The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports an additional suspect was arrested Wednesday, in connection with an ongoing narcotics distribution investigation. 25-year old Jacob Jones, of Bedford, was arrested in Bedford on an active Taylor County Class-C and Class-D Felony Warrants for Controlled Substance Violations/Delivery of Controlled Substances.  Jones was being held in the  Taylor County Jail on $15,000 bond.

The Creston Police Department reports three separate arrests took place, Thursday. A little after 3-a.m. 59-year old Tracey Allen Simmerman, of Cromwell, was arrested following a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 34 and Cromwell Road. Simmerman was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia. He was later released on a $1,300 bond.

At around 7:40-a.m. Thursday, 32-year old Anthony Gene Keller, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Barred. He was released on a $2,000 bond. And, at around 10-a.m. 40-year old Dustin James Seley, of Creston, was arrested at the Adams County Jail, on a Union County Warrant for Parole Violation.  He was being held on a $5,000 cash bond.

EDGEWOOD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed by a logging accident in northeast Iowa. First responders were sent around 12:25 p.m. Tuesday to the worksite about 2 miles from the Mississippi River in the southeast corner of Clayton County.

The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says 38-year-old Jason Steger, of Greeley, was struck by a falling tree that had been knocked over by a log that was being moved. Steger was pronounced dead at the scene. He worked for Kendrick Forest Products, which is based in Edgewood.

Work safety authorities have been notified.

Officers with the Red Oak Police Department, Thursday night, arrested 27-year old Phillip Kenneth Dalton Johnson, of Red Oak. Johnson was arrested on two Montgomery County warrants charging him with Domestic Abuse Assault with intent to inflict serious injury, and Obstruction of Emergency Communications.

He was arrested at around 9-p.m. in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where Johnson’s bond was set at $2,300.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A police spokesman says a woman killed along with her two young children this week had come to Des Moines to work with the man charged in their deaths. A Guatemala national, 31-year-old Marvin Oswaldo Escobar-Orellana, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of 29-year-old Rossibeth Flores-Rodriguez, her 11-year-old daughter and her and 5-year-old son. Their bodies were found Tuesday night at the home they shared with Escobar-Orellana.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A spokesman for Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds now says a mass email praising rapper Tupac Shakur wasn’t why Reynolds ousted an agency director. Reynolds spokesman Pat Garrett was asked last week whether the agency-wide email sent by Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven was linked to the governor’s request that he resign the next work day. He said only that a “number of factors” went into the decision. On Thursday, he told the Des Moines Register that “of course” the email wasn’t one.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More bankers surveyed in parts of 10 Plains and Western states say President Donald Trump’s trade skirmishes are having a negative effect on their local economies. The Rural Mainstreet survey released Thursday shows the survey’s overall index falling from 53.2 in June to 50.2 this month. Any score above 50 suggests a growing economy, while a score below 50 indicates a shrinking economy.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pope Francis has selected a priest from the Dubuque Archdiocese to become bishop of the Des Moines Diocese. The selection of the Rev. William Joensen was announced Thursday. Joensen replaces Bishop Richard Pates, who turned 75 last year and, as required by the church, submitted his resignation. He’s held the post since 2008.