A traffic stop late Friday morning in Red Oak resulted in an arrest. Red Oak Police say 59-year old Dennis Edward Elliott, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 10:15-a.m., for OWI/1st offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving Under Suspension.

Elliott was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Two people were injured when two pickups collided head-on Friday, in Montgomery County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2001 Ford F-150 driven by 19-year old Kammi Conrade, of Red Oak, was traveling southbound on D Avenue at around 6:20-a.m., at the same time a 1998 Chevy S-10 driven by 30-year old Jacob Woods, of Shenandoah, was traveling northbound. The vehicles collided just below the crest of a hill. Woods was not wearing a seat belt.

Conrade and Woods were each flown by LifeNet helicopter to the UNMC in Omaha. The accident remains under investigation. The State Patrol was assisted at the scene by Red Oak Fire & Rescue, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montgomery County EMA.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:00 a.m. CST

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Colorado man who threw a cup of water on Iowa Congressman Steve King has been sentenced to two years of probation. Blake Gibbins, of Lafayette, Colorado, had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault on a member of Congress. Gibbins admitted he approached a table at a Fort Dodge restaurant on March 22 last year and threw a cup of water at the Republican. Gibbins’ attorney has said Gibbins’ actions were out of character and may have resulted from recent emotional pressure. Gibbins was in Iowa for a family funeral when he approached King, and Gibbins had no criminal history.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A panel has forwarded three finalists to fill an Iowa Supreme Court vacancy to Gov. Kim Reynolds. After interviewing 15 lawyers and judges Friday, the State Judicial Nominating Commission selected Mary Chicchelly, a district court judge from Cedar Rapids; Matt McDermott, a Des Moines lawyer who for five years represented the Republican Party of Iowa; and David May, an appeals court judge from Polk City. Reynolds now has 30 days to choose from the finalists. A position on the court became available because of the retirement of Justice David Wiggins. Reynolds has seated three judges since becoming governor.

SPENCER, Iowa (AP) — A northwest Iowa collision with a semitrailer has fatally injured two people in a pickup truck. The crash occurred a little before 1:30 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Highway 71 on the north end of Spencer. Authorities say the northbound pickup halted at a stop sign and then turned left into the path of the southbound semi. The couple in the pickup have been identified as 85-year-old Patricia Juber and 86-year-old Harvey Juber. They lived in Melvin. The semi driver and his passenger weren’t injured.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Johnson County officials says a man serving more than 80 years for two separate murder-for-hire plots died of natural causes. Clayton Schuneman with the county medical examiner’s office told The Gazette that Justin Dewitt died of a heart disease on Feb. 7. Dewitt was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a murder-for-hire scheme in which he sought to have someone kill his business associate, the associate’s wife and their two children. In 2019 Dewitt was sentenced to 50 years for trying to organize from behind bars the killings of witnesses in his first case so they couldn’t testify against him.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Johnson County officials says a man serving more than 80 years for two separate murder-for-hire plots died of natural causes. Clayton Schuneman with the county medical examiner’s office told The Gazette that Justin Dewitt died of a heart disease on Feb. 7.

Dewitt was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a murder-for-hire scheme in which he sought to have someone kill his business associate, the associate’s wife and their two children. In 2019 Dewitt was sentenced to 50 years for trying to organize from behind bars the killings of witnesses in his first case so they couldn’t testify against him.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A panel has forwarded three finalists to fill an Iowa Supreme Court vacancy to Gov. Kim Reynolds. After interviewing 15 lawyers and judges Friday, the State Judicial Nominating Commission selected Mary Chicchelly, a district court judge from Cedar Rapids; Matt McDermott, a Des Moines lawyer who for five years represented the Republican Party of Iowa; and David May, an appeals court judge from Polk City.

Reynolds now has 30 days to choose from the finalists. A position on the court became available because of the retirement of Justice David Wiggins. Reynolds has seated three judges since becoming governor.

(Radio Iowa) — Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say the big upstream reservoirs on the Missouri River are ready for spring snowmelt — and possible flooding. Corps engineer Mike Swenson, in the Omaha office, says they already have hit their flood storage goals and are starting to cut back flows from Gavins Point Dam, upriver from Sioux City.

“Gavins Point releases averaged a record 34,800 (cubic feet per second) in February,” Swenson says. “Releases were decreased from 38,000 to 35,000 CFS earlier this week.” Corps officials say releases will fluctuate up and down frequently as we head into spring as part of an “aggressive strategy” to maintain flood storage space for as long as possible.

“As the Plains snowpack continues to melt, releases will be adjusted as needed based on reservoir system and downstream conditions,” Swenson says. “Releases will remain above average as conditions allow in order to maintain more flood storage for a longer period of time.”

The Corps reports snowpack in the mountains of Montana and Wyoming is now over 100-percent of normal. Officials say runoff has contributed to rises on downstream river levels with the potential to cause setbacks to levee repairs, while cutting back releases from Gavins Point should take the peak off higher river stages.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa House has passed a small batch of bills about broadband service in the state. Representative Ray Sorenson of Greenfield says the G-O-P lawmakers and staff who’ve been working on these issues have begun calling themselves the “broadband bros.”

“I want you to know that we aren’t done and that we will continue to work to connect every last Iowan,” Sorenson said. One bill clarifies that state grants to local telecommunications companies for broadband projects are not considered income. Republican Representative Brian Lohse of Bondurant says that means those grants are NOT subject to state income taxes.

“This bill will ensure that companies are able to expand broadband with every dollar that they are provided by the state,” Lohse says. Representative Dave Williams of Waterloo, a Democrat, estimates the bill’s value.  “This puts another $1.5 million or so into this expansion,” Williams says. Another bill extends the state law that set up statewide rules for how cities and counties may regulate where cell towers are placed.

Republican Representative Jeff Shipley of Fairfield was the only lawmaker to object, arguing cell towers may be a health hazard. “Basically as a society we’ve placed such a emphasis on fast and cheap, we’ve totally forgotten about safety,” Shipley says. Another bill that passed UNANIMOUSLY would have the Iowa D-O-T publicize road construction projects that dig into ground where private companies could install fiber optic cables.

It’s being referred to as a “dig once” policy. Another part of THAT bill would create a new state program to designate Iowa communities as “broadband forward” or “telecommuter forward” zones. It would be up to the Iowa Economic Development Authority to come up for the criteria for those designations. “This is a good bill for Iowa. I hope it helps rural communities.” That’s Representative Brian Meyer, a Democrat from Des Moines.

The other broadband-related bill that passed the House this week calls for a legislative study of exchange points that route traffic on the internet.