WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The fact that Iowa residents can complete training for a concealed weapons permit online is troubling to Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports several of the websites advertise training videos that people can watch to complete their training without any need to touch a gun.

Thompson says the online training certificates don’t mean much, but a state law that was changed in 2011 requires him to accept them for gun permit applications. But the training does make it easier for people to get permits. Andrew Cederdahl says he went through an online course, so he could get a permit to legally keep his gun in his car for defense and trips to the shooting range.

A woman from Council Bluffs died following an accident Sunday morning, and authorities believe a medical condition may have been the cause of the crash. 90-year old Ardeth Paulson was found unconscious and not breathing following a single-vehicle accident that happened at around 7:40-a.m. near the intersection of S. 7th Street and Willow Avenue. Rescue crews arrived on the scene and administered CPR before rushing the woman to Jennie Edmundson Hospital, where she died a short time later.

A preliminary investigation determined Paulson’s 2000 Pontiac Grand Am was traveling southbound on South 7th Street and had departed the Roadway to the East before striking a sign post. The vehicle came to rest on the East parking approximately 75 feet North of Willow Avenue.

The accident remains under investigation by the Special Operation Unit.

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has announced that Michele McNabb, M.A., M.L.I.S., of Atlantic, is the winner of its 2016 Genealogy / History Achievement Award.

McNabb is being recognized for her exemplary service, support, leadership, and contributions to the field of genealogical and local history librarianship. She will officially receive the award June 26th at the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, just days before her planned retirement.

McNabb has served as the Museum of Danish America’s Genealogy Center Manager and Librarian in Elk Horn, Iowa since 2002. Since the center’s opening in 1996, its staff and volunteers have assisted many individuals in finding links to their Danish immigrant past and have located lost relatives for both Danish and American researchers.

Michele McNabb

Throughout her career, Michele has presented internationally at numerous workshops and seminars. Next, she is to be the main presenter for a Scandinavian Genealogy Retreat at Omaha’s Swanson Library in early April.

RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need. Since 1993 its Genealogy / History Achievement Award has been given annually and is sponsored by ProQuest. The award presents a citation and $1,500 to a librarian in order to recognize professional achievement in genealogical and historical reference and research.

Learn more about the association at www.ala.org/rusa. The Museum of Danish America Genealogy Center is located at 4210 Main Street in Elk Horn, Iowa. More about the museum and its Genealogy Center can be found at www.danishmuseum.org.

A Pottawattamie County man faces a trio of charges following incidents that occurred Saturday evening and later that same night. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says just before 8-p.m. Saturday, they received a complaint from a resident in the 100 block of E. 5th Street in Villisca, that 25-year old Devin Alexander Davis, of Council Bluffs, was involved in an altercation, and had brandished a knife during the incident.

Deputies were initially unable to locate the man, but just before 11-p.m., Police in Red Oak conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of Linden Street, and found Davis inside. He was arrested for Carrying Weapons, with regard to the complaint in Villisca. Davis was also arrested for Interference with Official Acts, for his conduct during his arrest. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.

Then, just before midnight, Davis was charged with Criminal Mischief in the 2nd degree, for causing damage to his jail cell. His bond was subsequently increased to $5,000. Davis remained in the Montgomery County Jail this (Sunday) morning.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

NORA SPRINGS, Iowa (AP) — Protesters have promised to picket outside a recently-opened exotic dance club in Nora Springs every night it’s open. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that several people protested Friday night outside the Pole Barn Theater. They held picket signs reading “Women Are Not For Sale” and “Real Men Don’t Exploit Women.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A longtime southern Iowa sheriff has resigned amid allegations that he sexually harassed employee, courthouse workers, witnesses and crime victims. The Des Moines Register reports that Decatur County Sheriff Bert Muir resigned Friday. The 66-year-old Muir denied the claims and said the county board’s move to have him removed from office was politically motivated.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police say one person has been shot at a Cedar Rapids grocery store parking lot, but is expected to survive. Television station KCRG reports that the shooting happened around 9:20 p.m. Friday at Jim’s Foods, with multiple people reporting the shooting to 911. Responding officers found blood in the lot, but no victim. A short time later, authorities say a 24-year-old man was reported at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Burlington police have interviewed more than dozen people but have no suspect or motive in Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a local teenager. The Hawk Eye reports that 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson’s body was found late Wednesday night in an alley. Johnson was a junior at Burlington High School.