A single-vehicle accident southwest of Cumberland early this (Sunday) morning, resulted in the 25-year old female driver of the vehicle suffering from head pain. The accident was reported at around 2:45-a.m., near 64666 Tucson Road. Cumberland Rescue, Medivac and the Cass County Office responded to the scene.

Additional information is currently not available.

The pursuit of a vehicle that began in Pottawattamie County early Sunday morning didn’t end until a little more than an hour later, in northern Guthrie County. According to dispatch reports during the pursuit, the suspect vehicle tried to elude a Pott. County Deputy at around 12:45-a.m., by driving through a cornfield and a barbed-wire fence before getting onto York Road and turning north onto Highway 59.

In Shelby County, the vehicle traveled at speeds of nearly 110 miles per hour, and blew through stop signs in Harlan before continuing north, and eventually turning east onto Highway 141 around 1:14-a.m.

The vehicle continued eastbound and finally ended just west of Highway 4 (east of Bagley), at around 1:50-a.m.  Multiple law enforcement agencies took part in the attempt to stop the driver, who was said to have possibly been under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. At least two law enforcement agency vehicles were disabled during the chase, when they ran over stop sticks meant to disable the suspect vehicle. The suspect’s vehicle ran over the stop sticks at one point, but kept going until it was near Bagley. No injuries were reported.

It’s not clear what prompted the traffic stop. Additional details – including the driver’s name and charges – were not immediately available. Among the agencies we know of that participated in the effort to stop the driver, was: The Pottawattamie, Shelby, Guthrie, Crawford and Carroll County Sheriff’s Departments, the Iowa State Patrol, Harlan Police and others.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa caucus is just around the corner and candidates are heating up the criticism. Joe Biden didn’t name Bernie Sanders, but he told voters in Waterloo, Iowa, on Saturday that he wondered why some candidates don’t know how much their proposals will cost. The youngest of the Democrats, 38-year-old Pete Buttigieg, says this is no time for taking the risk of meeting a new challenge with a familiar playbook. Meanwhile, the Des Moines Register has decided to pull results of its final poll because of a problem with its survey questioning.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says he will “shock” the nation with his performance in Monday night’s caucuses. He says one reason will be his support from Republicans, who he claims back him because he’s focused on the same issues as President Donald Trump. Speaking at a rally at a downtown Des Moines hotel Saturday night, Yang told a packed ballroom that he’s laser-focused on solving the same problems that Trump pointed out — but has actual solutions that people will see and feel.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign is showing signs of strength heading into Monday’s Iowa caucuses – and a source of tension at its heart. Sanders’ more strident supporters tend to demand that everyone unite behind the Vermont senator if he’s the Democratic nominee but are less forceful in pledging to back the nominee if it’s not him. Sanders himself is trying to tamp down that divide, insisting Saturday in Iowa that his campaign will support the nominee and that he expects others to do the same. If Sanders achieves unity by compromising on stands he has taken for decades in political office, he could disappoint supporters.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — Some former Democratic presidential candidates could still win votes and make an impact on Iowa’s caucuses Monday. The caucuses essentially allow voters to express support for two candidates in two rounds of voting. During the first round, voters can show support for anyone they want, even if that person isn’t running for president. Some Iowa supporters of former candidates Cory Booker and Kamala Harris say they plan to support the senators during the first round of the caucuses, even though Booker and Harris have bowed out of the race. But they also say the gambit is an attempt to blunt Bernie Sanders’ momentum on the second round.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Des Moines Register, CNN and its polling partner have decided not release the final installment of its presidential preference poll, fearing its results may have been compromised. Carol Hunter, the executive editor of the Iowa newspaper, posted the announcement Saturday night at the same time the results of highly anticipated survey were supposed to be released.

She said that one of the poll respondents reported earlier in the day that a candidate’s name was omitted. While believed to be an isolated incident, the poll administrators could not be sure. Hunter wrote: “Therefore, the partners made the difficult decision to not to move forward with releasing the Iowa Poll.”

The Audubon Chamber of Commerce announced their annual awards at the banquet Saturday, February 1.

The newest award, Live Large Audubon award winners are the Lawrence and Doris Handlos family.  They developed Waspy’s, the Feed Mill restaurant and Blue Grass Inn.

The Junior Citizen of the Year is Madison Vorm.

The Citizen of the Year is Roger Griffith, known for his community work with veterans, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, city of Audubon committees and volunteer efforts.

A large crowd was treated to a show from Branson, Missouri performer and Audubon-native Delana Ditto.

Authorities in western Iowa say a pursuit Saturday afternoon in Pottawattamie County, ended with the arrest of a man wanted on a sex offender warrant out of Douglas County, Nebraska. WOWT-TV in Omaha reports Nicholas Harms was taken into custody after a Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputy performed a PIT maneuver at the corner of Pioneer Trail and Traceview Loop.

Authorities told the station the pursuit began when Harms refused to pull over for a traffic violation. During the chase, speeds reached in excess of 100-miles per hour, with some speeds in the rural southeast Council Bluffs area he was finally stopped at, ranging up to 115-mph. No injuries were reported.

Harms was being held Saturday in the Pottawattamie County jail. He faces eluding and other charges, in addition to being wanted on the NE warrant.

Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Public Safety report that at around 9:40-p.m. Friday (1/31), the Monona County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call in reference to a shooting that occurred in Mapleton.  Emergency personnel responding to the call located a deceased male subject at the scene. The victim and witnesses at the scene are minors, and their names are not being released at this time. Authorities say there is no threat to the public.

The shooting is being investigated by the Mapleton Police Department, Monona County Sheriff’s Department, Monona County Attorney’s Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The investigation is ongoing, and officials are not releasing additional details at this time.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Des Moines police officers have been placed on standard paid leave following the officer-involved shooting of a man police say threatened a woman, then violently attacked responding officers. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened early Friday morning after officers were called to an apartment complex and encountered the 34-year-old suspect.

Police say when officers tried to arrest him, he became violent. Police say Officer Charlie Negrete, a 32-year veteran, fired his gun, seriously wounding the suspect, who remained hospitalized Saturday. Negrete and another officer, 30-year veteran Alycia Peterson, are now both on leave. The suspect’s name has not been released.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are searching for a man they want to question in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a 71-year-old woman. Police say the crash happened Thursday night. First responders arrived to find Stephanie Markert in the roadway suffering from serious injuries. Police say she remained hospitalized Saturday in critical condition.

Witnesses told police Markert had been hit by an SUV that fled the scene and was abandoned a short distance down the street. Witnesses said a man got out of the SUV and into a minivan, then drove away. Police have issued a material witness warrant for 41-year-old Isaias Flores-Morales of Des Moines.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports one person was injured during a rollover accident Friday, near the Adams/Taylor County line. Authorities say 31-year old Sean Sullivan, of Houston, Texas, was southbound on Highway 148 in a Chevy Silverado 1500, when for unknown reasons his vehicle left the roadway and rolled in the east ditch.

Sullivan was transported to CHI Health Corning by Adams County EMS with non-life threatening injuries. Taylor County was assisted on scene by Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Corning Fire Department, and Adams County EMS.