DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An unofficial tally shows that more than 1,500 properties in the Des Moines area were affected by weekend flooding, and authorities expect that number to increase. The Des Moines Register reports that officials still need to inspect many of the properties. Hundreds of residents were caught in Saturday night’s storm that dumped up to 9 inches on the area and caused flash flooding. One man was killed when he left his stranded van and was swept away by flood waters.

A map released by Polk County emergency management officials shows 1,501 unconfirmed reports of damaged properties in Des Moines and its suburbs. Des Moines appears to have taken the brunt of the flood, with at least 655 homes reported to be affected.

Red Oak Police, early this (Friday) morning, arrested 26-year old Cody Dean Johnson, of Red Oak. Johnson was taken into custody at around 12:30-a.m. for Simple Assault. His bond was set at $300. And, at around 12:15-a.m., 31-year old Katie Marie Pierce, of Red Oak, was arrested on two Pottawattamie County warrants for Violation of Probation. Pierce was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $10,000 cash bond, pending transfer to the Pott. County Jail.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to establish new rights for surrogate mothers that would allow them to change their minds about giving up babies born under surrogacy contracts. In an appeal of a February Iowa Supreme Court ruling, the woman asks the nation’s highest court to take her appeal and find that surrogacy contracts don’t negate the constitutional rights of surrogate mothers and their babies.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids police say they’ve made an arrest in a 2017 homicide case. Police said in a news release that 29-year-old Rayshaun Dion Friend, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested Thursday morning on charges of first-degree murder, robbery and going armed with intent. On Nov. 12, officers sent to a house for a report of a disturbance found 40-year-old Tarrence Newman dead on the front porch of the house. An autopsy showed he had been shot.

PRINCETON, Iowa (AP) — Law enforcement officials in eastern Iowa have identified a 14-year-old boy killed when a utility vehicle carrying him and three others crashed on private property. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened Tuesday afternoon in rural Princeton. Jacob Milo Fenn, of Eldridge, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say three others on the vehicle were treated for minor injuries.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A decade after devastating floods along the Cedar River ravaged Cedar Rapids, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will approve $117 million in flood protection funding for the eastern Iowa city. The funding will go toward a $550 million flood control system already in the works. The city says the state of Iowa has committed to contributing $284 million, or 35 percent of the total cost. The city will match $110 million, with $10 million already invested.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider striking down surrogacy contracts as a violation of the constitutional rights of surrogate mothers and their babies. In an appeal of a February Iowa Supreme Court ruling, the woman asks the nation’s highest court to hear her case and consider whether surrogacy contracts affirmed in several states including Iowa, California, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Washington can be upheld.

The woman is identified in court documents as T.B. She entered into a surrogacy contract with Paul and Chantele Montover in 2016, but she decided she wanted to keep the baby after the relationship soured. The Montovers have raised now-23-month-old girl since birth. The Supreme Court is expected to decide by this fall whether to consider the case.