Police in Red Oak say a man from Missouri was arrested late Saturday night for Public Intoxication. 36-year old Paul Michael Campbell, of St. Joseph, MO., was arrested at around 11:30-p.m. after officers responded to a residence in the 1600 block of east Summit Street. Campbell was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $300 cash bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A narrowly focused medical marijuana law just took effect in Iowa, but advocates are already hoping they can expand access to the drug for the chronically ill.

State lawmakers this year approved legislation allowing the use of oil derived from marijuana to treat chronic epilepsy. The law was driven largely by mothers of children with epilepsy. It lays out strict criteria, including acquiring a registration card through the state and buying the oil in another state that produces it.

State Sen. Joe Bolkcom, a Democrat from Iowa City, says he hopes this bill is a first step toward a more comprehensive medical marijuana law. He hopes to get bipartisan support for legislation in 2015.
A spokesman for Gov. Terry Branstad says Iowa should be cautious about expanding the law.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Human Services Department says changes in the federal farm bills means that about 1,100 Iowa businesses must pay for equipment and supplies, or pay transaction fees, in order to accept food stamp payments. The agency says Iowa can no longer use federal funds to provide equipment and pay transaction costs for retailers who average at least $100 a month in food stamp transactions.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Polk County Jail has joined a growing list of law enforcement agencies no longer holding immigrants in jail without a warrant if they’re suspected of being in the country illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being scrutinized for asking local agencies to hold such individuals for two additional days to give federal agents time to investigate and, if needed, start deportation steps.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two 19-year-old Des Moines men have been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for the beating death of another man last year. James Alon Shorter and Yarvon Nathaniel Russell were convicted in the August beating death of Richard Daughenbaugh, who authorities say was killed after honking his horn at a group of men. One other man also was convicted in the case.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Habitat for Humanity has received a bit of charity of its own. The Dubuque farm supply business Theisen’s has donated tools to the house-building nonprofit to replace stolen equipment. Tools valued at more than $3,800 were stolen from the group, which says its insurance costs would be unaffordable if its policy extended to cover its tools.

Authorities in Lenox report a Union County man was arrested early Saturday morning following a disturbance at a local bar. At around 1:30am, police were dispatched to the Dally Post bar. Officials determined 29-year old Joshua Weeks, of Creston, had entered the bar in an allegedly highly intoxicated condition, and confronted another patron.

Weeks was arrested on a charge of public intoxication and transported to the Taylor County Jail.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Officials in western Iowa will consider seeking a $200,000 state grant to help remove invasive trees and plants taking over a Council Bluffs park. The Daily Nonpareil reports that non-native trees and plants – like black locust, buckthorn and Ohio buckeye- have crowded out native species in Fairmount Park. Parks Director Larry Foster will ask the Council Bluffs City Council on Monday give him the go-ahead to seek the grant.

Foster wants a 28-acre section of the park to go back to oak savannah and understory trees, as well as Loess prairies. Wood chips from the removed trees would be used to surface a nature trail within the park that would connect with a nearby neighborhood trail to the restored area

One person was injured during a single-vehicle accident this (Saturday) morning, about three and one-half miles east of Earling, in Shelby County. Deputy Glenn Birks with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office told KJAN News two motorcycles were traveling north on Highway 59 at around 9:20-a.m, when for reasons unknown, one of the cycles, a Harley Davidson, went out of control about 2.5-miles north of Highway 37/F-24. The cycle ended-up on its side, skidding on the highway before coming to rest. The female driver was tossed off the machine and suffered head injuries. Birks said she was not wearing a helmet.

The unidentified woman was transported to Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan. A report on her condition is not available. The accident remains under investigation. Assisting sheriffs deputies at the scene, were rescue crews from Westphalia 1st Responders, Earling Rescue, Medivac, and the Iowa State Patrol.

The National Weather Service says people in Iowa should be prepared for severe weather, especially this afternoon and this evening. In their web briefing late this (Saturday) morning, officials said the primary threat from storms will be damaging winds and large hail, lightening, and heavy downpours of rain.

Winds of 60-to 80-miles per hour can have the same effect as an EF-0 tornado. The level of storm activity will vary widely, depending on how far north a frontal boundary that pushes north from Missouri will end up. Right now, the target is southern Iowa, but southwest and western Iowa could be affected…especially by strong winds and large hail.

Timing for these events will be this afternoon through the midnight hours. Most of the State of Iowa is under a “Slight” risk for severe weather. The greatest chance for severe weather will be in far southeast Iowa into central Illinois. Stay tuned to KJAN for further weather updates.

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The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of a Red Oak man early Saturday (7/26) morning.  At approximately 3:00am officers arrested 36-year-old Kale Alan Wenberg of Red Oak for Interference with official acts in the 300 Block of West Washington Street in Red Oak.  Wenberg was taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and is being held on $300 cash bond.

Iowa’s annual roadside survey of small game animals, from pheasants to quail to rabbits, is now underway. D-N-R wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says specially-trained crews will cover 210 routes across Iowa totaling about five-thousand miles during the coming two-week period. “It gives us a real good indication of what our small game populations are doing and what hunters can expect,” Bogenschutz says. “Mainly pheasant hunters are most interested in what’s going to happen this fall and how it compares to last year. The survey is our best statewide snapshot.”

He says it’s too early to predict what kind of season pheasant hunters will see. He notes, this past winter was quite harsh while many areas of Iowa had flooding this spring and summer — all of which could impact the various wildlife populations. “Most of our critters are fairly resilient so we’ll wait and see,” Bogenschutz says. “Right now, we’re thinking we’re going to see small declines or maybe populations real similar to last year.”

The roadside surveys first started in Iowa in the 1930s and were standardized in the 1960s. The survey began yesterday (Friday). The results should be ready by early to mid-September.

(Radio Iowa)