Additional information is expected to be released later this morning with regard to a single-vehicle accident that happened near Walnut, Monday evening. According to the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, the male driver of the vehicle was transported by Walnut Rescue to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, after the van they were in left a curve on Highway 83 at a high rate of speed, south of Walnut. The van entered a ditch and impacted an embankment on the east side of County Road M-47, before coming to rest.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says two men were arrested on drug charges early this (Tuesday) morning. 27-year old Kyle Wayne Pack and 29-year old David Andrew Strange, both of Red Oak, were arrested at around 2:42-a.m. following a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 34 and Locust Avenue, in Adams County.

Pack and Strange both face Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, charges. Strange was also charged with Possession of Meth. Both were brought to the Adams County Jail.

An investigation conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies in Montgomery County into the theft of UTV’s and other machines, resulted in the arrest of two men for possession of stolen property, with additional charges pending. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Monday, 29-year old Jessie Fitzwater, of Villisca, and 32-year old Kale Briner, of Grant City, MO., were arrested in connection with the incidents. Authorities say additional arrests are possible, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Fitzwater was arrested Friday evening, in Grant. Briner was arrested in Villisca Saturday evening. Officials say at around 1:43-a.m. Friday, deputies investigated in the northeast part of Montgomery County, the location of a John Deere Gator reported stolen from Adams County. When they came into contact with the machine at about 110th and V Avenue, the person operating the UTV led deputies on a short pursuit ending in a corn field. The suspect, later identified as Fitzwater, took off on foot but was apprehended without further incident, just after 7-p.m., Friday.

Additional information in the case led to the search for Kale Briner, who was already wanted on various charges out of Ringgold County, Nodaway County, MO., and Grant City, MO. He was also a suspect in numerous burglaries. Saturday evening, deputies went to Briner’s residence in Villisca. When he saw them, Briner took off on foot and disappeared. A perimeter was set up and a K-9 search conducted. The K-9 unit located Briner hiding under a tarp next to some vehicles. After initially resisting arrest, Briner was taken into custody.

Deputies made contact with the tenant of the property and discovered multiple stolen and believed to be stolen items, located in a garage. The suspected stolen items were seized and taken into evidence for identification. Sunday, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office followed-up on information involving a golf cart stolen from Taylor County, and as a result, the cart was recovered at a  residence in Adams County, at around 12:15-a.m., Sunday.

Agencies involved in the investigation include: The Montgomery, Adams, and Taylor County Sheriff’s Offices, with assistance from deputies in Cass and Fremont Counties.

Hillary Clinton campaigned in Omaha late Monday afternoon, vowing to push for an upgrade to the nation’s electrical grid if she’s elected president — to better distribute the power generated by wind turbines. “I know because I’ve seen them in the crowd. There are a few people from Iowa here today and your neighbor Iowa is already getting one-third of its energy from clean energy, primarily wind energy,” Clinton said. Clinton says the wind industry is part of a “diverse economic development” strategy that keeps small town America going.

“They’re also giving farmers extra income for hosting the turbines on their farm and they are taking abandoned factories and actually assembling the wind turbines, putting people to work in Iowa to produce the energy in Iowa,” Clinton said, to cheers. Clinton is calling for more federal investment in the nation’s aging infrastructure, like electric transmission lines, as well as bridges, roads and water treatment systems.

Clinton spoke to a crowd at Omaha North High School late Monday afternoon, then attended a private fundraiser. It was held at the home of Susie Buffett, the daughter of investment guru Warren Buffet.

(Radio Iowa)

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:40 a.m. CDT

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — A bus driver charged in the hit-and-run death of an Iowa State University student has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. KCCI-TV reports 23-year-old Benjamin Clague, of Gilbert, pleaded guilty Monday to failure to report a crash. Prosecutors will recommend he serve 30 days in jail and pay a $100 fine. Police arrested Clague more than a month after Iowa State student Emmalee Jacobs was found in the middle of a street bordering campus. She died at a hospital.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Machinery located at three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa has been extensively damaged by fire. Jasper County Sheriff John Halferty says it appears the fires were intentionally set along the Dakota Access pipeline.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad says he’s meeting with Iowa groups this summer to float around a new proposal to fund water quality initiatives in the state, but it’s unclear if he’ll have backing in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Branstad told reporters Monday he’s traveling Iowa to meet farmers, educators and community leaders to pitch a plan that would use some money typically designated for school infrastructure to pay for water improvement.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The executive editor of The Des Moines Register has been promoted to a new position with Gannett. The Register announced Monday that Amalie Nash, its executive editor and vice president for news and engagement, has been named Gannett’s west region executive editor. The Register is owned by Gannett, a media company based in McLean, Virginia. In her new role, Nash will oversee about 50 news organizations in the Midwest and West.