SUTHERLAND, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man was pronounced dead at a hospital after being pulled from a creek in northwest Iowa. Sutherland police say 41-year-old Daniel Wetherell was found underwater at the bottom of Murray Creek early Sunday morning. A vehicle was snagged on a guardrail nearby. Police say Wetherell was pronounced dead later at a Primghar hospital.

The accident is being investigated. Authorities say Wetherell was director of Sutherland’s General N.B. Baker Library.

Investigators in Iowa have concluded their investigation into an incident that took place at around 5-a.m. May 4th in Belle Plaine, where a mother and son were struck by a train. Authorities say based on evidence collected at the home of 36-year old Teresa Gerleman, interviews of Union Pacific Railroad employees, video footage from the Union Pacific engine, and a multitude of a sundry interviews, the conclusion is Gerleman committed suicide, and pulled her eight-year old son Henry Fields into the path of the train. Both died at the scene.

Evidence at the impact site indicates Gerleman waited near the railroad tracks for the Union Pacific train to approach. She and her son can be seen on video crossing the tracks and as the train draws near. She then returned to the center of the tracks and at the last moment pulled her son into the path of the train.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests this past week. A traffic stop on Interstate 80 at around 6-p.m. May 13th resulted in the arrest of two men from Illinois. An Iowa State Patrol Trooper pulled a car over for speeding 88-mph in a 70 zone at around mile marker 88. Upon further investigation, the Trooper arrested 27-year old Christopher J. Jackson, of Genoa, IL., and 27-year old John Michael Joseph Daniells, of Harvard, IL., for possession of a controlled substance/1st offense. Both men were released a couple of hours later on a $1,000 cash or surety bond, each.

On May 14th, 35-year old Luke Allan Mullen, of Bedford, was transported from the Adair/Union County line during a transfer from another agency, and brought to the Adair County Jail for Violation of a No Contact Order. Mullen was released on the 17th, after posting a $300 bond. And, 34-year old Adam Michael Roan, of Bridgewater, was arrested Saturday afternoon following a traffic stop on Highway 92 near 250th Street in Adair County. Roan was arrested for Driving While License denied or revoked for OWI Test Refusal. He was released later that same day on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.