Police in Red Oak, Tuesday afternoon, arrested a man on a felony drug charge. 31-year old Andrew Thomas Copeland Falk, of Red Oak, was arrested for Possession, with the Intent to Deliver – Methamphetamine. Falk was also charged with Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $50,000 cash bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have identified the 60-year-old man whose body was recovered from the Des Moines River last week. Authorities say Leonard Dawson’s body was pulled from the river Thursday afternoon near the Southeast 14th Street bridge in Des Moines. Police say Dawson was reported missing by his family earlier this month. Authorities have not released an official cause of death but they say there were no obvious signs of injury

LA MOTTE, Iowa (AP) — No injuries were reported after a Dubuque school bus hit an agricultural sprayer. The bus drove onto private farm property near La Motte in an attempt to turn around Tuesday morning and hit the boom of a sprayer. The sprayer broke the front windshield of the bus and also hit a side window. The sprayer broke the front windshield of the bus and also hit a side window. Students on the bus were not injured.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Although rain has slowed progress in some regions of the country, farmers planting corn remain ahead of schedule. Nationally, 94 percent of the crop is planted, two percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Most students at Iowa’s three public universities would pay $300 more in the upcoming school year under a plan to increase tuition. The 4.4 percent increase for undergraduate in-state students would replace a tuition freeze approved by the Board of Regents and make up for a stingy budget approved by lawmakers.

Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports applications for a permit to display fireworks in the rural portions of Cass County are available at the County Courthouse in the office of the Cass County Auditor. Person interested in using fireworks on their property will need to do so accordance with CODE OF IOWA 727.2 FIREWORKS, which says a permit is required for display of fireworks.

CODE OF IOWA 727.2 FIREWORKS.
1. The term “fireworks” includes any explosive composition, or
combination of explosive substances, or article prepared for the
purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion,
explosion, deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank
cartridges, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, or
other fireworks of like construction and fireworks containing any
explosive or flammable compound, or other device containing any
explosive substance. The term “fireworks” does not include
goldstar-producing sparklers on wires which contain no magnesium or
chlorate or perchlorate, flitter sparklers in paper tubes that do not
exceed one-eighth of an inch in diameter, toy snakes which contain no
mercury, or caps used in cap pistols.
2. A person, firm, copartnership, or corporation who offers for sale,
exposes for sale, sells at retail, or uses or explodes any fireworks,
commits a simple misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalties,
the punishment imposed for a violation of this section shall include
assessment of a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars.
However, the council of a city or a county board of supervisors may,
upon application in writing, grant a permit for the display of
fireworks by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, and
other organizations or groups of individuals approved by the city or
the county board of supervisors when the fireworks display will be
handled by a competent operator…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Most students at Iowa’s three public universities would pay $300 more in the upcoming school year under a plan to increase tuition released Tuesday. The 4.4 percent increase for undergraduate in-state students would replace a tuition freeze approved by the Board of Regents last year.

Board leaders had warned lawmakers that the freeze was contingent upon receiving additional state funding. The budget signed last week by Gov. Terry Branstad gives the universities a $6.3 million increase, less than one-third of the $20.3 million they had requested.

The tuition increases proposed Tuesday would generate $19.9 million in new funding, including $14.3 million from in-state undergraduates. Annual tuition would rise to $7,178 at the University of Iowa and $7,148 at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.