DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is returning to Iowa, and this time he’ll be accompanied by his running mate. Trump will speak with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence at a 3 p.m. Friday rally at the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des Moines. The event is Trump’s second visit to Iowa in eight days. He held events last week in Davenport and Cedar Rapids. It will be Pence’s first visit to Iowa since Republicans nominated him as vice president.

The Iowa stops are evidence that Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton see the state as competitive. Republicans hold most statewide offices in Iowa, but the state has favored the Democratic presidential candidate in four of the last five elections.

Atlantic Police Chief Steve Green reports three, recent arrests. On Thursday, 50-year old Richard Lewis, of Atlantic, was arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order. And, 28-year old Ryan Juhl, of Atlantic, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault. Also, on July 27th, 27-year old Cameron Misner, of Atlantic, was arrested for Public Intoxication. All three men were booked into the Cass County Jail.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Oakland was arrested Thursday night for OWI/1st Offense, and Driving While Barred. Authorities say just after 10-p.m., a deputy on patrol in Oakland saw an SUV traveling toward him on Highway 59. The deputy recognized the vehicle as one known to be driven by a man whose driver’s license was revoked. A short while later, he saw the driver, 53-year old Christopher Scott Donaldson, of Oakland, walking toward his home. An investigation revealed Donaldson had asked a passenger in the vehicle to drive after the deputy initially lost sight of the SUV as he was turning around to make a traffic stop.

Once located, Donaldson admitted he had been driving the vehicle. He was arrested for Driving While Barred, and was charged with OWI at the Pott. County Jail, after he refused chemical testing. The deputy who arrested him believed Donaldson to be under the influence of a substance other than alcohol. Donaldson admitted to the deputy that he is a Meth user.

A Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputy also arrested 23-year old Marcus Allen Holstein, of Council Bluffs, Thursday evening for Domestic Abuse Assault/2nd offense. His arrest followed a search for Holstein, who while handcuffed, had earlier escaped other deputies. He was found hiding behind a fence and trash can. Holstein was brought to the Pott. County Jail and found to have a warrant for Failure to Appear on a Domestic Assault charge. Because the man claimed he had ingested Meth, Holstein was transported to a hospital in Council Bluffs for treatment, before being returned to the jail.

Police in Glenwood have arrested a man on a Mills County warrant. 29-year old Jeffrey Neppl, of Glenwood, was arrested Thursday on the warrant charging him with two counts of Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs. His bond was set at $2,000.

Deputies in Union County arrested a Madison County man on an OWI charge Thursday afternoon. 31-year old Joshua John Weeks, of Macksburg, was arrested at around 2-p.m., at the intersection of highway 34 and 169, near Afton.  Weeks was charged with OWI 3rd offense, and driving while revoked.  He as being held in the Union County Jail on $5,000 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Citizens are set to voice their opinions to state lawmakers on whether a weapons ban at the Iowa State Fair should be lifted. The Des Moines Register reports that a special review is scheduled for Friday to discuss the matter. The Iowa Code prevents people from bringing weapons of any kind onto the fairgrounds without permission from the fair’s board of directors.

The chairman of the committee that will consider the matter, state Rep. Dawn Pettengill, says the issue was brought up after a citizen requested that the committee consider it. Committee members will also hear from the State Fair Board. The committee is limited in the action that it can take. It cannot require the State Fair Board to lift the ban, or impose its own restrictions on the agency.

Police in Creston say an Indiana man was arrested early this (Friday) morning, on an OWI charge. 49-year old Mark D. Leckie, of Hobart, IN., was arrested at around 2:30-a.m., at the intersection of Highway 34 and Maple Street in Creston. Leckie was charged with OWI/1st offense. He was brought to the Union County Jail, where his bond was set at $1,000.

(8-a.m. News)