A traffic stop in Pottawattamie County Wednesday evening resulted in a man being arrested on a drug charge. The Sheriff’s Office says 21-year old John Gruber, of Missouri Valley, faces charges that include OWI/1^st offense and Possession of a controlled substance/Methamphetamine.

Gruber was pulled over at around 5:20-p.m., Wednesday. According to the report, the told the deputy he didn’t have a license, and the man appeared to be under the influence of meth. Gruber consented to a drug test, which indicated the presence of a Central Nervous Systems (CNS) stimulant. He also allegedly had a plastic bag of meth inside his wallet. Gruber was arrested on the charges and cited for failure to have a valid license.

One person was flown by helicopter to an area hospital following a motorcycle accident early this (Friday) morning, in Pottawattamie County. Sheriff’s officials say a woman passenger on a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle lost or released her grip on the driver of the cycle, and fell off. The accident happened at around 2:10-a.m. on Highway 59, just north of Idlewood Road. No names were immediately available. The accident remains under investigation.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County are asking for your help in finding a man suspected of stealing an ATV from a rural Red Oak property. Wednesday evening, the Sheriff’s Office took a report from a rural resident regarding the theft of two, 4-wheel ATV’s. One was a red 2014 Honda TRX 450ER, the other a yellow Honda 450EX.

Early Thursday morning, the ATV’s were located in the 64000 block of 240th, in Glenwood. Authorities say 36-year old James Leonard Burson, of Council Bluffs, fled on the red Honda 4-wheeler. The yellow 450EX was recovered.

If you see Burson, or the red Honda TRX 450ER, contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 1-888-434-2712. Burson is a white male, 6-feet tall, about 210-pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes. If you know where he is, please contact the Sheriff’s Office at number mentioned.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports two men were arrested on separate charges, Thursday afternoon. 40-year old Richard Henry Rapp, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $2,500. And, 25-year old Tyler Jason Chambers, of Red Oak, was arrested for Criminal Mischief in the 2nd Degree. His bond was set at $5,000.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A Carter Lake man has been given 15 years in prison for having sex with minors. The Daily Nonpareil reports 43-year-old David Trejo also must register as a sex offender and be on parole for the rest of his life. He was sentenced Thursday in Council Bluffs.

He’d pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of soliciting lascivious acts with a minor. Prosecutors dropped six more counts in return for Trejo’s pleas. Court documents say Trejo told investigators that he believed one girl he met online was 19 and did not find out that she was 14 until after they had sex several times. Court documents say another girl involved in the case was under the age of 14.

MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) – Over $41,000 has been raised for a scholarship in memory of a 13-year-old girl who died in a utility vehicle accident through the repeated sale of a steer at an Iowa auction. The Telegraph Herald reports 19-year-old Jamie Nefzger took his Black Angus to the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Manchester Saturday, and a letter was read about the June 24 death of his 13-year-old cousin, Anna Nefzger.

Greg Preussner bought the steer and then told Jamie Nefzger’s father to sell it again. The process was repeated several times, and the steer had been sold 11 times by the end of the auction. After the auction, people were invited to make individual donations to the scholarship. Maquoketa Valley Dollars for Scholars, which set up the scholarship, says donations continue to pour in.

In his acceptance speech last night (Thursday), Donald Trump recounted the story of a young Iowa woman who was killed in Omaha earlier this year by a drunk driver who was in the country illegally. The Republican presidential nominee warned of the violence America is facing and attributed part of the problem to the dangers of illegal immigration. “One such border-crosser was released and made his way to Nebraska,” Trump says. “There, he ended the life of an innocent young girl named Sarah Root. She was 21-years-old and was killed the day after graduating from college.”

Root, who was from Council Bluffs, was killed hours after her graduation in January from Bellevue University. She had a 4.0 grade point and wanted to go on and earn a master’s degree in criminology. Omaha police say 19-year-old Eswin Mejia, a native of Honduras, was drunk and drag racing a pickup when he rear-ended Root’s S-U-V and he was initially arrested.  “Her killer was then released a second time, and he is now a fugitive from the law,” Trump says. “I’ve met Sarah’s beautiful family, but to this administration, their amazing daughter was just one more American life that wasn’t worth protecting.”

That comment drew boos and jeers from the audience at the Republican National Convention. “No more,” Trump said, as the boos faded. “One more child to sacrifice on the altar of open borders.” Police say Mejia’s blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit and he was driving on a suspended license. Mejia is presumed to have fled the country after federal Immigration Customs Enforcement officers decided not to hold him following his arrest.

Root’s mother testified before Congress in April as legislation is being considered that would force undocumented immigrants to be held for their alleged crimes. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says: “Sarah’s Law would close this gap that we have existing right now and it would require that ICE issue a detainer — they would detain any illegal immigrant who has caused serious bodily injury or death to a citizen.”

(Radio Iowa)

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Closing arguments are expected Friday in the trial of a Sioux City man accused of killing another man in the northwest Iowa community of Sloan. Defense and prosecution attorneys rested their cases Thursday in Timothy Schroeder’s trial. He’s charged with first-degree murder and related crimes in the Jan. 9, 2015, shooting death of 29-year-old Dustin Wilder at Wilder’s home.

The defense moved for acquittal on all charges Thursday, saying there wasn’t enough evidence to convict Schroeder. But Judge Jeffery Neary denied the motion.

(8-a.m. News)