Red Oak Police report two arrests took place Friday evening. At around 7:45-p.m., 32-year old Ryan Leigh Powell, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 1800 block of E. Summit Street, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Powell was cited into court, with a future court date pending. And, at around 6-p.m., Red Oak Police arrested 39-year old Richard Allen Straw, of Red Oak, for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving While Suspended. Straw was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond.

The Cass County Democratic Party has announced the winners of their Cass County Fair booth give-a-ways. Maynard Hansen, of Wiota, won the US flag. Chase Vogl, of Atlantic, guessed the closest number of candies in the M&M drawing, winning the container of candy. Congratulations, Maynard and Chase!

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.