Police in Council Bluffs report three people were injured during a boating accident Friday night, on the Missouri River. At around 10:16-p.m. Council Bluffs rescue and officers were dispatched to the Bob Kerry pedestrian foot bridge for a report of a boat that had stuck the bridge resulting in several passengers sustaining injuries. The 63- foot boat, owned by River City Star, of Omaha, was located on the Iowa side of the Missouri River, and was disabled on the bank next to Tom Hanafans Rivers Edge Park.

The crew told authorities the boat was north of the pedestrian bridge when it struck some rocks on the Nebraska side of the river bank. The vessel lost its forward power capability, which caused it to drift in reverse underneath the pedestrian bridge. The crew said the boat never struck the pedestrian bridge, though.

The 130 passengers and 5 crew members on the boat were all evacuated by Council Bluffs rescue. Three of the passengers were transported to local hospitals for non-life threatening injuries. Since the accident occurred in Nebraska, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Departments nautical services team responded to conduct the investigation. Their investigation is considered on-going at this time.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An employee at an Iowa Lottery retailer is charged with stealing a winning $250,000 scratch ticket and working with her boyfriend and mother in an attempt to claim the prize. Prosecutors said Friday that the trio now faces felony charges.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Safety has announced an arrest in a shooting death that occurred nearly 18 months ago in Burlington. Authorities say 23-year-old Earl Riley Booth-Harris was arrested Friday on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the Feb. 16, 2015 death of 24-year-old Deonte Raynell Carter.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Health has filled the position of state medical examiner with a doctor who has been in the position on an interim basis. Agency Director Gerd Clabaugh announced Friday that Dr. Dennis Klein had accepted the position, which became open when Dr. Julia Goodin resigned in January to take a similar job in Tennessee.

GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — The mother of a 2-year-old boy who was found dead in his Polk County home also has died. Authorities said Friday that Stephanie Erickson was pronounced dead Thursday at a Des Moines hospital. Erickson was taken there a week ago after she and the body of her little boy, Mason Wyckoff, were found. The causes of the two deaths aren’t being released until autopsy results have been returned.

The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Nebraska man was sentenced Thursday to spend 15-years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. In addition 58-year old Steven B. Davis, of Omaha, will serve 3 years of supervised release following the term of his imprisonment.

On April 13, 2016, a jury in the Southern District of Iowa found Davis guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The charge against him was the result of an investigation by law enforcement of methamphetamine trafficking that took place between Omaha, Nebraska, and Audubon County, Iowa. The evidence at trial showed that from as early as June of 2014, continuing through August of 2014, Davis conspired with others to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine in the Southern District of Iowa.

The investigation was conducted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case against Davis was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department say that on August 2nd, from 5-8pm, the Police Department will be hosting National Night Out in Target’s north parking lot at 3804 Metro Drive, in Council Bluffs. The CB-PD, along with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa State Patrol, and the Council Bluffs Fire Department will all have equipment on display.

They’ll be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs, handing out t-shirts and other items to the children and holding a small raffle for bicycles and small gifts from nearby businesses.

There will be free face painting and balloons for children, as well. The annual event is a neighbor/community building campaign that focuses on getting out and interacting with each other but this will also allow for neighbors to interact with their local law enforcement.

This is a free event for the whole family and it is open to the public. If you are unable to attend the event at Target, officials encourage you to use the nationally recognized night to get out and meet those neighbors you have not met yet, plan a neighborhood block party and build camaraderie between you and your neighbors.

Make it a common goal between your neighbors to make your neighborhood a safer and better place to live.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – An employee at an Iowa Lottery retailer is charged with stealing a winning $250,000 scratch ticket and working with her boyfriend and mother in an attempt to claim the prize. Investigators say 20-year-old Ashley Bosler worked at Casey’s general store in Sioux Rapids in northwest Iowa. She allegedly scratched the bar code off an instant ticket and determined it was a top prize winner after scanning it.

A prosecutor says Bosler hadn’t paid for the ticket ahead of time and wasn’t old enough to play the lottery, which has a minimum age of 21. Bosler allegedly paid for the ticket later after receiving money from her mother. Her boyfriend, Johnny Long Jr., tried to claim the prize. The lottery didn’t pay after discovering scribbling on the ticket that raised suspicions.

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports a man was arrested Thursday evening on an assault charge. 25-year old Jesse Don Powell, of Shenandoah, was arrested after he turned himself-in just before 7-p.m. Thursday, on a Page County Warrant for Serious Assault causing bodily injury.

Jesse Don Powell

Powell was booked into the Page County Jail and immediately posted the $1000.00 surety bond through a bonding agency.  He was released pending further court proceedings.