(Whiting, Iowa) – One person was injured during a collision Monday night in Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a car driven by 45-year-old David Martinez, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was stopped in the right-hand lane of southbound Interstate 29 at around 10:10-p.m., near mile marker 118. The vehicle did not have its lights on. A semi, driven by 53-year-old David Chumbley, of Halbur, was traveling south in the same lane.

When Chumbley saw the car, he swerved to the left to avoid striking it, but ended-up hitting the car. The collision caused the car to be pushed off of the road and into the west ditch. The semi continued south before coming to rest on the shoulder of the road.

Martinez – who was not wearing a seat belt – was flown by Wings Air Care to the UNMC in Omaha.

The Iowa State Patrol reports two people died and three others were injured in two separate crashes, Monday. The first, in Iowa County, took place at around 8:15-a.m. The Patrol says a semi was traveling east on Highway 6 Trail, when a 2006 Ford Fusion stopped, but then pulled out in front of the truck from northbound North Avenue, just east of Marengo. The semi struck the sedan on the driver’s side. One person died, two others were injured in the crash. The injured were transported to the Marengo Memorial, and UIHC Hospitals, respectively. No names were released, pending notification of family.

The second accident happened in northeast Iowa’s Butler County, at around 9:25-p.m., Monday. The Iowa State Patrol says a semi driven by 57-year-old Mark John Behrens, of Carroll, was westbound on Iowa Highway 3. A car driven by 31-year-old Brady Lee Cashatt, of Parkersburg, was traveling north on Quail Avenue in rural Clarksville. The car failed to stop at the intersection, and struck the semi on the left front side.

Following the collision, the semi rolled into the northwest ditch, and the car rolled over, coming to rest upright on the traveled portion of Highway 3.  Brady Cashatt died from his injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt. Behrens was transported to the Waverly Health Center by Allison EMS. The crash remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – A panel of lawmakers has placed a hold a proposed rule to require that Iowa casinos maintain lists of coaches, athletes and other officials who’d be barred from placing sports bets because of their involvement in college sports or fantasy sports. Representative Megan Jones of Sioux Rapids says the rule may have been spurred by the 2019 law that made it legal in Iowa to bet on sports – but it would have been unusual.

“There are 38 states that participate in sports gaming, but Iowa is the first one to request or require this list and so we’re sort of on the forefront here,” Jones says, “and I’m not sure these are waters we’re prepared to go through.” The process to block this regulation started in September, well before charges against Iowa State University athletes accused of placing illegal sports bets were dropped.

“What is problematic in this set of rules is that casinos are required to maintain a list of athletes, athletic trainers, coaches and other affiliated person or they can buy a subscription from a company that purports to do the same,” Jones says. “However, there’s only one entity that’s really doing this and their list, for instance, does not include the University of Iowa.”

Jones says it would be nearly impossible to keep an accurate, comprehensive and up-o-date list of all the sports figures that shouldn’t be betting on sporting events. “Every now and again somebody gets in a tizzie and they’re kicked off the team or there’s a suspension,” Jones says.

The legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee has used its authority to prevent the rule from taking effect until the spring of 2025. The rule would have applied to fantasy sports as well in-person sporting events. A resolution to nullify the rule altogether won House approval on a 92-to-one vote and awaits Senate action.

(Radio Iowa) – A Sioux City woman is in jail after allegedly attacking another woman with a machete this weekend.

Arrest documents say 37-year-old Iona Lasley was in a car yelling at a female transient in an alley Sunday, and then got out and attacked the other woman with a 12 inch machete. The victim had cuts to her face, legs and hands, and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Iona Lasley (Woodbury County Jail photo)

Police say Lasley fled the scene with the weapon, but was caught by an officer. She is facing several charges including willful injury causing serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon, going armed with intent and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lasley is being held in the Woodbury County Jail on a $25.600 bond.

(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The teenage driver of a pickup truck escaped injury when the vehicle went out of control and rolled over last Friday, on an icy Guthrie County road. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports a 2005 Chevy Silverado pickup driven by 15-year-old Amelia Rose Eddy, of Bayard, was traveling west on Highway 141 at around 8:05-a.m., Friday, when the vehicle went out of control between Juniper and Horn Avenues.

The pickup went out of control as it crossed a bridge. It entered the north ditch before rolling over. Authorities say Eddy was wearing her shoulder and lap belt. A 100-percent ice covered bridge was deemed the reason for the accident. Two other vehicles spun out on the same bridge.

The sheriff’s department noted roads in the area were otherwise only slick in spots. The pickup sustained $5,000 damage and was declared a total loss.