. Tuesday to Landus Cooperative, where a 30,000-gallon tank of anhydrous ammonia leaked. The Story County Sheriff’s Office says first responders immediately evacuated an area in the southeast corner of Collins.

A news release by the sheriff’s office says the leak was contained around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and the evacuation order lifted. No injuries were reported.

Anhydrous ammonia is a farm fertilizer that is stored under pressure as a liquid, but becomes a lethal, suffocating gas when released from pressure. Even thin fumes can cause breathing difficulty and irritation to eyes, nose or throat.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a man from Thayer reported Saturday, that sometime during the night of Friday August 9th and early Saturday morning, Aug. 10th, someone vandalized a fuel tank on his property, and stole diesel fuel. The loss was estimated at $1,250.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has scored another legal win in its fight to keep its casino in western Iowa open. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose on Monday rejected motions in a lawsuit by the states of Iowa and Nebraska and the Iowa city of Council Bluffs seeking to derail the casino. The motions sought to amend Rose’s order earlier this year in which she required the National Indian Gaming Commission to revisit its 2017 ruling giving the tribe the right to build the Prairie Flower Casino on land it owns in Carter Lake.

Attorneys for Nebraska, Iowa and Council Bluffs had wanted the judge to declare that her order had vacated the commission’s 2017 ruling, which likely would have required the casino to shut down as litigation dragged on.