Police in Red Oak arrested 28-year old Kirsten Lynn Wilwerding, of Red Oak, at around 8:40-p.m., Thursday.  The woman was taken into custody in the 300 block of E. Market Street, for Domestic Abuse Assault. She was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:10 a.m. CDT

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man has been arrested for having no license and driving to a court hearing _ on his tractor. Television station KCRG reports that 54-year-old Jeffery Johanningmeier, of Wadena, was stopped Wednesday by deputies when he pulled up to the Fayette County Courthouse on his John Deere tractor. Deputies say he had made the nearly 15-mile trip for a court appearance, but did not have a valid driver’s license, which has been suspended for nonpayment of child support.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that changed the way Supreme Court justices are selected in Iowa. The lawsuit filed in May by a group of Democratic lawmakers and lawyers against Gov. Kim Reynolds was dismissed Thursday by a judge who says they don’t have legal standing to sue. Judge Sarah Crane, appointed to the bench by Reynolds last year, dismissed the case. Nate Willems, an attorney for the plaintiffs says it will be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court.

DUNKERTON, Iowa (AP) — The police chief of a small eastern Iowa town has been placed on paid leave while facing accusations that she misreported the hours she’d been working. Black Hawk County court records say Katherine Krieger, of Jesup, is charged with theft, felonious misconduct in office and four counts of records tampering. Her attorney said Thursday that Krieger intends to plead not guilty.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has partially opened the Mississippi River to barge traffic, but farmers in Iowa are still worried about the financial impact of the slow recovery of shipping on the waterway. Dozens of barges have been at a standstill during this devastating flood season. Robb Ewoldt tells the Quad-City Times that he has around $80,000 worth of soybeans in storage at his farm in Scott County, waiting to be shipped down the river.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies were called Thursday to the vicinity of 2405 Broadway Street in Red Oak, for a reported suspicious female. Deputies arrived on the scene and made contact with 28-year old Jaimee Renea Miner, of Red Oak.

Upon further investigation, Miner was taken into custody for Possession of Unlawful Prescription drugs. She was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that changed the way some judges are selected in Iowa. The lawsuit filed in May by a group of Democratic lawmakers and lawyers against Gov. Kim Reynolds was dismissed Thursday by a state court judge who said they don’t have legal standing to challenge the law.

The new law passed by Republicans and signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds gave the governor an additional appointment to the 17-member state judicial nominating commission resulting in the governor having a majority of nine appointees. Lawyers continue to elect eight members to the group.

The lawsuit alleged that the vote of the lawyer members of the commission has been diluted and that the law is an unconstitutional overreach by the legislative branch of government into the judicial branch. The commission nominates justices for the Iowa Supreme Court and the Iowa Court of Appeals and sends finalists to the governor.

Judge Sarah Crane, who was appointed to the court by Reynolds last year, dismissed the case. Attorneys for the plaintiffs say the decision will be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court.