A 14-year male suffered from a possible broken shoulder and clavicle, following an dirt-bike accident Friday evening on Lansing Road, between Wiota and Cumberland. The unidentified teen, who was wearing a helmet, was exiting his rural driveway to head west on Lansing Road at around 4:50-p.m., when he struck his dog and was thrown off the motorcycle into a ditch.

The teen was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment. Authorities say the dog suffered minor injuries during the incident.

Red Oak Police report a man was arrested early this (Saturday) morning in the 300 block of HillTop Avenue in Stanton, on a charge of Obstruction of Emergency Communications. 41-year old Duane Alan Sundberg was taken into custody at around 12:45-a.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where his bond was set at $300.

A head-on crash in east central Iowa’s Powesheik County has claimed two lives. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 4:10-p.m. Friday, on Highway 146, just south of Interstate 80. Officials say a 2015 Toyota Sienna was traveling north on Highway 146 and a 2003 Oldsmobile Alero was traveling south, when for reasons unknown, the Toyota crossed the center line and struck the Oldsmobile.

Three people were injured in the crash: 69-year old Thomas Taylor, who was driving the Toyota, 67-year old Lourdes Taylor and 59-year old Gloria Smallwood. All three are from Oskaloosa.

The driver of the Oldsmobile, 31-year old Randall Paul, of Grinnell, along with Rosa Santos, of Oskaloosa, died from their injuries at the hospital in Grinnell. All of the victims were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:00 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Utilities Board is defending its decision to spend thousands of dollars sending five employees to a conference in Portland this week. A list of attendees to the National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys shows Iowa and two other states sent five employees. The majority sent none, one or two. The four-day conference, which concluded Wednesday, charged $400 per employee in fees, plus hotel, airfare and meal charges.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has decided to keep open a longtime research center, though he still plans to remove its funding. Branstad used his veto power Friday to cut language in a roughly $7.2 billion state budget that would have eliminated the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. But he kept plans to redirect a tax worth roughly $1.5 million that helps pay for the center. The governor’s staff did not give a reason for the setup.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has rejected the University of Iowa’s request to delay the upcoming trial in a lawsuit filed by former women’s field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum. Judge Eliza Ovrom says Griesbaum’s trial will go ahead June 5 as scheduled. Griesbaum alleges she suffered discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation in Athletic Director Gary Barta’s decision to fire her in 2014.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Top lawmakers in Minnesota and Iowa are trying to work out an arrangement allowing Iowa residents to immediately start buying medical marijuana from their northern neighbors. Iowa’s Legislature passed a tightly controlled medical marijuana program but it is still awaiting Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s signature. With Minnesota’s approval, Iowa House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says the arrangement could give sick Iowans immediate access while the state sets up its own program.