STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) – Police in northwest Iowa say a Storm Lake mother faces a child endangerment charge after one of her young children fell into a campfire. Police tell Sioux City television station KTIV that the 37-year-old woman left her children unattended near a backyard campfire on Saturday night. That’s when a 4-year-old child fell into the fire and had to be pulled out by an older sibling.

The child is being treated at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. There is no word on the child’s condition.

(9-a.m. News)

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Police in Red Oak report one person was arrested Tuesday morning on a burglary charge. 30-year old Kirby David Stoneking, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around midnight, in the 700 block of N. 4th Street. He was charged with Burglary in the 3rd degree.

Stoneking was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $5,000 bond.

Numerous juveniles were injured and one person was arrested, following a rollover accident Tuesday night in Montgomery County. Sheriff’s officials say they were notified at around 8:30-p.m. of a rollover accident in the 2400 block of L Avenue. When deputies arrived, the were told by Kerry Elizabeth Pryor that she had been driving a 2008 Ford F-350 northbound on L AVenue, when the vehicle hit a section of soft gravel and went out of control.

The pickup entered the east ditch and rolled once before coming to rest on its side. Upon further investigation, authorities learned Kerry was NOT the operator of the vehicle. The driver was identified as 14-year old Cameron Pryer, of Red Oak. Multiple juveniles who were passengers in the pickup were reported to have been injured during the accident.

Kerry Elizabeth Pryor was arrested for Providing False Information to Law Enforcement. Cameron Pryor was cited for Failure to Maintain Control of a motor vehicle. An investigation into the incident was ongoing.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County say a Pottawattamie County man was arrested on a warrant early this (Wednesday) morning. Kyle Chambers, of Underwood, was arrested at around 2:45-a.m. on a Montgomery County warrant for Contempt-Illegal Resistance to a (Court) Order. Chambers was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $1,000 cash bond.

A Cass County man is dead following a single-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon in northeastern Dallas County. According to an obituary release from the Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, the victim was Dennis Oathoudt, of Atlantic. The Iowa State Patrol has not confirmed the victims’ identity, however.

Dallas County Sheriff’s officials say rescue crews were called to 24572 North Avenue about 1:45 p.m., Tuesday.  Iowa State Patrol spokesman Sgt. Scott Bright said a truck went off the roadway and hit the cinder block wall of a mechanical building on the grounds of the privately owned Husband Field, about three-miles west of Dallas Center.  Authorities are still investigating what happened.

They believe the truck blew a tire before it crashed into the building, and that the driver died on impact with the cinder block wall. His body remained in the truck for several hours, while crews worked to shore up the building to keep it from collapsing.

(Corrects earlier A-P story version which said the event is this weekend)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowans can fish without a license during an annual free fishing weekend being held June 6th through the 8th.  Joe Larscheid, chief of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Bureau, says the hope is that people new to fishing will enjoy the activity and want to fish more often.

Early June is a good time to fish because bluegills typically stay close to shore and are aggressive. Larscheid says the best way to catch bluegills is to use small hooks, a bobber and small bait. Those catching their first fish are encouraged to take a photo and send it to the DNR for a first fish award.

Although a license isn’t necessary this weekend, other regulations remain in place.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has $11 million available to help low-income residents in rural Iowa buy homes with no down payments required. The USDA Rural Development program requires homes to be purchased in communities of less than 20,000 residents. In the past year the office helped 2,600 families buy a home.

Bill Menner the program’s Iowa director says a new centralized delivery system for the Direct Home Loan Program in Iowa is designed to provide efficient, predictable and timely loan reviews. Starting May 19 all inquiries, pre-qualifications and applications will go to a centralized location in Des Moines.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Muscatine police are investigating a stabbing death as a homicide. Police were called to a report of a stabbing just after 7 p.m. Sunday. Officers discovered 45-year-old Timothy Dean Lane had been injured. Efforts to resuscitate Lane were unsuccessful. He was later pronounced dead at Trinity Hospital.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — The Webster County agriculture extension office has been closed for a few days because of flooding. The Iowa State University extension office in Fort Dodge has water damage from a storm Monday night. Office manager Ally Zagers says it will take a few days before the damaged items can be repaired.

MAPLETON, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa city has been discharging untreated sewage into the Maple River because of delays to repairs at its wastewater treatment plant. The city of Mapleton began releasing the sewage Tuesday. The city began routing wastewater to ponds on May 15 to allow crews to make repairs to a wall at the treatment plant. After heavy rains on Monday filled the ponds to capacity, workers began discharging the sewage to prevent damage to the ponds.

TOLEDO, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted an Iowa woman of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter-in-law. Jurors took only about two hours Tuesday to convict 57-year-old Ginger Jefferson in the stabbing death of Kerry O’Clair-Jefferson. Authorities say the 32-year-old O’Clair-Jefferson was stabbed twice in the neck Sept. 25 and died in a house in Tama.