Creston Police report a traffic stop Thursday afternoon at Walnut and Irving Streets, in Creston, resulted in an arrest. 48-year old Randy Eugene Overholzter, of Creston, was taken into custody for Driving While Revoked. His bond was set at $1,000.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa’s dental college plans to turn away new patients covered by Iowa’s Medicaid program, citing low payments and confusing rules. The Des Moines Register reports that leaders of the college have decided that, starting next week, it no longer will routinely accept patients covered by Iowa Medicaid’s Dental Wellness Plan. The plan covers most adults who are among the 600,000 poor or disabled Iowans covered by Medicaid. The college will continue to serve existing patients.

Associate dental college dean Michael Kanellis said in a letter to the Iowa Medicaid program dental program overseer that the Medicaid plan is paying less for services than it used to and has added confusing rules.
Department of Human Services spokesman Matt Highland said Thursday his agency will address the college concerns.

Two-thousand opioid overdose reversal kits are being distributed in Iowa today (Friday). More than 350 pharmacies statewide will have the naloxone kits available for free. Each kit has two doses of the drug in nasal spray form. Kevin Gabbert, with the Iowa Department of Public Health, says naloxone usually costs about 150-dollars at a pharmacy.  “We want to put it in the hands of those individuals that may find themselves in a situation where they encounter somebody that’s experiencing an opioid overdose,” Gabbert says. “Or perhaps they use opioids themselves and there’s some concern, and they want to have naloxone available and make family members or friends aware that they’re carrying this.” State health officials say there were just over 200 opioid-related overdose deaths in Iowa last year. Gabbert says the free kits are an opportunity for people most at risk of witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose to get naloxone.

“If they were to go in and be expected to pay 140 dollars, many might not be able to afford that and so therefore wouldn’t get the medication.” Naloxone, under the brand name Narcan, can stop opioid overdoses, but people should still seek medical attention after using it. The state used federal grant funds to buy the naloxone at a reduced price. A state law passed in 2016 eased restrictions on naloxone, allowing adults who are at risk of opioid-related overdose — and their family and friends — to buy the drug from a pharmacy without a prescription.

(Radio Iowa w/thanks to Katarina Sostaric, Iowa Public Radio)

A two-vehicle accident near Lewis, Thursday afternoon resulted in three people being transported to the hospital. The collision happened near 570th and White Pole Road, when one vehicle apparently pulled out in front of another vehicle at what was described as a blind intersection. After the vehicles collided, one of the vehicles struck a power pole, causing a power outage in Lewis and Griswold. Both vehicles ended-up in the ditch. The victims of the vehicle that hit the power pole, were trapped for a time by the downed power lines. The injured were transported to the hospital, by Medivac Ambulance along with Griswold Fire and Rescue. Their injuries were said to be non-life threatening. No names were immediately released.