The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has released additional details about a high-speed chase that began Monday night in Griswold and ended early this (Tuesday) morning, in Page County. As we reported earlier today (Tuesday) a Cass County deputy attempted a traffic stop on a 2002 Chevy pickup on 550th Street in Griswold. A pursuit began when the driver of the vehicle refused to stop. The chase continued through Montgomery County into Page County where the vehicle wrecked and two subjects were apprehended at around 1:24-a.m.  The suspects were identified as 21-year old Johnathan Tyler McAlpin, of Red Oak, and 22-year old Alexandra Marie Sindt, of Griswold. The pair were found after a nearly 2-hour search. The State Patrol said they were suffering from hypothermia and were transported to a hospital for treatment before being taken to the Page County Jail.

Authorities in Montgomery County have charged McAlpin, who was driving the pickup, with felony Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree and Assault with a Deadly Weapon upon a Peace Officer, as the result of the alleged ramming of a police cruiser with the pursued vehicle.

Two cruisers were also rammed in Page County. Page County is charging McAlpin with several felonies, including two counts of Assault with Intent to Cause Serious Injury, Eluding, Criminal Mischief 1st Degree, Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree, and a serious misdemeanor charge of OWI 1st Offense. Sindt, who was a passenger in the vehicle,  is charged in Page County with Interference with Official Acts (Simple Misdemeanor). Traffic violations are forthcoming in Cass County in connection with the incident.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The 2014 Iowa political calendar effectively begins tonight (Tuesday) at the precinct caucuses for both parties. These organizing meetings kick off a series of party events, culminating with the state conventions in June. They tend to mostly attract loyalists in non-presidential election years.

The caucuses begin a process of building a volunteer base. That party faithful sets the tone for the elections in 2014 and starts organizing in advance of the 2016 presidential election in the early-voting state of Iowa.

Attendance is expected to be much lower than in presidential years. Republicans had more than 120,000 attend the 2012 caucuses, when there was an open primary. More than 200,000 Democrats participated in the 2008 caucuses, the last time there was an open Democratic presidential primary.