Police in Red Oak are investigating a break-in at a residential garage. At around 4:20-p-m. Monday, a resident on Eastern Avenue reported to police that a person or persons unknown had forced their way into the victims’ garage and tampered with items inside the structure. Some items taken from the garage were located outside. Police believe whomever broke into the garage placed the items outside when they were “spooked-off” by an unsuspecting citizen. The property where the incident occurred is located near a walking trail.

Anyone who may have seen suspicious activity in the area is asked to contact Red Oak Police at 712-623-6500.

The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Sioux City office reports placement of overhead sign structures will require nighttime intermittent lane closures on southbound Interstate 29 north of the I-29/U.S. 20/U.S. 75 interchange (exit 144) and south of the Floyd Boulevard interchange (exit 147) between 10 p.m. and midnight, beginning tonight (Tuesday, 1/27) and Thursday (Jan. 29th), weather permitting. Traffic will be stopped for 20-minute intervals.

Motorists approaching the area should drive with caution and be prepared to stop for traffic backups beyond the limits of the work zone. In addition, the contractor began closing the inside lane of I-29 on Monday (Jan. 26th), and lasting for approximately two weeks, to allow for completion of the sign construction.

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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers expressed concern about a proposed performance-based funding model for the state’s three public universities. The funding model, which regents approved last year, bases 60 percent of funding allocation for the schools on the enrollment of in-state students. Legislative lawmakers must approve Gov. Terry Branstad’s budget proposal for the funding model to be applied.

CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — A south-central Iowa woman has been accused of stealing more than $500,000 from a local car dealership. Authorities say 44-year-old Lyndsay Jo Huntsman, of Creston, face charges of ongoing criminal conduct and five counts of first-degree theft. Police began investigating a report of missing money from a local Ford dealership, Creston Automotive, in October.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — A 4-month-old girl has died one week after authorities found her severely injured in her southeastern Iowa home. Officials say Marleen Jimenez of Columbus Junction died Saturday morning at the University of Iowa Hospital. An autopsy was performed Monday at the hospital. Results have not been released. Officials say the investigation is ongoing.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two state agencies say a process has been established to approve, administer and generate registration cards allowing the use of cannabis oil. An application form to obtain the card is now available online. The Legislature last year approved a law permitting the possession and use of a certain form of cannabis oil for patients with intractable epilepsy. Only patients and their primary caregivers can apply for the registration cards.

Officials with the Iowa Governor’s Office have provided an update on the Governor’s condition.   Spokesman Jimmy Centers said the Governors fell ill at an event earlier in the day, Monday. Centers said late Monday afternoon “Gov. Branstad is currently alert and resting comfortably at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. He is being observed and hydrated after having flu-like symptoms. The governor did have a flu shot this season. The governor has been admitted and will be kept overnight out of an abundance of caution.”

More information will be released as it becomes available. The governor and lt. governor have canceled their public events for Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, to rest and recover from seasonal illnesses.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines business college will become the University of Iowa’s Des Moines campus under an arrangement announced by the two schools. AIB College of Business President Nancy A Williams said at a news conference Monday the transition will take at least a year but that ultimately the 20-acre campus southwest of downtown would become part of the University of Iowa. All AIB students will then become University of Iowa students. AIB had a fall 2014 enrollment of more than 1,000 students.

Iowa President Sally Mason says the move enables the UI to achieve a goal of broadening services in the Des Moines area. Iowa Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter says he strongly supports the plan. AIB began in 1941 and moved to its Fleur Drive campus in 1972.

Officials with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Creston Police Department report a Creston woman was arrested today (Monday) at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, in connection with money reported missing from a local car dealership in Oct., 2014. 44-year old Lyndsay Jo Huntsman was  charged with On-going Criminal Conduct (Class B Felony) and five counts of Theft in the 1st Degree (Class C Felony).

Lyndsay Huntsman

An investigation determined in excess of $500-thousand dollars was missing from the accounts of Creston Automotive, a Ford dealership. In a criminal complaint affidavit, Huntsman is allegedly to have misappropriated funds and/or taken control of property, and committed multiple acts of thefts and/or embezzlement in excess of $10,000 each year between Jan. 1st, 2010 and Dec. 31st, 2014, while employed by Creston Automotive.

(DES MOINES) – Iowa Governor’s Office spokesman Jimmy Centers today released the following statement after Gov. Terry Branstad fell ill at an event at DuPont Pioneer:

“Gov. Branstad fell ill at an event today at DuPont Pioneer. An ambulance was called and he was transported to Methodist hospital in Des Moines. The governor is conscious and alert and was so during the transport to the hospital. During the transport, paramedics took the governor’s vitals and initial tests indicate that the spell was caused by a seasonal illness. The governor had been suffering from the effects of a cold.”

A man from Central Iowa was arrested Friday, in Cass County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 53-year old Kenneth Dean Colebank, Jr.,  of Boone, was arrested on a District Court warrant for Failure to Appear to Serve Jail Sentence. Colebank was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains until sentence is served.

In an update to our earlier report, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded at around 12:15-a.m. Sunday, to a report of a one-vehicle accident two miles south of Atlantic at 610th Street and Lansing Road. A 97 Chevy K1500 driven by 21-year old Daylan Gene Kleen, of Audubon, was turning north on 610th Street from Lansing Road when Kleen lost control, causing the pickup to overturn into the east ditch.

A passenger, 20-year Jayce Marie Nelson, of Audubon, was transported to CCMH via Medivac. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $3000. Kleen was cited for Driving Under Suspension and Failure to Maintain Control.