IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City has kicked off its program to manage the city’s deer population. The city has placed deer crossing signage in several locations, including along Scott Boulevard and First Avenue.

City officials say deer activity in these areas is likely to increase in the coming weeks, and drivers are urged to use caution in the posted locations. The city has also signed a contract with White Buffalo to sharp shoot during the upcoming winter to reduce the growing population of deer within city limits.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A new study says sport fish have declined significantly in portions of the Upper Mississippi River infested with Asian carp. The study’s lead author says it’s among the first to establish a solid link between the presence of invasive carp and a drop-off of native species.

It found that numbers of sport fish such as yellow perch and bluegill fell between 1994 and 2013 in three locations infested with silver carp. Meanwhile, sport fish increased in other places farther upstream that the carp hadn’t reached.

The paper says Asian carp are gobbling up plankton that sport fish need for survival when young. Fish biologist John Chick says the report illustrates the urgency of preventing the carp from moving into other sections of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes.

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff today Saturday, November 16th to sunset on the day of Justice Cady’s memorial service, in honor and remembrance of Chief Justice Mark Cady, who served Iowa with dedication and distinction as the Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. Details regarding the memorial service are forthcoming.

Flags will be at half-staff on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex. Flags will also be half-staff on all public buildings, grounds and facilities throughout the state. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flags at half-staff for the same length of time.

A head-on collision between a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan and a 1991 Ford F-150 pickup has resulted in at least one fatality. The Iowa State Patrol reports the fiery crash happened at around 6:36-p.m. Friday on U-S Highway 122, near the Mason City Airport. Authorities say the van was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of Highway 122, at the same time the pickup was traveling in the same lane. The vehicles collided in the left lane of westbound 122.

The names of the victims were being withheld, pending notification of family. The accident remains under investigation.

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Police in Des Moines police said Friday, that an Omaha man faces multiple charges after he traveled to Des Moines to have sex with an underage girl. Officers investigated a vehicle parked after hours at Ewing Park in Des Moines, at around 1:30-a.m., Friday. Authoriites say officers found 21-year-old Rodrigo Adolpho Amaya having sex with a 15-year-old female. Amaya jumped out of the car after being confronted by police and took off, leading officers on a short pursuit that ended near SE 35th and Evergreen when he struck a curb, police said.

Officials say Amaya met the underage girl on social media and traveled to Des Moines to meet and have sex with her. Police said the sex was consensual, but because the teen is under age, Amaya has been charged with third-degree sexual abuse, along with eluding, harassment of a public official and trespassing. He’s currently being held in the Polk County Jail.

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The Iowa Judicial Branch lost one of its Justices Friday night to a sudden heart attack. Officials have confirmed 66-year old Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady died in Des Moines. In a statement, the Iowa Judicial Branch wrote “He was a wonderful individual and exceptional judge, respected and beloved by his fellow jurists. His passing is a great loss to the court and the state he so loyally served. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Becky and his family.” Cady and his wife have two children and four grandchildren. His family said in a statement also, “Tonight, the state lost a great man, husband, father, grandfather and jurist.”

Justice Cady was well known for his opinion in Varnum v. Brien, the ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in 2009. He also supported an increase of technology in the court system. His career started in 1978 when he was a law clerk in District 2. He spent years as an associate judge, district court judge, Iowa Court of Appeals judge before he became chief justice in 2011.

Cady was born in Rapid City, South Dakota. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Drake University. He spent more than 30 years as an adjunct faculty member at Buena Vista University and served as a member of its President’s Advisory Council.

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

FORT DODGE, Iowa – Multiple media outlets reported overnight that Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady, who served on the state’s top court for more than a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 66. “Tonight, the state lost a great man, husband, father, grandfather, and jurist,” his family said in a statement. Cady, born in Rapid City, S.D., but living in Fort Dodge, was appointed to the state Supreme Court in 1998 by then-Gov. Terry Branstad. Cady is survived by his wife, two children and four grandchildren.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A supervisor in the Iowa public defender’s office has resigned his side job as a police officer after critics said it created a conflict of interest. Mike Adams, supervisor of the special defense unit, resigned last month from the Colfax Police Department, where he worked as a reserve officer. His resignation comes after The Associated Press reported on concerns about Adams’ work as an officer in a jurisdiction where his office represents low-income criminal defendants.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Organizers of a new statewide bicycle ride are changing the date of their planned event so it doesn’t conflict with an annual ride that dates to the 1970s. Organizers of Iowa’s Ride announced Friday on the group’s Facebook page that the ride would be held from July 12 to July 18, a week earlier than previously planned. The change means the ride won’t overlap with the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, or RAGBRAI, scheduled for July 19 to July 25.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kamala Harris faces a challenge as she reorients her campaign to focus almost exclusively on Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation caucus in February. The people who come to see her walk away impressed. But that’s not translating into a groundswell of support. Her aides say a top-three finish in Iowa is necessary to keep her bid alive, and they project confidence she can again rise to the top. They note polling shows only about a third of Iowans are committed to a candidate.

ALBIA, Iowa (AP) — A south-central Iowa woman convicted in September of killing her husband has been sentenced to life in prison. The Daily Iowegian reports that 47-year-old Barbara Pasa, of Centerville, received the mandatory life sentence on Friday. The badly burned body of Tim Pasa was found in a bed on May 5, 2018, and investigators determined the fire at the Centerville home was started intentionally. An autopsy determined his death was related to an injection of an anesthetic, propofol.

Officials with South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 Democratic Presidential Campaign say “Mayor Pete,” as he’s known, will make a stop in Atlantic on Monday, Nov. 25th. Buttigieg will be in town for a conversation about social security and long term care planning.

The event will be held from 3-until 5-PM at The Venue, 307 Walnut Street.  It will be free and open to the public.