BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Police say human remains found in Iowa are that of an Arkansas woman missing for nearly 10 years. Bentonville police Sgt. Greg Page said Tuesday that police in Mason City, Iowa, have confirmed the remains are those of Cerilla Ann Doyle, who disappeared in late October 2008. A suspected cause of death and how she wound up in Iowa have not been released.

Police say it appears she had purchased a bus ticket to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and left Arkansas voluntarily at the time. Doyle had recently retired from the Pea Ridge Police Department and was 51 when she disappeared.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor is alleging that attorneys for an Iowa man charged with killing an amateur golfer have a potential conflict of interest. Prosecutor Timothy Meals is asking a judge to hold a hearing on the alleged conflict and to bar the media from attending. The development comes in the first-degree murder case against Collin Richards. He’s charged in the Sept. 17 stabbing of Celia Barquin Arozamena. Police allege Richards attacked the star collegiate golfer from Spain on a course near Iowa State University.

Richards is represented by Paul Rounds and Michelle Wolf of the public defender’s office. Meals argues the attorneys have a potential conflict because their office has represented a prosecution witness in the case previously. Rounds says he’ll object to closing the hearing and being disqualified from the case.

One person was injured during a collision Saturday afternoon, in Page County. The Sheriff’s Office said today (Tuesday), that 17-year old Ami Louise Apperson, of Riverton, was transported to Shenandoah Memorial Hospital by Shenandoah Ambulance Service, with unknown injuries. The collision occurred on Highway 2 near the intersection with Highway 59, at around 2:50-p.m., Saturday, when the 2007 Chevy Cobalt Apperson was driving struck the rear of a 2006 BMW X-3 SUV, as the SUV was slowing down for the intersection stop sign. The driver of the SUV, 55-year old Robert James Schechinger, of Treynor, was not hurt. 

Damage from the collision amounted to $12,000 altogether.

Officials with the Harlan Police Department report two recent arrests and one, non-injury accident. Last Friday, 46-year old Dustin Shawn Fredieu, of Omaha, was arrested at 8th and Chatburn in Harlan, following a traffic stop. Fredieu was charged with OWI, and cited for having an improper rear lamp and improper registration plate lamp. And, on Sept. 26th, 25-year old Kellee Lynn Davis, of Defiance, was arrested following a traffic stop at Highway 59 and Cyclone Avenue, in Harlan. Davis was charged with OWI, speeding, and having no proof of insurance.

An accident took place Monday in Harlan. Authorities say a 2015 Peterbilt tractor driven by Daniel Perkins, of Atlantic, was traveling west on Highway 44 and making a wide right turn into an unmanned gas station. He moved into the inside lane to initiate the turn, Noira Guzman, of Denison, did not have time to react. The Peterbilt hit Guzman’s 2015 Chrysler 200 and dragged the vehicle into the parking lot. Most of the damage to the car was caused by the right front wheel and running boards on the semi’s tractor. The report did not indicate if a citation was issued.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — A county supervisor in Iowa is facing opposition to his proposal to allow guns into public areas of the county courthouse. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that about a dozen people attended a Bremer County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday to express concerns about safety if the firearms ban for the courthouse is lifted. Board chairman and District 3 supervisor Dewey Hildebrandt proposed discussing the gun option.

The Iowa Supreme Court issued an order in 2017 that allows county supervisors to seek permission to allow guns in courthouses. The chief judge of the judicial district would approve allowing guns in public areas that aren’t occupied by the court system. Hildebrandt says he was surprised by the response and that he’s uncertain if he’ll move forward with the proposal.