Sheriff’s officials in Union County said Monday, two people were arrested on Union County warrants over the past few days. At around 8:30-p.m. Friday, 24-year old Joseph Charles Cosenza-Weaver, of Lenox, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a warrant for failure to serve his jail sentence on charge of possession of controlled substance.  Cosenza-Weaver was later released after serving the remainder of his jail sentence.

And, 40-year old Melissa Joann Wilson, of Murray, was arrested Sunday night at the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, on a Union County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of Theft in the 3rd degree.  Wilson is being held for Union County in the Ringgold County jail on $2000 bond.

A traffic stop at around 7:15-p.m. Monday in Adams County resulted in the arrest of a man on a drug charge. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports 18-year old Jackson Soll, of Corning, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/marijuana – 1st offense. The charge stems from an incident that took place Feb. 25th. Soll was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.

A northwest Iowa woman, blamed for a 2015 traffic crash that injured two others, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison. Thirty-year-old Melissa Ebert of Cherokee pleaded guilty in April to felony charges of reckless driving. As part of a plea deal, attempted murder and second-offense OWI charges were dropped. Police said Ebert was slightly over the legal limit of .08 percent. Ebert was allowed to give her account of the events that led up to the crash. She said her boyfriend, Damian Johnson, was drunk when she picked him up in Sioux City. He insisted on meeting a friend at a bar.

“They continued to drink, they tried to get me to drink and I said ‘no’ because I was driving. Then, we went to his friend’s house and he kept yelling at me and calling me all sorts of names.” According to Ebert, Johnson continued to push her to drink. “So, I’d take a little sip to try and make him happy. He’d grab the end of the glass and push it up, so it was either going to go on me or in my mouth,” Ebert said.

Eventually, the friend told Ebert and Johnson to leave. Ebert said she repeatedly tried to convince Johnson that they should catch a ride with a sober driver. “And he said, ‘no, you’re going to get in the car or I’m going to hurt you. I’m going to kill you.’ So, he pretty much put me in the car,” Ebert said.

Ebert was behind the wheel when her car slammed into another vehicle southeast of Le Mars. Ebert and Johnson were injured, as was the driver of the other car, Dustin Boll of Le Mars. At her sentencing hearing, Ebert apologized to Bull’s family. Ebert has a daughter with Damian Johnson. “I just want to be back with my daughter as soon as I can,” Ebert said. “I love her to death, she’s everything to me.”

District Judge Duane Hoffmeyer sentenced Ebert to 10 years in prison.

(Radio Iowa)

The Iowa State Patrol reports a man from southeastern Iowa died during a tractor rollover accident Monday evening in Keokuk County. 21-year old Christian Little, of Hedrick, was operating a 1983 International Series 1954 tractor eastbound on Highway 22 just east of South English, when the tractor left the road and entered the south ditch. The tractor then rolled over and came to rest in the south ditch.

Little was ejected from the machine and also came to rest in the ditch. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The accident happened a little after 5-p.m.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:20 a.m. CDT

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The western Iowa sheriff’s deputy who authorities say was killed by an inmate during a jail escape was remembered Monday, for the way he treated everyone with respect. Hundreds of law enforcement officers filled the floor of the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, to honor Pottawattamie County Deputy Mark Burbridge. Daughter Karley Burbridge says her dad was her hero not just for protecting the community but also for protecting her from the monsters under her bed.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are investigating the shooting death of a man found in a south Des Moines home. Sgt. Paul Parizek says officers were called about 1 p.m. Monday to a reported shooting and after arriving found the body of an adult man. A woman believed to be the shooter was also at the home. Parizek says the shooting appeared to be a “domestic-related incident.” Police haven’t made any arrests and didn’t release the names of those involved.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice David Stras to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Stras once clerked for conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and believes in a limited role for the judiciary. The 42-year-old former University of Minnesota Law School professor was once on the Trump campaign’s short list of possible U.S. Supreme Court nominees.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — United Airlines says it has reached a satisfactory resolution with the British breeder of a giant rabbit that died after flying from the U.K. to Chicago. United declined to comment Monday on a threat of legal action from the new owners of Simon the rabbit, who live in Iowa. An attorney for the owners says the new owners are troubled that he was cremated without a post-mortem examination soon after his death April 20.

The funeral for a Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy killed in the line of duty was held this morning (Monday). Mark Burbridge was 43. His son, Kaleb, said his father pointed him in a positive direction in life. (Click on the left side of the audio bar to listen)

Kaleb said his father gave him a “sense of respect” and taught him many skills.

A little levity was added, as Kaleb thanked his father for taking him to Hooters for his tenth birthday. Burbridge’s daughter Karley also shared some thoughts on her father.

While her father was a hero to the community, Karley said he was also her personal hero.

Burbridge was shot and killed last Monday by an inmate who escaped the jail in Council Bluffs before being captured in Omaha. Burbridge was a 12-year veteran of the sheriff’s department. (Radio Iowa w/thanks to Karla James in Omaha)

Deputy Mark Burbridge