Police in Red Oak, Saturday, said two people were arrested for Public Intoxication early Saturday morning. 42-year old James Reed Mitroff II of Red Oak was arrested at 12:45-a.m., and 40-year old Kelly Lee Peterson Jr., of Storm Lake, was taken into custody at around 2-a.m.  

On Friday, 43-year old Steven Lynn Ronfeldt, of Red Oak, was arrested for Public Intoxication. Bond for all three men was set at $300 each.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies report the arrest this (Saturday) morning, of a Nebraska woman on an alcohol-related charged. 49-year old Jennifer Mulholland, of Elk Horn, NE., was taken into custody OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop. Mulholland was held at the Montgomery County Jail on a $1000 cash bond.

The Iowa Supreme Court has sent a former state administrator’s lawsuit against former Governor Branstad back to district court. In 2006, Christopher Godfrey was appointed Iowa Workers Compensation Commissioner. Godfrey was confirmed by the state senate to serve in that role through 2015. Shortly after Terry Branstad was reelected governor in 2010, he asked Godfrey to resign. Godfrey refused and Branstad reduced his salary by $36,000.

The Supreme Court’s ruling upheld a lower court’s dismissal of Godfrey’s claim that Branstad and his staff violated the Iowa Constitution by targeting Godfrey because he is gay. Godfrey says his claim Branstad violated the Iowa Civil Rights Act by discrimination based on sexual orientation is still pending. Branstad and his aides have denied they targeted Godfrey because of his sexuality. The opinion also directed a district court to hear Godfrey’s argument that he is owed money because he was “falsely accused of poor work performance” and his salary was docked for “partisan reasons.”

Godfrey resigned nearly three years ago to take a federal job. The attorney representing former Governor Branstad, Governor Reynolds and four other Branstad administration officials says he’s confident the case will be “disposed” in Branstad’s favor. Godfrey’s attorney says there’s still a long way to go, but the court’s decision protects Godfrey “and all other Iowans from having their constitutional rights trampled on by Iowa governments.”

(Radio Iowa)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a portion of Iowa’s drunken boating law that allows officers to seek alcohol breath tests declaring the law coercive.

A divided 4-3 court concluded Friday that the portion of the law that requires individuals suspected of drunken boating to pay a fine of at least $500 if they decline a breath test violates the state constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

The justices awarded Dale Dean Pettijohn Jr. a new trial during which the results of his breath test cannot be used. He was stopped by an officer while driving a pontoon boat on Saylorville Lake northwest of Des Moines in August 2013 and asked to take a breath test. He exceeded the legal limit and was convicted of drunken boating.

One person died and another was injured during a fiery collision this (Friday) morning, in Carroll County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 61-year old Debra Renee Kock, of Carroll, who was wearing her seat belt, died at the scene, after her 2011 Toyota RAV4 was struck by a 2011 Jeep Wrangler that ran a stop sign.

The accident happened at around 8:18-a.m. at the intersection of Kittyhawk Avenue and 170th Street, a couple of miles northwest of Carroll. The driver of the Jeep, 17-year old Kizer James Brockman, of Lincoln, NE. was injured in the crash and also transported to the hospital.

The patrol says immediately after the Jeep hit the Toyota, both vehicles landed in the east ditch and the Jeep caught fire.The accident remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by deputies with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, along with Carroll County Fire and EMS.