BLENCOE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities are preparing to resume their search for a man who fell into the Missouri River. Sioux City television station KCAU reports that the man fell into the water around 7:20 p.m. Sunday near Blencoe. Monona County authorities searched the water and bank until 11:30 p.m. but found no sign of the man.

The man’s name and other information about the incident haven’t been released.

The “Farmers Market Scavenger Hunt” is an activity which was offered to all farmers markets by the Iowa Department of Agriculture (IDALS). The purpose is to help kids learn more about locally grown fruits and vegetables and the farmers in their community. Markets could choose to be included.

Youth participants use a form with a list of questions to hunt through the market. What is the smallest fruit or vegetable you see? What is a fruit or vegetable which grows underground? What was your favorite part of the market?  They are also asked to check a list of all of the items they saw and to visit with a farmer.

Produce in the Park has been offering the activity each Thursday evening beginning June 2nd. Completed forms are sent to IDALS twice a month and they are entered in a state drawing for prizes. One local person has been a winner.  Tammy Stotts of IDALS says more entries have been received from Produce in the Park than any other market.  Additional prizes will be available locally.

Kids may participate every week they attend. Forms and pencils are available at the Cass County Food Policy Council table in the center of the Park. Duane McFadden, Council member, is heading up the local activity.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report a traffic stop Sunday evening resulted in the arrest of a rural Red Oak man. 25-year old Tyler Jason Chambers was taken into custody at around 6:30-p.m., for Driving while Barred. Chambers was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.

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

CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) — A northwest Iowa town says Tyson Foods is making it hard to find a new use for its former meat-processing plant. Officials in Cherokee want to give their economy a boost with a new tenant in the plant, which closed nearly two years ago.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A year after bird flu forced fairs across the region to cancel poultry shows, the competitions are returning this summer. The Daily Nonpareil reports that 4-H members who raise chickens are glad they’ll have a chance to show them at this year’s fairs.

LUCAS, Iowa (AP) — Woman dies after horse she was riding fell on top of her at Iowa park. The state Department of Natural Resources is investigating but hasn’t released many details. The woman’s name wasn’t released Sunday afternoon.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa cities of Johnston and Grimes renew longstanding partnership to provide fire and other emergency services. The new pact will create an advisory board to help oversee fire and emergency services in both cities.

One person was transported by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Sunday evening, following a collision that took place just before 5-p.m. at the intersection of 7th and Chestnut Streets. Atlantic Police Officer Caleb Smith told KJAN News the male driver of a white Buick ran a stop sign as it was traveling east on 7th Street. The car struck a Chevy Suburban heading south on Chestnut at the south side of the intersection.

The driver of the Suburban and a child who was properly secured in a child safety seat, were not injured. No names were immediately available. Atlantic Fire and Rescue also responded to the scene. The accident remains under investigation.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources say a woman was fatally injured in southern Iowa Saturday, when the horse she was riding fell and landed on her shortly before 2 p.m.  The accident happened in Stephens State Forest, southwest of Lucas. The woman, whose name has not yet been released, was airlifted to a hospital in Des Moines where she later died.

The Chariton Fire and Rescue and the Lucas County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

A traffic stop in Red Oak Sunday afternoon resulted in the driver of the vehicle being arrested on two charges. Red Oak Police stopped a vehicle driven by 66-year old Steve Lester DeLong, of Red Oak, at around 12:55-p.m.   After DeLong was taken into custody for Driving While Revoked, he was subsequently charged with Possession of Methamphetamine/2nd offense, when 1.38 grams of a substance suspected of being Meth, was discovered to be in his possession.

DeLong was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A year after bird flu forced fairs across Iowa to cancel poultry shows, the competitions are returning this summer. The Daily Nonpareil reports the 4-H members who raise chickens are glad they should have a chance to show them at this year’s fairs. Organizers banned live poultry at fairs a year ago because of the bird flu outbreak that ravaged the industry. Both Iowa and Nebraska lifted their ban on poultry shows this year.

Kerri Wede with the East Pottawattamie County Extension office says the ban was “heartbreaking for the kids.” But they adapted. Last year, some fairs held egg judging contests and some had students give presentations about their chickens. Organizers are looking forward to returning to normal this year.

CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) – Leaders in the northwest Iowa town of Cherokee would love to see another company make use of the former Tyson Foods plant just outside town, but they say the food company is making it hard to find a new tenant. The Des Moines Register reports Tyson continues paying $130,000 rent on the building and refuses to allow anyone it considers a competitor to use the building.

Tyson spokeswoman Caroline Ahn says the company has been in talks with three food companies about the plant. She says those deals fell apart, but it was not because of competitive concerns. Cherokee City Councilman Chad Brown says it feels like Tyson is holding the town hostage because it won’t release the plant.

Officers with the Iowa DNR are looking for the operator of a Personal Water Craft (PWC) following a personal injury accident that occurred at Lake Manawa Saturday evening. Brian Smith, with the DNR says an Omaha, Neb. woman was injured after being thrown off a PWC on Lake Manawa, and law enforcement officers are seeking assistance from the public in locating the operator of the vessel who left the scene.

29-year old Laura Goodburn was the passenger on a personal watercraft when she was thrown off at approximately 6:30-p.m., Saturday in the middle of the lake toward the south end. She complained of a neck injury and was taken to Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. Both Goodburn and a friend she was with, Justin Smith of Omaha, Neb., told law enforcement officers they did not know the identity of the personal watercraft operator.

The operator of the personal watercraft is described as a white, middle-aged male, approximately 6-feet tall, average weight and with short red, blonde or gray hair. At the time of the incident, he was wearing an O’Neill life jacket. The personal watercraft was described as being orange, black and gold. Law enforcement officers searched the lake and boat ramps but were unable to find a vessel fitting that description.

Conservation officers and park rangers from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are continuing to investigate the incident. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information on the identity of the personal watercraft operator is asked to call DNR Law Enforcement Supervisor Brian Smith at 712-254-0550.