HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) — Two new bridges are planned for a highway low spot near a Missouri River bridge that connects southeast Nebraska with southwest Iowa. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the Iowa Transportation Department will begin taking bids next month for construction of eastbound and westbound bridges for a section of Iowa Highway 2. The highway runs from Interstate 29 west to the bridge and Nebraska City on the Nebraska side.

The highway reopened in May after 56 days of being shut down, with drivers forced to use a temporary lane made of permeable rock. But that section eventually became submerged again. The section also was flooded in 2011. An Iowa Transportation Department official says construction could start as soon as August but probably wouldn’t be finished until fall 2021.

The Creston Police Department says 33-year old Kyle Kreb, of Creston, was arrested on drug charges at around 4:50-a.m. today (Tuesday). Kreb was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond. Monday evening, 41-year old Cari Langille, of Senaca, MO., was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on an original charge of Theft in the 5th Degree. Langille was released on a $300 bond.

And, late Monday morning, 37-year old Zeke Chafa, of Greenfield, was arrested in Creston for Driving While Revoked. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — A trial is scheduled to begin July 16 for a northeast Iowa man accused of shooting to death his 36-year-old son. Bremer County District Court records say 59-year-old Daniel Niebuhr, of Fairbank, pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of first-degree murder. The judge also ruled that Niebuhr was mentally competent to stand trial.

The Bremer County Sheriff’s Office says Niebuhr told deputies who were called to the Fairbank home March 22 that he shot his son as his son sat on a couch watching television. Deputies found the body of Brock Niebuhr inside the home.

There are several matters to be addressed during the Atlantic City Council meeting 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, at City Hall. The agenda says the Council will act on:

• An order to temporarily restrict parking on July 27th to only the east side of Palm Street, from 7th to 10th Streets, with regard to the Cass County Fair.
• An order to close a portion of the alley between 6th & 7th Streets and Hickory and Laurel Streets, beginning 6-a.m. July 21st until 2-a.m. July 22nd, for the Fireside Lounge’s RAGBRAI activities.
• A Resolution “Authorizing final transfers for FY 2019”, with regard to reconciliation of cost-accounting of the City’s 94 separate funds.
• A Resolution “Approving the contract and bonds for the Street Department Building addition.” The Council previously approved the plans, specs and form of contract for the project.
• A Resolution “Adopting the Updated 28-E Fire Protection Agreement with…” the Grove, Washington and Pymosa Townships, with respective annual contributions of $7,468, $5,338 and $10,074.
• The second reading of an Ordinance with regard to Fireworks. The amended Ordinance specifies fireworks may be used in Atlantic July 3rd, 4th & 5th, from Noon until 11-p.m., and New Year’s Eve, from 6-p.m. until 12:15-a.m. New Year’s Day.
• The Second reading of an Ordinance pertaining to “Sidewalk Regulations,” which stipulates sidewalk sales will only be allowed during operating hours of businesses in the downtown district (2nd to 6th Streets). Merchandise must be taken indoors at the end of the business day.
• The third reading of an Ordinance Amending an Ordinance pertaining to “Human Habitation of Vehicles Prohibited.” The Ordinance says “No matter where you are (within the City Limits), you cannot move campers and similar vehicles onto your property, and have people living out of them indefinitely.

The Council will also act on an Order to re-appoint Lucas Mosier to the Community Promotion Commission, as well as discuss, and possibly act on, a change in Park Board position from Elected to Appointed. In other business, the Atlantic City Council will (as part of a regular series of actions), recognize the Atlantic High School Girl’s Golf Team.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa’s Attorney General says Iowa is part of an agreement to that will give 143 former students of I-T-T Tech debt relief from some of their students loans. The leader of the A-G’s Consumer Protection Division, Jessica Whitney, says they have been investigating the now bankrupt school for years.  “We were concerned about this loan program for starters and some other just general concerns we had with for profit colleges. And so we had been looking into them — and once they went bankrupt we knew they had this outstanding loan program and outstanding debt for Iowans, and we just wanted to try and address that,” Whitney says.

She says loans that total more than one-point-three million dollars will be forgiven. Whitney says they had concerns about how the credit union service organizations or CUSO handled the loans with students. She says they didn’t tell students about the cost of the loans and they believe the students didn’t realize they were taking out private loans with interest rates of 16 and 17 percent — and then they were graduating and not getting quite the jobs or salaries they were promised. Whitney says the settlement helps ease some of the burden from the students. “Especially these super high interest private loans. We hope that it helps students because they were still seeking to collect these. We hope that it gives students some relief,” according to Whitney.

She says any former I-T-T Tech students with the loans will be notified. “Officials should be reaching out — and if students have questions — we have been working closely with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And students can contact them if they haven’t heard in say a month or so,” Whitney says. She says the number students can call is: 855-411-2372. The settlement also requires the CUSO to supply credit reporting agencies with information to update credit information for affected borrowers. Iowa is one of 44 states involved in the settlement with 18-thousand-664 former I-T-Y students nationwide who will get loan relief.