Police in Red Oak arrested an individual on an assault charge late Saturday night. 22-year old Cody Dean Johnson, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 10:30-p.m. in the 100 block of north 2nd Street. Johnson was charged with Serious Assault and transported to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where he was being held on $1,000 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The owner of cosmetology schools in Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska is asking a judge to dismiss a consumer fraud lawsuit filed by the Iowa attorney general’s office. State attorneys filed a petition Aug. 28 alleging Cynthia Becher, owner of a company that operates La’ James International Colleges violated Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act.

Miller alleges the schools failed to adequately staff classrooms and required students to perform janitorial duties, among other allegations. On Oct. 23 Becher’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss saying the claims are based on vague allegations not facts. Miller’s office plans to respond in a court filing next week.

La’ James has Iowa schools in Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Fort Dodge, Iowa City Johnston. Additional locations are in East Moline, Illinois, and Fremont, Nebraska.

A pursuit that began late Saturday night and ended near a river in Audubon County early this (Sunday) morning, lead to the arrest of one person, while authorities were still searching for another. Details are still sketchy, but we do know the Cass County K-9 team of Kyle Quist and his partner “Vader” were involved in a search for one of the suspects off of Highway 71. Residents in the area were warned to lock their vehicles and report in suspicious persons on their property.

Dep. Kyle Quist administers 1st Aid to his partner “Vader” (Photo Courtesy Quist/I-80 K9)

“Vader” suffered a laceration to his paw during the search, and was treated by his partner, who credited the Cass County Attorney’s Office with purchasing Med Kits for the animals. We hope to have more details later today from the Audubon County Sheriff’s Office.

A Des Moines Register “Iowa Poll” released Saturday night shows Republican Joni Ernst has a seven percent lead over Democrat Bruce Braley in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race. Ernst broke the news to supporters at a rally in Cedar Rapids.

She has been talking about “momentum” the past few days as she’s campaigned around the state. Democrats quickly called the new Iowa Poll results an “outlier” as no other public polls released this past week have given Ernst that much of an edge. The Democrats have stressed their get-out-the-vote effort to encourage unlikely voters to cast a ballot early and Braley himself made the pitch to the crowd gathered for a rally in Des Moines Saturday afternoon.

On Saturday morning Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke by phone with a group of “Progressive Change Network” activists who volunteered to make calls for Braley, Saturday. Reid suggested Iowa’s senate race is the lynch pin to keeping the senate in Democratic control.

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack spoke at Braley’s rally in Des Moines on Saturday and Vilsack repeatedly used the word “critical” to describe the stakes. In 2013, Vilsack decided to remain as U.S. Ag Secretary rather than run for the seat Democrat Tom Harkin has held for 30 years. Harkin and Vilsack will campaign with Braley Sunday. Ernst will make three campaign stops with Governor Terry Branstad and other Republican candidates today (Sunday).

The Iowa Poll showed Branstad holding a 24-point lead over Democratic challenger Jack Hatch.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is rallying Iowa Democrats to get out the vote in the state’s competitive U.S. Senate race, calling Democrat Bruce Braley “the only choice” for the future. Clinton appeared yesterday at a downtown Des Moines rally for Braley, who is locked in a tight race against Republican Joni Ernst. Clinton was also scheduled to attend a Braley event in Waterloo later on Saturday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are investigating the death of a 5-year-old girl. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that officers found the girl dead October 7th inside a downtown apartment littered with illegal drugs. Police are waiting for the toxicology reports to determine the girl’s cause of death.

EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an Evansdale man was hit with a stun gun and arrested following a fire at his home. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that firefighters were called to the house for a fire Thursday night. Authorities say the 33-year-old owner was agitated and couldn’t be calmed at the scene, and police eventually used a stun gun to subdue him. No one was injured in the blaze.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Two construction workers are in the hospital after being hurt in a fall from a lift at a Cedar Falls construction site. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the men fell over 12 feet Friday afternoon inside a building under construction.

A woman from Atlantic was injured during an accident Saturday night on Interstate 80, west of Casey. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 21-year old Jera Bans was driving a 1994 Honda Accord that was rear-ended by a 2012 Kenworth Semi, as both were headed west in the right lane. The driver of the semi, 58-year old Williphord Daugherty, of Emerson, was not injured during the crash, that happened at little after 7-p.m.

Bans was transported by private vehicle to the Cass County Memorial Hospital. Adair Rescue personnel assisted the State Patrol at the scene.