A gust of wind caused a semi to blow-over onto its side early this morning, in Pottawattamie County. Interstate 80 eastbound just south of the I-680 split was rerouted to Neola and onto Railroad Highway back to I-680 until the wreck was cleared at around 8-a.m. today. The Interstate had been closed for about 90-minutes. No injuries were reported.

(Radio Iowa) — A central Iowa city is being named among the best places in the country to live. Out of 125 metro areas, the rankings from U.S. News & World Report place Des Moines as the fifth best place to live. The list is compiled based on a series of criteria, including cost of living, job market, crime rates and quality of education. The rest of the top five are Fayetteville, Arkansas, Colorado Springs, Denver, and in first place Austin, Texas. The magazine also ranked Des Moines the number-three best affordable place to live.

ELDORA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman charged with kidnapping for confining her boyfriend’s 8-year-old son under basement stairs has been convicted of a lesser charge. A judge on Wednesday found Traci Tyler guilty of misdemeanor false imprisonment. Prosecutors say she and the boy’s father, Alex Shadlow, locked the boy in the basement of their Ackley home for at least nine hours a day in summer 2017. The boy told authorities he had to sleep on concrete.

Hardin County District Court records show that Judge James Ellefson didn’t find that Tyler meant to inflict serious injury on the boy, a key component for a kidnapping conviction. Her sentencing is scheduled for April 26. Ellefson oversaw Tyler’s nonjury trial in Eldora. Shadlow’s trial is set to begin Sept. 30.

The Creston Police Department reports a Lorimor man was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. 46-year old Alex Cellan was arrested on a Union County warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $5,000. And, a Creston woman reported to Police Wednesday morning, that someone during the day on Tuesday, a package was delivered to her apartment building in the 1500 block of N. Lincoln Street was stolen. The loss was estimated at $170.

(Update 7:40-a.m.) A rollover accident involving a semi this morning at the Interstate 80/I-680 split in Pottawattamie County, has eastbound traffic being re-routed just south of the Neola (exit 23) interchange. The detour takes drivers through Neola, north on Railroad highway and reconnects with Interstate 680. Crews are working to clear the wreck.

Red Oak Police say a man was arrested Wednesday night on an OWI charge. 50-year old Gregory Allen Riley, of Red Oak, was arrested for OWI/1st offense at around 7:23-p.m., following a traffic stop near the intersection of Nuckols and Bluegrass Roads. He was transported to the  Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.