GUTHRIE COUNTY, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a drowning at Lake Panorama on Saturday morning. Around 11-a.m.,  the Iowa DNR received a call of a man in the water that was unresponsive. Through the investigation it was determined that 19-year old Ashton Maier, of Grimes, was kayaking with friends when he somehow exited his kayak and went under the water and didn’t resurface for some time.

When bystanders found his body, they performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took over; he was then taken by air ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, where he died on Saturday evening.

When Maier was found, he was not wearing a personal flotation device; however, he did have a personal flotation device within his kayak. The DNR urges everyone to wear your personal flotation device while on the waters.

Sheriff’s officials in Ringgold County, Sunday afternoon, released information about an arrested that took place June 13th, south of Ellston. Authorities say Shelby Lee Jones, of Tingley, was pulled over for a minor traffic violation at around 11:23-p.m.  The traffic stop happened on County Road P-64.

The Ringgold County K9 “Heky” was deployed and alerted to the presence of narcotics. Inside the vehicle, the K9 unit found 13.5-grams of marijuana. Jones was arrested for Possession of Marijuana.

Red Oak Police, Sunday morning, arrested 23-year old Ozzy Ray Hunter, of Red Oak, for Driving While Barred. In addition, Hunter was cited for Operating a vehicle without a registration. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 cash bond.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – After years of losses, officials in Council Bluffs are considering privatizing a 90-year-old city golf course. The Daily Nonpareil reports the City is considering transferring management of Dodge Riverside golf course and its restaurant to a private manager.

The city-owned course was created in 1927. Mayor Matt Walsh says the facility lost just over $300,000 in both fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Walsh says city officials met with staff before the 2016 season to come up with a plan to bring down expenditures. The course eliminated two staff positions and increased green fees by about $2. Despite an increase in revenue, the course still lost just over $250,000.

Walsh says the city will request proposals from golf course management companies in July.

Red Oak Police report two people were arrested Saturday evening, on Theft charges. 30-year old Alana Marie Johnson, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 5:30-p.m. in the 300 block of West Coolbaugh Street, for Theft in the 5th Degree. And, 36-year old Edward Eugene Jones, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 6:15-p.m. as an Accessory to Theft in the 5th Degree. Both were brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 cash bond, each.

Two separate accidents in the eastern half of Iowa claimed two lives, Saturday. The first happened at around 1-p.m. in northeast Iowa’s Allamakee County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 65-year old Dale Ebel, of Duluth, MN, was traveling south on Highway 26, when his 2002 Boss motorcycle went out of control and entered the west ditch south of New Albin. Ebel was ejected from the cycle and came to rest in the ditch. He was transported to  Gundersen Hospital in LaCrosse, WI., where he was pronounced dead.

The second accident happened at around 10:20-p.m. in Central Iowa’s Marshall County, as a 1996 Ford Mustang driven by 30-year old James G. Boucher, of Grundy Center, was transitioning a curve on Highway 330 from Albion. The car yawed left and struck a tree, impacting the passenger side of the vehicle. Boucher, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.