Medivac Ambulance was dispatched to the scene of a vehicle in the ditch early this (Friday) morning, north of Atlantic. The accident occurred a little after 6-a.m. on north Olive Street, near the ADM Grain facility. The female driver of the vehicle was complaining of neck pain. Roads in the area were slick at the time, with fog having frozen on an already wet surface. No other details are currently available.

Police in Council Bluffs arrested a man this (Friday) morning, after they were dispatched a little before 3-a.m., to 305 N 6th Street, for report of a suspicious male. The suspect gave the responding officers a false name, threw punches at the officers and ran from them before officers were able to gain control of the him and place the man in handcuffs.

Michael Wickman

The suspect, identified as 31-year old Michael Wickman, of Council Bluffs, was transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Wickman will be charged with two counts of Assault on Police Officers, False Information, Interference with Official Acts and Eluding when he’s released from the hospital. The officers involved also suffered minor injuries during the incident.

FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — A Canadian woman was found by snowmobilers after she spent three days stuck with her car on a muddy rural road in southeast Iowa. Seventy-two-year-old Terry Harnish, of Hubbards, Nova Scotia, was visiting friends on Thanksgiving when she took a wrong turn onto a dirt road outside Fairfield. Her car became mired in mud up to its wheel wells, and she was unable to walk to one of the farmhouses she’d passed. The Des Moines Register reports that she spent the next three days in her car, surviving on a tea drink and marzipan cake.

Fairfield police Lt. Colin Smith says Harnish had ended up on a dirt road that’s just not traveled this time of year. The heavy snow that fell Sunday proved her salvation, because it brought out two teenage snowmobilers whose attention she attracted with her car lights and horn. Their father used a tractor to take Harnish back into Fairfield.

(Radio Iowa) — It’s unclear when or even if veterans who’ve been short-changed on their “Forever G-I Bill” benefits may get what they’re owed. Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican who is a combat veteran, is among those who’ve asked the Veterans Administration for an explanation. “Someone from the VA had indicated they would not go back and correct the deficient payments that had been made to our veterans for their educational benefits,” Ernst says, “and our stance is if you have promised our veterans that those payments would be made, then they need to be made.”

The Forever G-I Bill provides educational and housing benefits to military veterans who go to college.  “And if they were told that they would receive these educational benefits, we need to ensure they are receiving those educational benefits,” Ernst says.

A Veterans Administration official gave conflicting answers to a HOUSE committee yesterday (Thursday), leaving open the possibility benefits may not be recalculated and veterans may not be fully reimbursed for the fall semester. Congressman Dave Loebsack of Iowa City says the situation is causing financial hardship for many veterans who’ve gone back to school. “We’re hopeful that this is going to get taken care of. I don’t know if it is just an IT glitch or what it is,” Loebsack says. “But this is compounding of course, the Iowa National Guard members who were forced to pay back a part of their salary after a payrolll error was made by the Army.”

Loebsack says Iowa veterans may call his office for assistance in calculating what they’re owed through the Forever G-I- Bill. “I’ve held every administration accountable, whether it’s Democratic or Republican, since I’ve been in congress and that’s what we’ve got to do,” Loebsack says. “We’ve got to get to the bottom of it.”

Loebsack has been a member of congress since 2007 — which means he’s served during the George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump administrations.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:20 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Democratic candidate in a northeast Iowa House district trailing by just nine votes has sued, seeking to force election officials to count 33 ballots left uncounted because they lack a postmark. Kayla Koether, is seeking a temporary injunction in Polk County District Court to stop Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate from certifying the House District 55 election results on Monday.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Longtime Bettendorf Alderwoman Debe LaMar has died. She was 61. The city says in a news release that LaMar died Thursday. Television station WQAD reports that LaMar died after a long battle with cancer. She was first elected to the City Council in 1998 and served five terms. She also served as mayor pro-tem for seven years.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal security agents say a gun was found this week in the carry-on bag of a passenger at the Des Moines International Airport _ the 11th gun found at the airport this year. Television station KCCI reports that Transportation Security Administration workers discovered the loaded handgun Wednesday during an X-ray screening of the bag. Des Moines police are investigating to determine whether the passenger will face criminal charges.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A state health official says the products that will be for sale when medical marijuana dispensaries open in Iowa on Saturday will shake up traditional ideas about the herb and how it is consumed. Department of Public Health deputy director Sarah Reisetter says “there won’t be joints, there won’t be edibles.” Dispensaries are set to open in Council Bluffs, Davenport, Sioux City, Windsor Heights and Waterloo.