DENISON, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have resumed a search for a girl missing since the vehicle she was in plunged into the Boyer River in western Iowa. The accident was reported about 3 a.m. Thursday in rural Crawford County. Authorities say the car was carrying five people when it ran off a rural road into the river. Four who reached safety on their own or were rescued were taken to a Denison hospital. Their names and the girl’s haven’t been released. She’s believed to be teenager.

Deputies, firefighters and a dive team searched the river and its banks until 11:15 p.m. Thursday and stopped because of heavy fog. The searchers returned this (Friday) morning.

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Police in Creston report an Adair County woman was arrested Thursday evening on a drug charge. Officials say 34-year old Kristina Marie Clarke, of Bridgewater, was arrested just after 6-p.m. for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. Clarke was being held on a $1,000 cash bond, in the Ringgold County Jail.

Late Thursday morning, Creston Police arrested 40-year old Shelby Lynn Weis, of Creston, on a Dallas County warrant for Probation Violation.  Weis was transferred to Dallas County where she was held without bond.

Creston Police said also, two incidents of Theft have been reported. Thursday evening, a resident told police a mountain bike was stolen from his property located in the 400 block of Livingston Avenue, in Creston. The incident happened sometime Wednesday afternoon and 5:15-p.m. Thursday. The loss was estimated at $100.

And, on Jan. 7th, a woman living in the 600 block of S. Bureau Street told authorities a TV valued at $350 was stolen from her residence. The incident occurred sometime between the hours of 1- and 4-p.m, Jan. 7th.

The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A northwest Iowa dairy has settled a federal lawsuit and promises action to prevent future manure discharges into nearby streams. Prosecutors also said Thursday that Meadowvale Dairy, of Rock Valley, has agreed to pay a $160,000 civil penalty. The proposed consent decree is subject to a 30-day public comment period and approval by the federal court.

The lawsuit filed last February alleges that since 2001, Iowa has cited Meadowvale a dozen times for failures to maintain adequate storage for effluent.  The complaint says Meadowvale operates waste systems for two interconnected feeding operations for a total of about 10,000 head of cattle. It says wastewater from two of Meadowvale’s facilities entered two tributaries of the Big Sioux River in violation of the dairy’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits.

Two people were injured during accident Thursday afternoon in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Department says a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup driven by 22-year old Jordan James Vrba, of Red Oak, was stopped at the intersection of Highway 34 and G Avenue, waiting to turn left. A 2003 Ford driven by 55-year old Janet Spicer, of Emerson, was traveling westbound. Spicer didn’t see the taillights of the pickup due to dense fog in the area, and dirt and mud on the pickup’s taillight lenses. Her car rear-ended the pickup at around 2:40-p.m.

Spicer suffered possible/unknown injuries, and was transported by Red Oak Rescue to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Vrba suffered suspected serious or incapacitating injuries, and was also transported by Red Oak Rescue to the hospital.

Damage from the collision amounted to $10,500. No citations were issued.

Police in Red Oak arrested two men on separate drug- and assault-related charges. At around 1:45-a.m. today (Friday), 19-year old Daniel Lee Vance-Hunt, of Red Oak, was arrested at the intersection of Miller Avenue and E. Summit Street, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.

And, at around 5:35-p.m. Thursday, 58-year old Charles James Netherton, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 1200 block of Highland Avenue in Red Oak, on a valid Red Oak Police Department warrant for Assault and Harassment in the 3rd Degree. Netherton was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa institution for residents with intellectual disabilities, reeling from allegations of abuse against residents, has been ordered to reinstate a high-ranking official who was fired over safety lapses in 2014. The Public Employment Relations Board says the firing of Glenwood Resource Center administrator Douglas Wise wasn’t justified and he must be returned to a similar job with full back pay. Wise had been faulted for failing to keep batteries out of a home where residents swallowed them.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — President Obama has shortened the prison sentences for a dozen inmates from Iowa serving time on drug manufacturing and dealing charges. In his last act in office, Obama commuted the sentences for 360 federal inmates convicted on drug charges. The list includes 12 former Iowa residents whose terms were each shaved by several years, including nine convicted on methamphetamine-related charges.

NEOLA, Iowa (AP) — After successfully creating a trio of crosses along Interstate 80 back in June, the Neola Lions Club chapter is planning to illuminate them for people driving at night. The Daily Nonpareil reports chapter President Fred Rodenburg presented the idea of the 36-foot high crosses to the chapter after learning about Crosses Across America. Rodenburg says the project cost about $1,000. The group is raising funds to illuminate the structures.

MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man has been charged in the death of a woman who died after being injured by a homemade cannon. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports 29-year-old Max J. Fenton, of Greeley, was charged Wednesday in Delaware County Court with involuntary manslaughter and released. The charges stem from the night of July 2, when court documents state Fenton fired an “improvised cannon.” Part of the cannon failed and sent fragments toward spectators, injuring a woman who later died.

NEOLA, Iowa (AP) — After successfully creating a trio of crosses along Interstate 80 back in June, the Neola Lions Club chapter is now planning to illuminate them for people driving at night. The Daily Nonpareil reports the chapter was inspired by Crosses Across America, a nonprofit that has helped raise more than 2,000 clusters of crosses nationwide.

After learning about the organization, Neola Lions Club President Fred Rodenburg presented the idea of the 36-foot high Neola crosses to the chapter. Rodenburg says the estimated cost of the project will be $1,000.

Local farmer Les Clark, whose property overlooks the interstate, has granted Rodenburg’s club permission to use it for the effort. The group is currently raising funds to illuminate the structures.

Council Bluffs – The trout stocking scheduled for tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 20th) at Big Lake has been postponed until spring due to rapidly deteriorating ice conditions. The Iowa DNR says the family fishing event scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 21 has been cancelled, and will not be re-scheduled.