Red Oak Police say no injuries were reported following a collision early Tuesday afternoon, between a pickup truck and an SUV. The accident happened at around 1:33-p.m., at the intersection of N. 8th and E. Coolbaugh Streets. Authorities say a 2013 Ford Edge driven by 60-year old Steven Wayne Hoppock, of Coffeyville, KS., was traveling north on 8th Street, and was at the intersection of E. Coolbaugh Street. Hoppock didn’t realize that Coolbaugh was a one-way Street, west of 8th. He turned left and ran into the left front corner of a 1999 Dodge RAM 1500 pickup registered to Tracy Brian Schooling, and driven by 16-year old Kristian Kelly Schooling, of Red Oak. The accident happened as Schooling was traveling south on 8th Street.

Hoppock was cited for Failing to Yield upon left turn.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) – A suburban Des Moines district plans a late start to school Wednesday so buildings can be checked. Johnston Community School District officials decided Monday night to cancel classes for Tuesday because of anonymous and threatening texts parents and others received around 8 p.m. Monday. Johnston Police Chief Dennis McDaniel said at a news conference Tuesday that federal, state and local investigators couldn’t substantiate “any credible or imminent threat.”

The district says the two-hour delay means secondary students will start at 9:45 a.m. and elementary students will start at 10:35 a.m. Classes will be dismissed at a normal time – not the Wednesday early release time. Extra officers will be stationed at the schools. The closure affected about 7,200 students and 1,000 employees.

The Adair County Auditor’s Office report Absentee Ballots are now available in the Auditor’s Office, for the Cities of Adair, Bridgewater, Fontanelle, Greenfield, Orient, and Stuart.  Voters may vote in the Auditor’s Office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or they may request a ballot be mailed to them.  The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 3, 2017.  The last day to vote absentee in the Auditor’s Office is Tuesday, November 7, 2017 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Absentee Ballot request forms are available in the Auditor’s Office or they can be downloaded at the Secretary of State’s website at http://www.sos.state.ia.us.

Officials with the Harlan Police Department, Tuesday afternoon, issued a report on arrests and incidents that took place over the past couple of weeks. Authorities said there were three people taken into custody on active warrants. On September 22nd 51-year old Joell Rea Onstad, of Harlan, was arrested on an active Shelby County warrant.  She was transported to the Shelby County Jail. On September 28th, 29-year old Eric Richard Brandt, of Harlan, was arrested on an active warrant out of O’Brien County.  He was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was also charged with prohibited acts penalties, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a controlled substance. And, following a traffic stop on September 29th in Harlan, the driver of the vehicle, 34-year old Wayne Earl Johnson, of Harlan, was cited for driving while suspended.  A passenger, 43-year old Darline Jean Bothwell, of Portsmouth, was arrested on active warrants out of Plymouth and Cherokee County.  Bothwell was transported to the Shelby County Jail.

In other Harlan Police News: On Sept. 22nd, 28-year old Alisha Marie Hutt, of Harlan, was arrested following a traffic stop. She was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged with driving while suspended and failure to prove security against liability. And, on Sept. 30th, 31-year old Eugene Chron Cardine, of Harlan, was cited for driving while suspended following a traffic stop at 19th and Garfield.

There were also four separate accidents in Harlan, none of which resulted in injury. Two of the accidents took place Sept. 22nd, one on Sept. 30th, the other was on Monday, Oct. 2nd.

Police in Red Oak cited a Cass County man following a non-injury accident Tuesday night. Officials say 26-year old Thomas Dale Mace, of Atlantic, was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop Sign and Yield the Right of Way, after he stopped at the intersection of North 2nd and East Oak Streets, but then failed to yield to a 2006 Saturn Ion, driven by 35-year old Nathaniel Peter Adkins, of Red Oak. The collision happened at around 7:15-p.m., as Mace was heading southbound on North 2nd in a 2011 Dodge Caravan, while Adkins was traveling east on East Oak Street. Both vehicles sustained about $5,000 damage. Red Oak Fire was called to remove debris and fluids from the impact area.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jurors have found a man guilty in the 2015 shooting death of another man in downtown Des Moines. KCCI-TV reports that Polk County jurors on Monday found Dre’Sean Barber guilty of second-degree murder in the Nov. 29, 2015, shooting death of Edmanuel Perez. The Polk County Attorney’s Office says jurors also found Barber guilty of an assault charge in the shooting of Andrew Hurley-Boyd. He was also injured downtown. Judge Karen Romano will sentence Barber on Nov. 17.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — A suburban Des Moines district plans to reopen for school Wednesday after authorities said they couldn’t substantiate any of the threats received by students’ parents. Johnston Community School District officials decided Monday night to cancel classes for Tuesday because of the anonymous and threatening texts parents and others received around 8 p.m. Monday. Johnston Police Chief Dennis McDaniel said Tuesday that investigators couldn’t substantiate “any credible or imminent threat.”

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man fatally shot after police officers stopped his vehicle in Burlington. The Hawk Eye reports that police identified the man as Burlington resident Marquis “Bubba” Jones. Police say one officer fired during Sunday afternoon’s incident and say a handgun not belonging to any officer was found at the scene. Police haven’t said who the gun belonged to, whether Jones had fired any weapon or pointed any at the officers.

MARION, Iowa (AP) — Police in the Cedar Rapids suburb of Marion have charged a man with first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was found rolled up in a blanket after being left for several days in a trailer. Police arrested Gregory Davis after the woman’s body was found Monday morning in a parked trailer. Officers found the body after being sent to a residence for a welfare check. Davis is being held at the Linn County jail with bond set at $2 million.