A man from Pottawattamie County was arrested Thursday evening in Audubon County, following an incident that took place in Brayton. 21-year old Tyler Ray Osborn, of Walnut, was arrested at around 5-p.m., on charges of Public Intoxication/3rd offense, and Theft in the 5th Degree. Osborn was brought to the Audubon County Jail and later released after appearing before the Magistrate. His preliminary hearing was set for Oct. 13th.

A domestic incident early this (Friday) morning in Avoca, between a man and his wife resulted in an arrest. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says 35-year old Jeffrey Shane Cloughly, of Avoca, was arrested a little after 1-a.m. at a residence in the 700 block of N. Chestnut Street. Jeffrey Cloughly was charged with aggravated Domestic Assault with intent where a weapon was present, along with Child Endangerment without Injury. The report says Jeffrey and his wife both sustained minor injuries during the incident.

Authorities said also, that around 8:40-a.m. Thursday, a Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested 26-year old Adam Michael Coombe, of Treynor, on a charge of Theft in the 5th Degree. Coombe was taken into custody after allegedly shoplifting merchandise at the Casey’s Store in Treynor.

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Sheriff’s officials in Adams County said today (Friday), a 78-year old man died Wednesday, after falling off a grain bin near Prescott. The unidentified man apparently lost his footing and fell to the ground. Authorities say he was unresponsive when a deputy and rescue personnel from Corning and Prescott arrived on the scene. The man was later pronounced dead by the Adams County Coroner.

The incident, which took place about a mile northeast of Prescott at 1823 Quince Avenue, was reported at around 9:24-a.m., Wednesday.

Two people were arrested on separate charges Thursday, in Creston. Authorities say 24-year old Courtney Laine Sanson, of Creston, was arrested at around 10:50-p.m. for Trespassing. Sanson was cited and released from the Union County Jail. And, at around 5:15-p.m., 21-year old Dakota Dean Rosch, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Revoked. He was released from the Union County Jail after posting a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

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Officials in Ames have been busy through the night after nearly five inches of rain inundated streets and homes. Bob Kindred is the assistant city manager of Ames. He says they had 3-to 5-inches of rain which didn’t cause river flooding, but streets were flooded. A number of homes had water in their basements and cars were stalled out on the streets.

Kindred said the situation on the Iowa State University campus was not as bad, because of the lay of the land. A flash flood warning expired at 3:30 this morning but Kindred said there are still reports of flooded streets in Ames. He said water was still 2-to 3-feet deep on some City streets as of 4-a.m., and a number of cars were damaged, abandoned in-place.

Ames police, fire and city staff plus Story County Emergency Management spent much of the night assisting residents impacted by the high water.

(Radio Iowa)

Sheriff’s deputies in Montgomery County arrested two people from rural Stanton on assault charges late Thursday night. 50-year old Tony Wayne Ruple and 45-year old Tina Marie Seiler were taken into custody at around 10:35-p.m. in the 2800 block of 200th Street. Ruple and Seiler were charged with Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail where they were being held without bond.

New census data shows the Latino population in Iowa increased by 116 percent from 2000 to 2015 which is a little more than 96-thousand (96,147) people. Latinos make up just under six percent of Iowa’s population, making them the largest minority group in the state. Thirty-two percent of the Latinos in Iowa were not born in this country. Seventy-eight percent of them came to Iowa from Mexico.

The median age of Latinos in Iowa is 22-point-two, while the state median age is thirty-eight-point-one. The median income of Latino households in 2015 was a little more than 38-thousand dollars, while the statewide median household income was nearly 55-thousand dollars (54,736.) The poverty rate was 25-point-six percent, while the corresponding rate for Iowa is 12-point-two percent.

The average family size for the Iowa Latino population in 2015 was three-point-eight-two, compared to the overall average family size in the state of two-point-nine-nine (2.99) Over half of the growth in Iowa’s Latino population from 2000-2015 occurred in seven counties: Polk, Woodbury, Johnson, Marshall, Scott, Pottawattamie, and Linn.

Polk County had the largest overall population of Latinos at 21-point-four percent. The Latino population in Ringgold County increased by 731 percent and by 652 percent in Lyon county between 2000 and 2015. When it comes to the overall population, 27-point-four percent of all residents of Crawford County were Latino, followed by Buena Vista (24.6%), Marshall (20.7%), Muscatine (17.5%), and Louisa (16.2%).

(Radio Iowa)

A northwest Iowa teenager faces a felony drug charge for allegedly distributing what are sometimes called “magic mushrooms.” A Storm Lake teen has been charged after police investigated a report of a boy ingesting illegal, hallucinogenic mushrooms at the Storm Lake High School. Police learned the juvenile allegedly acquired the illegal mushrooms at the high school from another student, a 16-year-old male from Storm Lake.

The victim was taken to the hospital in Storm Lake for treatment and later released. Police charged the 16-year-old with delivery of a controlled substance, a Class C felony. He was taken to the youth detention facility in Cherokee, awaiting an appearance in juvenile court.

(Radio Iowa)