A woman from Madison County died in a crash this (Thursday) morning, west of Cumming. The Iowa State Patrol says 63-year old Josephine Rose Snyder, of Winterset, died at the scene of a crash between her 2015 Polaris Triple S Slingshot three-wheel motorcycle, and a 1995 Ford van.

Officials say the crash happened as van, driven by 19-year old Jaeger Lon Bambrook, of Pleasant Hill, was westbound on County Road G-14 at around 7-a.m., and crossed into the eastbound lane to pass a vehicle turning north onto Woodland Avenue. The three-wheeled motorcycle was traveling east on G-14. Both vehicles left the road and entered the south ditch in an attempt to avoid a collision, but they struck each other, in the ditch.

Bambrook, and a passenger in the van, 19-year old Nicholas Robert Bjork, of Des Moines, were transported by helicopter to the Des Moines Hospital. The accident remains under investigation.

A Glenwood woman was arrested Monday, on a warrant for Theft. Glenwood Police say 25-year old Kimberly Frazier was arrested on the warrant issued out of Mills County. Her bond was set at $300.

The Griswold School Board held a very short meeting Wednesday evening. Board Secretary Nancy Taylor told KJAN News, that during their Special session, which lasted just under 15-minutes, the Board approved a motion “For the Griswold Board to continue with the process of a shared superintendent position with Lenox.”

The Lenox School Board is slated to meet this evening to continue with their discussions on the proposal, as well.

(Update-Noon) Highway 173 just north of Interstate 80 was partially blocked this (Thursday) morning for about 2 1/12 hours, after a semi attempting to make a turn became stuck in a ditch. The accident happened at around 7:15-a..m.

Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Ayers told KJAN News the truck driver and his passenger, both of whom are from Bosnia, but working for a Canadian trucking company, tried to back the trailer into a field drive to turn around, when the load shifted in the trailer, causing it to enter the ditch.The semi tractor/cab, was blocking the northbound lane.

A couple of wreckers from the Wings America Travel Center worked to remove the semi & trailer from the ditch. Traffic was directed into the single, southbound lane in the interim. The trailer and semi were finally removed at around 9:45-a.m.

Photo courtesy Cass County Deputy Bill Ayers.

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Police in Red Oak are looking for any tips that may lead them to the driver of a vehicle that struck a parked SUV early Wednesday afternoon.The owner of a 2006 Dodge Durango reported to authorities an unknown vehicle hit the SUV, which was parked in the 2000 block of Sunnyslope Drive, in Red Oak. Markings on the SUV indicated the vehicle responsible was green and would have been traveling southbound on Sunnyslope Drive, sometime between 12:30-and 1-p.m., Wednesday.

Damage to the Durango was estimated at $500.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Four fallen Iowa officers, including two who were killed in a head-on crash in March, will be added to the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial. The Iowa Department of Public Safety announced a ceremony will be held 10 a.m. Friday at the Oran Pape State Office Building in Des Moines to honor the officers who dedicated their lives to protecting Iowa communities.

The ceremony will recognize Des Moines Officers Susan Farrell and Carlos Puente-Morales, who were killed in a March 26 crash while transporting a prisoner from Council Bluffs to Des Moines. Ames Police Sgt. Howard Snider, who died in 2012, and Iowa Parole Board Field Agent Albert Paul, who died in 1938, will also be added to the memorial. Gov. Terry Branstad and other state leaders are expected to attend.

On Wednesday, the Governor ordered all flags at the Capitol Complex to be flown at half-staff from 8-a.m. to 5-p.m., Friday, in observance of the Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. Flags at the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial will be flown at half-staff the week of May 16th to 20th, as well, in honor of National Peace Officer Week.

The governor’s directive applies to all U-S and state flags on the State Capitol Building and displays on the Capitol Complex. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time, as a sign of respect.

SIDNEY, Iowa (AP) – A southwest Iowa pastor has been given 25 years in prison for sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl. Roger Kissel was sentenced Wednesday in Sidney. In March a Fremont County jury convicted the 68-year-old of sex abuse and two counts of lascivious acts with a child.

When he was arrested, Kissel was a pastor at the nondenominational Sidney Cowboy Church. Police have said the allegations weren’t connected to the church. Prosecutors say the crimes occurred in 2013.

The top two leaders in the legislature reject the idea the “anti-establishment” fervor among the nation’s voters this year will trickle down and doom incumbents like them running for reelection to the Iowa House and Senate. Republican House Speaker Linda Upmeyer of Clear Lake and Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal of Council Bluffs are predicting higher voter turn-out this November.

“I think there’s certainly a level of voters that are angry in general,” Gronstal says. Upmeyer says: “I think the senator’s right that there’s a certain level of anger or frustration all around, but I know this: nothing unites Republicans like Hillary.” Gronstal laughs and adds: “I think on that front we’re equal. There are certainly Democrats that react to Trump.”

Upmeyer says having Donald Trump as the G-O-P’s presumptive nominee presents a “great opportunity” for Republican candidates at the state level. “Donald Trump has got rather unconventional supporters in some areas and in fact people who may not have voted with great regularity, so I think this is a wonderful oportunity for us to reach out to even more Iowans who may be interested in what we’re doing,” Upmeyer says.

Gronstal endorsed Hillary Clinton the day before the Iowa Caucuses. He predicts voters energized by Bernie Sanders will stick with the Democratic Party. “Every Caucus season there are winners and losers during the Caucus and some of their supporter stay out of politics, but in most cases those folks then participate in the fall campaigns…and help turn-out the vote for whoever the nominee is,” Gronstal says.

The two legislative leaders made their comments Wednesday, during taping of the “Iowa Press” program that will air Friday night on Iowa Public Television.

(Radio Iowa)