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

JACKSON JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — When a northeast Iowa school board was faced with a costly bill for repairing a baseball outfield, officials decided to seek help from volunteers instead. A week later, the work is finished and officials happily note they saved about $25,000. KWWL-TV reports the work was needed at Turkey Valley High School in Jackson Junction, where the outfield’s uneven surface would cause balls to take weird bounces. School board vice president Don Blazek says about 25 people quickly completed the job.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A stagnant farm economy is reverberating hard through Nebraska and Iowa, both of which posted the nation’s weakest income growth in a recent federal report. The trend helps explain why both states are facing budget problems, but lawmakers have differing views on how to address the problem. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis says Nebraska and Iowa posted the slowest income growth in the second quarter of 2017.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Democratic candidate for Iowa governor intervened when a woman had a medical emergency at a political fundraiser. The Des Moines Register reports that Andy McGuire rushed to help the woman at the Polk County Steak Fry on Saturday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A House Democrat seen as a rising star says the party is to blame for allowing President Donald Trump to claim voters in reliably Democratic territory. Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio told Democrats at a fundraiser in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday that those voters don’t think Democrats are with them anymore and don’t listen to them. Another House Democrat at the gathering, Illinois’ Cheri Bustos, says the election shows that the party lost touch with small-town America.

Red Oak Police conducted a traffic stop at around 2:30-p.m. Sunday, and arrested the driver of the vehicle for Driving While Barred. 24-year old Ozzy Ray Hunter, of Red Oak, was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $2,000 bond.

A man from Montgomery County was arrested Saturday night in Adams County on drug & weapon charges. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports 50-year old Charles Samuel Williams, of Villisca, was taken into custody at around 8-p.m., following a traffic stop. Upon further investigation, Williams was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense, Possession of an offensive weapon by a Felon, and Possession of drug paraphernalia. In the vehicle, Deputies located a machete’, which was concealed next to the driver’s seat. Williams was booked into the Adams County Jail and held on a $10,300 cash only bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Democratic candidate for Iowa governor intervened when a woman had a medical emergency at a political fundraiser. The Des Moines Register reports that Andy McGuire rushed to help the woman at the Polk County Steak Fry on Saturday. McGuire is a physician and businesswoman.

McGuire performed CPR on the woman who had apparently choked on her food until paramedics arrived a short time later. McGuire is one of seven Democratic candidates for governor. The others are Nate Boulton, Cathy Glasson, Fred Hubbell, Jon Neiderbach, John Norris and Ross Wilburn.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports two men were cited for Possession of Alcohol under the legal age, Saturday night. Cited at around 8:40-p.m. in the 2500 block of Highway 71, was 20-year old Brett Jeffrey Fulton, and 20-year old Blake Michael Haidsiak-Riggle, both of Villisca. And, at around 3:45-a.m. today (Sunday), Montgomery County Deputies arrested 19-year old Parker Timothy Wagaman, of Red Oak, at the intersection of L Avenue and Highway 48.

Wagaman was charged with OWI/1st offense and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $1,000.