Council Bluffs Police say no injuries were reported, but one person was arrested, following an accident that happened today (Thursday) at around 5:40-a.m.  Officers were dispatched to Big Lake Park for a vehicle in the lake. Upon arrival officers made contact with 58-year old Frank Spring, of Council Bluffs. Spring stated he looked away from the road and lost control of his 2008 Chevy Malibu. He was transported to the Pottawattamie County Jail and processed on traffic charges.

A Union County woman has promised to appear in court, on a charge of Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. Creston Police say 57-year old Pam Claiser, of Creston, was cited for the offense Saturday night. She was released at the scene on a citation, and on the promise to appear.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A young woman who tried to claim $50,000 she won from an Iowa scratch-off lottery ticket has been charged with fraud: She was too young to buy the ticket. The Daily Nonpareil reports that Katelyn Dolezal, of Macedonia, is charged with lottery fraud. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for her.

Iowa law requires players to be 21 or older. Authorities say she was 19 when she bought the winning ticket Nov. 18. A relative went to the Iowa Lottery office in Council Bluffs to claim the prize for Dolezal, and a check was issued in the relative’s name. They tried to cash the $35,000 check — $15,000 in taxes had been withheld — but a bank placed a hold on it.

Police say Dolezal later called the lottery office for help because the relative wasn’t going to share the money with Dolezal.

A traffic stop at around 4-a.m. today (Thursday), resulted in the arrest of a man for OWI. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 26-year old Cameron Thomas Chambers, of Villisca, was arrested for OWI/1st offense and Driving While Suspended. Chambers was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Iowa’s congressional delegation is sending a unified message to President Trump: reconsider the threat of imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The group has co-signed a letter to the president, warning Iowa’s farmers and manufacturers would likely be the first harmed by the tariffs or embargos OTHER countries impose in reaction. Congressman David Young, a Republican from Van Meter, says he hopes the administration does a cost-benefit analysis.

“Iowa’s major exports to China are soybeans and corn and pork and I think about 60 percent of Iowa soybeans go to China,” Young says, “and so I worry about retaliatory effects.” Tariffs ultimately raise the cost of the goods Americans buy, according to Young. “Trade wars are not good,” Young says. “Nobody wins in a trade war.”

Senator Joni Ernst says trade issues are “critical” to Iowa’s economy.  “We do support free and fair trade,” Ernst says. “It’s really the foundation of our agricultural economy.” Ernst says she “appreciates” the president’s goal of putting more Americans back to work in the steel and aluminum industries. “But we have to understand the impact to other industires such as agriculture, those that are in the agriculture manufacturing business with equipment, making grain bins,” Ernst says. “I mean there are just so many industries that we’ve heard from that will be hurt significantly if these tariffs are imposed.”

Five Republicans and one Democrat represent Iowa in the U.S. House and Senate. All six of them signed onto the letter. President Trump recently suggested in a tweet that a trade war would be easy for the U.S. to win. During the 2016 campaign, Trump often criticized existing free trade deals, like the North American Free Trade Agreement and Trump promised to get tough with China.

(Radio Iowa)