Authorities in Shelby County say a man who fell out of the bed of a pickup truck Sunday afternoon, was seriously injured and flown to a trauma center in Omaha. According to the sheriff’s department, Steven Gross, of Shelby, was holding onto inflatable rafts in the bed of a pickup traveling on Highway 44, when Gross was tossed out the back of the vehicle. The accident happened east of Harlan, at around 5:45-p.m.

Gross was transported to Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan before being flown to the Nebraska Medical Center for additional treatment. A report on his condition is currently not available

The second trial for a Pottawattamie County man charged in the sexual abuse of a teenager, has been delayed again. The Daily NonPareil reports trial for 47-year old John Osborn, of Council Bluffs, was put off, pending an appeal by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office.

In May, Fourth District Court Judge Richard Davidson granted Osborn a new sexual abuse trial. After a March bench trial, Davidson had found Osborn guilty of four counts of third-degree sexual abuse in connection to alleged sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl last summer. Defense attorney Jordan Glaser filed a motion for a new trial or judgment of acquittal, citing new evidence. Davidson granted the motion for a new trial.

The attorney general’s office filed an appeal of that decision shortly thereafter, arguing that the original verdict should stand. The second trial had been scheduled to start on Aug. 4, but Fourth District Court Judge James Heckerman issued a stay of the trial pending the appeal. The attorney general’s office explained that its attorneys would file a legal brief in the coming days, with the defense then allowed 30 days to file a rebuttal.

The Iowa Supreme Court will review the case and either decide to hear it or send it to the Iowa Court of Appeals. Either way, the appeal will be heard in a Des Moines courtroom. Once a decision has been made, the matter will return to Pottawattamie County court. If the appeal is denied, a new trial will begin. If the court rules in favor of the state, the case would go to sentencing, pending a possible appeal by the defense.

Red Oak Police say an investigation into an alleged shoplifting incident Tuesday afternoon at a grocery store, resulted in the arrest of a 51-year old man from Red Oak. Officials say Glen West Otis was taken into custody for Theft in the 5th degree, at around 12:35-p.m. Otis was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa State Fair has been left with a big hole in its grandstand entertainment schedule because pop singer Meghan Trainor says she can’t complete her tour due to a vocal cord problem that requires surgery. Trainor, a popular 21-year-old who scored a No. 1 hit last year with “All About That Bass,” says she’s devastated. Fair spokeswoman Mindy Williamson says the fair must find a replacement to fill a key Saturday night grandstand slot on Aug. 22. Trainor’s show had sold 8,500 tickets.

Rockers Def Leppard and country artist Carrie Underwood have sold-out shows. Williamson says shows selling at least 10,000 tickets are considered sold out. Country singer Reba McEntire’s show on Aug. 16 has sold nearly 9,800 tickets so far.

A 17-year-old from northwest Iowa plead guilty this week to two charges associated with a chase earlier this year, during which he fired at the vehicle of an Iowa Department of Transportation officer. The Omaha World-Herald reports Chauncy Jewett of Sioux City plead guilty Monday to a charge of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and to carrying weapons in the May pursuit on Interstate 29 near Missouri Valley. Derek Floerchinger, a motor vehicle enforcement officer whose vehicle was fired at during the pursuit, was uninjured during the incident.