WESTFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Deputies responding to a report of debris in a northwestern Iowa road found a wrecked van overturned in a creek and a man’s body inside. The Sioux City Journal reports that Plymouth County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the rural county road just before 5 a.m. Tuesday. While investigating the debris, the deputies realized a vehicle had hit a nearby bridge railing, and then found a van on its top in the creek below.

The deputies were checking the wreckage when they found the body of 49-year-old Kevin Fant, of Ireton, inside the van. Investigators believe Fant missed a curve in the road, hit the guardrail and went airborne, landing in the creek.

No serious injuries were reported following a two-vehicle collision Tuesday evening, in Atlantic. Atlantic Police Officer Dustin Pieken told KJAN News a Honda cross over-style SUV driven by an adult female was traveling westbound on 7th Street, when she ran the red light and her vehicle collided with a van carrying two adults and five children. The van was traveling south on Olive Street. The airbags on the Honda deployed during the impact. The crash happened at around 5:34-p.m. No names have officially been released.

A public hearing will be held Wednesday evening in Atlantic, with regard to the plans, specifications, and form of contract for street and alley improvements, in Atlantic. Iowa Code requires a public hearing to be held before the City enters into a contract with a construction company. The hearing takes place during a meeting of the Atlantic City Council, which begins at 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, at City Hall.

City Administrator John Lund says Henningsen Construction was the low bidder for the projects, in the amount of $1.13-million, which Lund says was well below the $1.58-million the City had budgeted for. He says Henningsen was able to bid lower than expected, due to the fact their asphalt plant would be located near Atlantic this summer for their other major projects, and because of the continued low oil prices. Oil is used in the Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) process. The savings, according to Lund, will permit the City to easily accommodate any change orders, and will be carried over into the 2017 Capital Improvement Plan.

In other business, City Administrator John Lund will provide the Council with a report on a Highway 71 Speed Study. The Iowa DOT conducted the study, and determined that which people are speeding on Highway 71 in the City limits, the lack of major accidents does not justify changing the posted speed limits.

Lund will also report on the Tax Abatement Program that was approved by the Council in the Fall of 2014. The Council’s meeting will conclude with a closed session per Iowa Code, to discuss matter presently in litigation or where litigation is imminent, and where its disclosure would likely prejudice or disadvantage the position of the City.

A Taylor County man stopped in Adams County today (Tuesday), was found to have six withdrawals in effect. 28-year old Jessie Fitzwater, of Gravity, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, and six-counts of Driving Under Suspension. The Sheriff believed Fitzwater was impaired. He was brought to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, where Fitzwater refused to consent to a test for impaired driving.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on drug charges June 30th, of 62-year old Rodney Scott Rasmussen, of Atlantic. Rasmussen was taken into custody on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for felony Possession Meth/ 3rd or Subsequent offense, and Possession of Marijuana 1st Offense. Rasmussen was also charged with another count of Possession Meth/3rd or Subsequent offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was taken to the Cass County Jail where he was released the following day on $11,300 bond.

Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two people last Friday. 50-year old Thomas Leeroy Jackson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested after he turned himself in at the Cass County Jail, on a Department of Corrections warrant for Parole Violation. Jackson was released later that day on $5,000 bond. And, 24-year old Morgan Barbara Dvorak, of Atlantic, was arrested Friday on charges of Domestic Assault, and two counts of Assault with Intent to Cause Injury. Dvorak was taken to the Cass County Jail and was released the following day on $6,300 bond.

(12-p.m. News)