A collision between a car and a semi tractor-trailer this morning (Friday morning) in Dallas County, left one person dead, another injured. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2015 Lexus GS350 driven by 49-year old Chung C. Lo, of West Des Moines, and a 2006 Kenworth semi driven by 57-year old Douglas Harrison, of Panora, collided head-on as they were traveling on D Avenue, south of Dawson.

The Lexus was traveling north, and the semi was heading southbound, when they collided just north of 150th Street at around 8:50-a.m. Both vehicles came to rest in the east ditch following the crash. Douglas Harrison died at the scene. Chung Lo was transported by Mercy One helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.

Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.

A semi tractor-trailer was involved in an accident Thursday afternoon in Page County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 74-year old William Joseph Davis, of Prescott, was driving a 2001 Kenworth hauling Ag lime in a walking floor trailer, when the rig slid at the intersection of Highway 48 and E Avenue, causing the tractor and trailer to enter the west ditch, where the trailer spilled the load of soil additive onto a field and into the ditch. Davis was not injured during the accident.

Officials say the incident occurred at around 12:38-p.m. northeast of Essex as Davis was making a turn from Highway 48 onto E Avenue. The tractor / trailer combination was owned by Giza Contracting of Creston. The vehicle sustained an estimated $33,000 damage.

No citations were issued due to the road conditions of the melting snow / ice causing the roadway to become water covered ice.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for a Dubuque woman accused of letting her seven children live amid what police say was garbage, rotted food and feces on their home’s floor. Court records say 34-year-old Tiesha Martin pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven counts of child endangerment. Her trial is set to begin March 19. Thirty-three-year-old Jermaine Watson, who police say is the father of the youngest child, also has pleaded not guilty. Court records don’t yet show a trial date for him.

The records say police and a social worker checking on the children at Martin’s residence Jan. 2 found the squalid conditions and say the children were sharing just one bedroom and bed. Martin has said officers lied about the conditions.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A historic building in downtown Sioux City could be up for sale after a federal judge granted a bank’s request to foreclose on the 12-story structure. The Sioux City Journal reports that a federal judge ruled in favor of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Bank and Trust’s foreclosure on the Badgerow Building on Jan. 11. The Badgerow Building was built in 1933. It’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its art deco architecture style.

Minnesota-based Lighthouse Management Group has been overseeing the property during the foreclosure case. Sioux City Economic Development Director Marty Dougherty says the building could attract developers looking to create a downtown, mixed-use facility. The bank can now sell the property though a sheriff’s sale or the U.S. Marshals Service, but hasn’t yet taken steps toward requesting the sale.

What started with a student’s generosity has developed into a new locker room of sorts at Shenandoah High School. A project called the “S-H-S Locker of Giving” is making clothing items available to high school students who need them. Shenandoah sophomore Hannah Mulligan created the program after she started trying to purge her closet at home. “I have way too many clothes,” Mulligan says. “We were sorting through my clothes, and I said, ‘Mom, I don’t need half of this stuff.’ She said, ‘All right, do you want to donate it to one of my friend’s granddaughters?’ And, I said, ‘Mom, what if we started a program that we could donate our clothes to students who might be able to get those at home?'”

After talking to the Shenandoah school superintendent, Mulligan decided to seek donations of not only clothing items, but coats and prom dresses. “What if someone isn’t able to afford a prom dress at the time?” Mulligan asks. “Then, we could have part of our Google classroom be having prom dresses or homecoming dresses. Or, maybe you just couldn’t get out and get a winter coat for the season. We could offer you those for no charge at all.”

With the help of instructors, administrators and students, donations have been flowing into the locker. Kelsey Heintz, the high school’s Life Skills, Special Ed and Health instructor, says the project has helped her Life Skills students with learning important skills, such as washing and folding the donated clothes. “It has definitely helped with the washing of clothes,” said Heintz. “We’re learning how to sort between colors and whites, and not filling our washer too full. That way, we don’t have overflow.”

Heintz says the students are also learning about sorting clothes: “That’s something that we are definitely learning, because when they are at home, they actually don’t have to sort their clothes by size. So, that’s kind of something new to them. But, that’s something I hope will help them if they do get a job in retail, to help them sort clothes there.” Donations to the Locker of Giving are still being accepted, but Mulligan says there are guidelines. “We don’t want anything that’s too, what we might call ‘summer clothing,’ and we wouldn’t want anything with tears, rips, stains or overworn clothing,” Mulligan says. “We’re open to any sizes that would fit a 9th through 12th grader. So, no youth sizes quite yet. We haven’t moved down to the middle school or elementary.”

Other wanted items include shoes, scarves and other accessories. All clothing items are made available to students anonymously.

(Radio Iowa)

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports that an investigation into a stolen vehicle has resulted in new information. Palmer says that at around 10:30-p.m. January 13th, a Page County Deputy attempted to stop a vehicle that was southbound on Highway 71 just north of Braddyville, for a traffic infraction. The Deputy was northbound on the highway when he met the vehicle. The vehicle fled into Braddyville prior to the Deputy being able to get close enough to the vehicle to get a complete license plate number. The Deputy did however, have a description of the vehicle, a red 2008 Ford F-250 pickup with Nebraska license plates. The pickup, which had been abandoned by its occupant or occupants, was found parked in Braddyville.

During the investigation the Deputies searched the area but were unable to locate anyone. The license plates that were on the pickup were not registered to that vehicle. A Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) check through the County dispatch showed the vehicle was stolen from Bellevue, NE. Further investigation this week indicated that it was taken sometime between 6:30-p.m. January 12th, and 7:56-a.m., January 13th, from inside of a fenced-in business lot. The business was also burglarized, with numerous hand / automotive tools, a Miller welder, and cash stolen.

The Page County Sheriff’s is investigating the stolen vehicle incident with the Omaha Police Department. Page County Deputies were assisted in Braddyville by Troopers from the Iowa State Patrol. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 712-542-5193 or their local Law Enforcement Agency.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrested Thursday night, of 20-year old Travis Winfield Shannon, from Avoca. He was arrested at around 9:20-p.m. for OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop near 430th Street and Tamarack Road. And, a man was arrested at around 11:45-p.m Thursday at a residence in Carson. 34-year old Curtis Allen Yelton, of Carson, was taken into custody on a Pott. County warrant for a Sex Offender Registry Verification Violation/2nd offense.