Police in Red Oak late Tuesday night, arrested 44-year old Jeremy Richard Hines, of Red Oak, for Domestic Abuse Assault. Hines was taken into custody at around 11-p.m. in the 1800 block of Sunnyslope Drive and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held without bond, pending an appearance before the magistrate.

Adair County Auditor Mindy Schaefer has issued the unofficial results of a Special Election in Adair that took place Tuesday. The results show Jeremy Marvin Gettler received a total of 57 votes to fill a vacancy seat on the City Council, in Adair. There were a scattering of 17 other votes. And, “Public Measure A” in Adair was approved by a vote of 86-0. There were a total of 86 votes cast during the election, out of a possible 513 registered voters, meaning 16.76% of the voters turned up at the polls.

The results of the election are unofficial until canvassed by the Adair County Board of Supervisors.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa House has approved a sweeping gun bill that includes a stand-your-ground provision and allows citizens to sue local governments that impose weapons restrictions. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 58-39 Tuesday along mostly party lines. The bill now heads to the GOP-majority Senate, where it has support. The legislation would allow people to use deadly force anywhere if they believe such force was necessary to avoid injury or risk to one’s life or safety.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service in Davenport has confirmed three injuries and 80 homes damaged in Muscatine from a tornado that traveled nearly two miles as a line of severe storms moved across the state. The EF2 tornado struck at around 10 p.m. Monday with peak winds of 115 miles per hour.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King says he believes President Donald Trump’s assertion that his phones were tapped and called for an investigation. Trump on Saturday tweeted that President Barack Obama “had my wires tapped’ in Trump Tower, though he didn’t offer any proof. King told the Sioux City Journal Monday that those denials don’t “necessarily prove that there wasn’t a rogue intel operation going on that wasn’t encumbered by, or just decided not to be encumbered by, the legalities.”

HANLONTOWN, Iowa (AP) — An Oklahoma-based company has blamed an errant excavator for damaging a pipeline in northern Iowa that spilled nearly 47,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Magellan Midstream Partners said Tuesday that the excavator apparently didn’t check with regulators about the location of underground utilities, as required by Iowa law. Authorities say the leaking fuel was discovered during a snowstorm on Jan. 25 near Hanlontown in Worth County.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa House has approved a sweeping gun bill that includes a stand-your-ground provision and allows citizens to sue local governments that impose weapons restrictions. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 58-39 Tuesday along mostly party lines. The bill now heads to the GOP-majority Senate, where it has support.

The legislation would allow people to use deadly force anywhere if they believe such force was necessary to avoid injury or risk to one’s life or safety. Similar legislation in other states has gained national attention over its effect on gun-related violence.

The bill would make several other changes to Iowa’s gun laws. It would allow children under age 14 to use handguns with parental supervision and allow weapons on the Capitol grounds.

Authorities in western Iowa are asking for your help in locating a vehicle that was involved in a carjacking this (Tuesday) morning. Council Bluffs Police say just before 11-a.m., officers were dispatched to the 3200 block of 23rd Avenue, where a 26-year old Council Bluffs woman reported a carjacking incident.

Upon arrival officers spoke to the victim, said that while she was on the parking lot of Bucky’s, near South 24th Street and I-80, a male passenger exited another vehicle and approached her vehicle displaying a handgun. The suspect — a white male, approximately 30 years old, 6’0” tall, with a medium build — got into the passenger side of her vehicle and told her to “Drive” while pointing the handgun at her.

On South 35th Street, near Nebraska Avenue, the suspect told the victim to pull over so he could drive. When she stopped the vehicle, the victim got out of the vehicle and attempted flee the area by running across an empty grass field, at the southeast corner of South 35th Street and Nebraska Ave. The suspect then drove the car into the field after the female and may have possibly fired at her with the handgun. The female was not injured.

The victim managed to run back to South 35th Street where she flagged down a passing motorist who gave her a ride out of the area, to nearby business, where she notified authorities. Her car was a white 2007 Acura TL, 4 door, with Iowa plates FFW306.  Please call 9-1-1 if you see this vehicle.

The case is currently being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Council Bluffs Police Department. Anyone who witnessed this incident or has information regarding it, is encouraged to call detectives at 712-328-4728 or 712-328-STOP (7867) if they wish to remain anonymous.