Two men from Missouri were arrested in Fremont County late Sunday night. Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports the Fremont County K9 Unit stopped a vehicle on Interstate 29 southbound near mile marker 5. During the stop, 21-year old Elijah Pate and 19-year old Arien Moore, both of Excelsior Springs, MO., were found to be in possession of a controlled substance, prescription medication, and drug paraphernalia.

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A juvenile female was also taken into custody, and later released to her parents. Both Pate and Moore were being held in the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center, where Pate’s bond was set at $1,300, and Moore was being held on $1,000 bond.
Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies were assisted during the incident investigation, by the Iowa State Patrol.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bone-chilling cold gripped the middle of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking low temperature records, icing some New Year’s celebrations and leading to at least two deaths attributed to exposure to the elements. The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories for Monday covering a vast area from South Texas all the way to Canada and from Montana to New England. The brutal weather was most extreme in eight Midwest states. Omaha broke a record that had stood since 1884.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A city in eastern Iowa has begun rebuilding the porches of five historic buildings at a center that was once an orphanage for the children of Civil War soldiers. Davenport’s Capital Manager Clay Merritt tells the Quad-City Times that several porches at the Annie Wittenmyer Center have been removed in order to be rebuilt. Merritt says that concrete foundations and wood railings had worn on the porches at the center’s administrative building and four cottages.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A 63-year-old man has died after a weekend house fire in Waterloo, Iowa. The Waterloo fire department said a neighbor reported the fire in the 100 block of Madison Street late Saturday night.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball ticket sold in Iowa is worth $1 million. Iowa Lottery officials say the ticket matched the first five numbers in Saturday’s drawing, so it earned a $1 million prize even though it fell short of the jackpot.

One person was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital and another was arrested, following a rollover accident early Sunday morning. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a passenger in a 2006 Chevy Cobalt, 28-year old Kyle Wayne Pack, of Red Oak, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle, which trapped him underneath when it rolled. The driver, 37-year old David Daniel Wells, of Red Oak, who was wearing a seat belt, was not hurt. He managed to free Pack and place him back in the car before running to a nearby home to call for help.

The accident happened at around 4:50-a.m., as the car was traveling east on 210th Street, about one-half mile west of G Avenue, near Red Oak. The car went out of control and rolled into the south ditch, coming to rest upright. Pack was transported by Red Oak Rescue to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Wells was taken into custody for Driving While Suspended, with 15 withdrawals in effect. The accident remains under investigation. Officials say the car the men were in, sustained $4,500 damage.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 12:30-a.m. today (Sunday), of 30-year old Shawn Franklin Riazzi, of Grant. Riazzi was taken into custody at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, for Disorderly Conduct, a simple misdemeanor. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 cash bond.

And, Red Oak Police report Officers arrested 47-year old Shelby JoAnn Olivares, of Red Oak, for Violation of a No Contact Order, and 48-year old Lynn Kenneth Houtchens, of Red Oak, for Aiding and Abetting the Violation of a No Contact Order. Both subjects were transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where they were being held without bond.

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some states push efforts to incorporate critical thinking throughout their public school curriculum, as studies show teens are easily duped by fake stories circulating online. Supporters of media literacy programs have been promoting their efforts for years, but they only started gaining traction after the 2016 presidential election. Bills were signed into law in a handful of states last year and will be introduced in several more in 2018.

GARNAVILLO, Iowa (AP) — A group in northeastern Iowa is fundraising to restore a historic clubhouse from 1860 that’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Telegraph Herald reports that the Garnavillo Historical Society wants to repair Lodge Hall, which served as community space for fraternal clubs through the end of the 1800s and early 1900s.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources is cancelling hikes at 27 state parks that had been scheduled for New Year’s Day because of frigid temperatures. State Parks Bureau Chief Todd Coffelt said in a statement that the agency is disappointed to cancel the events. But he said the goal is to ensure hikers’ safety. The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous weather conditions as a deep freeze sets in.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is temporarily easing some regulations on propane delivery as cold weather drives demand up. Reynolds signed a proclamation Friday to suspend some restrictions on the hours crews and drivers can work delivering propane. A release from the governor’s office says extreme weather conditions have contributed to low supplies of propane.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is temporarily easing some regulations on propane delivery as cold weather drives demand up.

Reynolds signed a proclamation Friday to suspend some restrictions on the hours crews and drivers can work delivering propane. A release from the governor’s office says extreme weather conditions have contributed to low supplies of propane.

The proclamation expires Wednesday.

New research documents a decline in U.S. farmland over the past 30 years. John Piotti, president of American Farmland Trust, says his organization collected data in partnership with the USDA and the Conservation Science Partnership. And Piotti says farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate.

“Since 1982, 41 million acres — that averages out to about 100 acres every hour,” Piotti says. According to Piotti, this data will help leaders in the ag industry make needed changes to keep farmland in production. Farmers should also be able to improve their bottom line by using state-by-state data that will be released in January.

“It will help farmers make smarter decisions about the future,” Piotti says. “We’re not only going to look at what has happened, so you know for instance as a farmer, if you were in the wave of development that might push you out of farming.” Piotti says the data also dives into the future of agriculture, in light of climate change.

“We’ll have a better sense on how a piece of farm land will fare if precipitation changes or if a number of degree growing days changes,” Piotti says.

(Radio Iowa, w/Thanks to Amie Sites, Brownfield Ag News)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — State lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction online, a skill they say is critical to democracy. Lawmakers have introduced or passed bills calling on public school systems to develop lessons for a form of instruction called “media literacy.”

The effort has been bipartisan but has received little attention despite successful legislation in Washington state, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Mexico. Several more states are expected to consider such bills in the coming year, including Arizona, New York and Hawaii.

Supporters say the misinformation spread during the 2016 presidential campaign has helped their efforts. They want schools to include lessons about how to evaluate and analyze sources of information in civics, language arts, science and other subjects.

A Nebraska man suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the thigh during a car jacking incident early this (Saturday) morning, in the parking lot of a Council Bluffs casino. Council Bluffs Police say officers were called to the Horseshoe Casino at around 4:43-a.m., for a reporting of a male party laying in the parking lot who had been shot.

It was discovered the 53-year old male from Elk Horn, NE., was the victim of a robbery / car-jacking in the parking lot. The unidentified man was shot by a suspect, as the victim attempted to flee on foot from the vehicle. The suspect fled from the scene with the victim’s vehicle, a gray 2006 Ford F-150 Super-Crew.

The victim was transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. His vehicle was recovered by the Omaha Police Department in the area of the 2000 blk of So 45th St. Authorities say it had been burned.

The case is currently part of an active investigation being conducted by the Council Bluffs Police Department Criminal Investigation Division and the Omaha Fire Department. Anyone with information is urged to contact CBPD Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-STOP (7867)

Officials with the Harlan Police Department, earlier this week, issued a report on arrests that took place over the past couple of weeks. On Dec. 19th, 24-year old Jacob Wayne Jens, of Shenandoah, was arrested on an active Shelby County warrant. Jens was transported to the Shelby County Jail and also charged with Driving While Suspended, Violation of Financial Liability, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. And, on Dec. 13th, 24-year old Victoria Rae Gonzales, of Bettendorf, was arrested following a call about a stolen vehicle possibly being in the Harlan area. She was brought to the Shelby County Jail and charged with Possession of Stolen Property.