Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

NEW HARTFORD, Iowa (AP) — Emergency management officials have told residents of New Hartford to be prepared to evacuate as water begins to run over the top of a gravel road that serves as a levee protecting the northeast Iowa community. Ridge Avenue holds back Beaver Creek on the west side of town. The 500 residents of New Hartford have been told to prepare to evacuate if the levee breaks. If it does, officials say they’ll have about 90 minutes to get everyone out.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials in Johnson County have ordered a mandatory evacuation of two rural neighborhoods due to high waters from the Iowa River. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office yesterday ordered residents of Riverview Estates and the Izaak Walton League area to leave their homes. Utilities to the Riverview Estates neighborhood have been shut off.

ONAWA, Iowa (AP) — Stormy weather caused significant problems in the western Iowa city of Onawa, blowing down trees and damaging buildings. Onawa Mayor Bob Skelton told the Sioux City Journal newspaper that strong winds damaged many trees. National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Fobert says damage apparently was caused by a thunderstorm and not a tornado.

LE GRAND, Iowa (AP) — Officials have lifted a boil advisory issued on Tuesday for the small city of Le Grand in central Iowa. The state Department of Natural Resources says test results yesterday of water samples taken earlier in the week showed the water was safe to drink.

Two people were arrested Thursday in Montgomery County. Sheriff’s officials say 50-year old Bryan David Messerly, of Ft. Dodge was arrested late Thursday morning on drug charges, following a traffic stop on Highway 34 about 5-miles west of Red Oak. Messerly was charged with Possession of Marijuana with the intent to deliver, and Possession of Methamphetamine and Heroine/3rd offense. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.

And early Wednesday afternoon, 21-year old Kiley Brian Caron, of Red Oak, was arrested on reckless driving and criminal mischief in the 2nd degree charges, following a traffic accident with a house on 150th Street in rural Red Oak. Officials say Caron was found in the east ditch of Highway 48 near 160th Street, at around 1:50-p.m. Caron was being held in the jail on $5,000 bond.

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Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or persons responsible for an incident of vandalism, in Villisca. Authorities say at around 12:20-p.m. Thursday, they received a report about two wooden picnic tables that had several boards broken. One of the tables was flipped over. The incident happened in the shelter area of the Enarson Elementary School Park, in Villisca. It occurred sometime between 4-p.m. Wednesday and 6-a.m. Thursday. If you have any information about the crime, call Montgomery County Crimestoppers at 1-800-432-1001.

(Used 5-pm News, 5/30/13)