The City of Atlantic’s Community Protection Committee will recommend to the full City Council fireworks will be allowed within City limits from 6-pm until Midnight on the 4^th of July, and on New Year’s Eve from dusk until 12:15-a.m. New Year’s Day. Governor Branstad, Tuesday, signed a bill into law allowing the sale of fireworks in Iowa, beyond the traditional sparklers, snakes and caps. The bill prohibits cities and counties from banning the sale, but it does not set forth rules as to if or when they can be used on those two holidays.

The CPC agreed to allow only tent sales of fireworks in the City by licensed and insured vendors, but also agreed to charge a $200 fee on top of the $1,000 fee vendors pay to the state for certification and licensing. The sites must also be inspected as required by the bill, but because the State Fire Marshals Office is so busy, the question of who will inspect the vendor operations, is not clear.

City Administrator John Lund talk with Atlantic Fire Chief Mark McNees about the requirements and ask him to conduct the inspections.

Two people riding a motorcycle were injured during a collision between the cycle and a deer Tuesday night, west of Griswold. According to dispatch reports, the accident happened just before 10-p.m. on Highway 92. Griswold Fire and Rescue along with Medivac ambulance were called to the scene near the Apple Orchard, west of Griswold. Additional information was not immediately available.

And, one person was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital following a single-vehicle accident at around 7:40-p.m.Tuesday on 22^nd Street, near the Sundance Apartments. Dispatch reports indicated a vehicle struck a light pole at that location, and that a male subject was outside the vehicle, laying on the ground.

Officials on the scene said a westbound Jeep went out of control and entered the south ditch before hitting the utility pole. The SUV then came to rest on its wheels. The victim was transported by Medivac ambulance to the hospital. The accident remained under investigation, and additional information was not available.

Officers were assisted at the scene by deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and personnel from the Atlantic Fire and Rescue Department, along with Medivac.

Authorities in Montgomery County report three people were arrested, Tuesday. Red Oak Police say 69-year old Linda Kay King, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 3-p.m. for Theft in the 5th Degree, in connection with the alleged theft on Monday from a grocery store, of items valued at less than $200. King was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.

Red Oak Police also arrested 27-year old Carley Marie Whiteaker, of Red Oak, on an active Montgomery County warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. Whiteaker was taken into custody at around 3:50-p.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where her bond was set at $150.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies Tuesday night, arrested 39-year old Samuel Joseph Norris, of rural Red Oak, for Domestic Abuse Assault and Child Endangerment. Norris was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, pending a court appearance.

A motorcyclist died Tuesday, after their cycle collided with a van in eastern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports the collision that happened just after 6-p.m. Authorities say a 2008 Chrysler van driven by 27-year old Katie Brown, of Arlington, IA, was traveling west on Delaware County road C-64 just past 120th Avenue, when an eastbound 2006 Victory motorcycle crossed the center line of the road and collided with the van.

The name of the motorcyclist was being withheld pending notification of family. Officials say Brown was transported by ambulance to the hospital.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Corrections fired a prison captain after finding that he purchased ammunition for his and other employees’ personal use through its supplier at the tax-free government rate. D.J. Quinlan, a supervisor at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, was fired Feb. 17 after spending nine months on paid leave during a disciplinary investigation. He’s appealing his firing even as an inquiry by the Division of Criminal Investigation remains open.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has extended an order that blocks part of a new law requiring women in Iowa to wait 72 hours before they can get an abortion. The high court said in a ruling filed Tuesday that a temporary injunction approved Friday shall remain in effect until a district court takes further action regarding a lawsuit brought on by the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa is seeking to delay the upcoming trial in a discrimination lawsuit filed by fired women’s field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum. Assistant attorney general George Carroll filed a motion Tuesday seeking to push back Griesbaum’s June 5 trial until a later date, saying the university “will not be able to present an adequate defense” in the 10-day period originally envisioned for the trial.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The city of Cedar Rapids will join Des Moines and Muscatine in appealing a recent judge’s ruling saying the Iowa Department of Transportation has the authority to order cities to remove automated traffic-enforcement cameras from highways and interstates. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the Cedar Rapids City County voted 7-1 Tuesday to appeal to ruling.