Police in Red Oak, Saturday afternoon, arrested 36-year old Michael Lisle Parson, of Red Oak, on a charge of Dissemination and/or Exhibit of Obscene Material to a Minor. Parson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County say two people were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop at around 9:30-a.m., Saturday. The K-9 “Baxo” was deployed during the traffic stop, and as a result of an investigation, the driver of the vehicle, Brandi McElory, of Clarinda, was arrested for: Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 2nd offense; Possession of Methamphetamine; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was also cited for: Speeding, Failure to have a valid License, and Failure to hold insurance. A passenger in the vehicle, Timothy Strange, of Clarinda, was charged with Possession of Marijuana. Both parties were transported to the Adams County Jail.

And, on or about June 16th at around 2-p.m., Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 3291 270th Street, for a verbal dispute and a request to have a person removed from the property. Upon further investigation, 53-year old Mildred Loe was arrested for False Imprisonment. 64-year old Robin Parsons was arrested for Assault causing injury. Both were transported to the Adams County Jail.

A man from Missouri was injured after he was struck by a car Saturday night, about three-miles south of Winterset. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2006 Pontiac Gran Am driven by 30-year old Rachel Deanne Wicks, of Winterset, was traveling south on Highway 169 at around 10:30-p.m., when a pedestrian, 22-year old Sheron Antonio Jame Weaver, of St. Peters, MO., entered the road from between several cars that were parked on the shoulder for the Riverside Raceway.

After car struck Weaver, he was transported by Mercy One to Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines, for treatment of what were thought to be life-threatening injuries. The driver of the car was not hurt. The ISP was assisted at the scene by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Winterset Police Department, Winterset Fire Department, and Madison County Ambulance.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa health officials, on Saturday, reported 297 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 25,424. The number of deaths also rose by one to 681 over the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. Saturday. Of those deaths, 354 were residents of long-term care facilities. There are currently outbreaks at 32 long-term care facilities in Iowa.

The number of patients hospitalized with the virus decreased by 15 to 182. Among those, 58 are in intensive care and 30 are on ventilators. Of the people who have tested positive for COVID-19, 15,904 have recovered.

In RMCC Region 4 (western/southwest IA), the only data that changed over the past 24-hours was the admission of two people with COVID-19 to area hospitals.  Individual, area county-by-county case positives and the number of those recovered ( ) are as follows:

• Cass:     16 (15)
• Adair:    12 (11)
• Adams:   7 (5)
• Audubon:  15 (10)
• Guthrie:     61 (42)
• Montgomery: 10 (6)
• Pottawattwamie: 579 (377)
• Shelby: 71 (40).

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The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners today (Saturday), said they are “investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections potentially linked to ALDI, Hy-Vee, and Jewel-Osco grocery store brand “garden salads” containing iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, and carrots. This applies only to the store brand salads labeled as “garden salads” and not for other types of store brand packaged salads sold at these retailers.”

FDA and CDC are recommending that consumers should not eat, and restaurants and retailers should not sell or serve all ALDI Little Salad Bar Brand Garden Salad sold in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri, all Hy-Vee Brand Garden Salad sold in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska, and Jewel-Osco Signature Farms Brand Garden Salad sold in Illinois.

Case Counts – Total Illnesses: 76
Hospitalizations: 16
Deaths: 0
Illness Onset Date Range: 5/11/2020 – 6/14/2020
States with Cases: IA (28), IL (23), KS (1), MN (10), MO (7), NE (7)

Although the investigation is ongoing, CDC’s analysis of epidemiologic information indicates that these bagged salads from ALDI, Hy-Vee and Jewel-Osco grocery stores are a likely cause of the illnesses. FDA has initiated a traceback investigation to determine supplier and distributor information to find the cause and source of the outbreak.

FDA is in the beginning stages of this investigation and there may be additional retailers and products impacted by this outbreak. As this outbreak investigation continues, the FDA will provide additional updates to this advisory as more information becomes available. (More info. at https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-cyclospora-bagged-salads-june-2020)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say man who was shot and killed by Kansas law enforcement earlier this week has now also been tied to a second homicide in Nebraska. Police identified the man killed Monday in Lawrence, Kansas, as 31-year-old Nicholas Hirsh, who faced a first-degree murder arrest warrant for the shooting death of 41-year-old John Miles of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

During their homicide investigation, detectives also discovered on Tuesday the body of 68-year-old John Clanton in the Ponca Hills area of Douglas County in Nebraska. Clanton had been reported missing on June 10.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport police have charged a man with murder in the death of a woman who was shot on May 31 as she got into her car to leave a protest. Police charged 21-year-old Parker Belz, of Davenport, with first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Italia Marie Kelly. She had joined in a protest over the death of George Floyd after getting off work at a restaurant but was getting in a vehicle to leave because the gathering outside a Walmart had turned unruly. She died of a single shot in the back and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Belz was held in the Scott County Jail.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers say most charges have been dropped against an Iowa City man who led protests against police brutality and racial injustice. The lawyers for Mazin Mohamedali say Friday they have reached an agreement with Johnson County prosecutors to dismiss five of six pending charges against the man. He was arrested June 7 on charges of unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct after taking part in a protest near Interstate 80 that ended when officers used tear gas and flash grenades to disperse a crowd. Mohamedali was then ordered jailed on a parole violation, as a probation officer cited comments he had made about upcoming protests. He’d been convicted in 2018 on charges connected to a gas station robbery.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two white men have been arrested in an assault so severe that the 22-year-old black victim believed he was about to be killed. The NAACP has said the attack in Des Moines was racially motivated. Twenty-eight-year-old Dale Lee Millard and 27-year-old Jesse James Downs are charged with willful injury causing serious injury. Millard was arrested Thursday and is jailed in Polk County on $50,000 bond. Downs surrendered Friday. DarQuan Jones says he was attacked by at least two men early on May 16. He says they choked and punched him, then held his head underwater in a creek.