Red Oak Police, late Monday night, arrested a man for Disorderly Conduct. Authorities say 50-year old Kirk Samuel England, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 11:20-p.m. in the 2300 block of Eastern Avenue. His bond at the Montgomery County Jail, was set at $300.

(Radio Iowa, Des Moines) — Republican Governor Kim Reynolds and Fred Hubbell, her Democratic opponent, are debating the executive decisions each has made in their careers. A new Reynolds campaign ad questions how Hubbell managed the Younker’s department store chain in the 1980s and ’90s, when stores in three communities closed. “When it comes to rural Iowa, I’m pretty excited to compare records because it’s not about what you say, but it’s about what you do,” Reynolds says.

Hubbell says the Ottumwa store closure was announced before he became Younker’s C-E-O and people in the ad talking about Younker’s closures in Ottumwa AND in Spencer are local G-O-P officials, not Younkers employees. “Let’s be honest…and let’s talk about the issues of today,” Hubbell says. “…Lack of income growth, lack of access to health care for families and lack of access to education –the biggest challenges in our state — and she’s not talking about it.”

Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann says Hubbell is using “a lot of smoke and mirrors” when discussing his time at Younkers and at Equitable, the insurance company started by Hubbell’s great grandfather. Kaufmann also suggests Hubbell was not qualified for jobs he held at the companies his family owned. “I’m going to put my money with proven leadership, with Kim Reynolds, not some Polk County windbag that doesn’t have a clue,” Kaufmann says.

Hubbell says the tone of the ad shows Reynolds can’t run on her own “record of mismanagement,” from closing two of the state’s Mental Health Institutes to slashing higher education funding. “It makes no sense to be talking about what happened 30 years,” Hubbell says. “We should be talking about the issues of today and how we’re going to improve the quality of our education and the quality of how our education affects society and the results in our state.”

Hubbell is campaigning in the state this week, with stops in Nevada and Cedar Falls this (Tuesday) afternoon. Reynolds is attending National Governors Association events in Colorado this week.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:47 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa football player faces a public intoxication charge after police say he drunkenly mistook a police car for an Uber. University police say 22-year-old Brady Reiff was arrested in Iowa City around 2 a.m. Saturday. According to police records, Reiff tried to open the front and rear doors of the parked cruiser. An officer says when he asked Reiff what he was doing, Reiff told him he was looking for a ride.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The corn and soybean crops in Iowa and Nebraska are significantly ahead of schedule and looking very good for a plentiful harvest this fall. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its weekly crop progress report says Nebraska corn is rated 87 percent good to excellent and in Iowa its 79 percent good to excellent. Soybeans are 85 percent good to excellent in Nebraska and 76 percent in Iowa. The crops are significantly ahead in development in both states.

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — Relatives, friends and law enforcement are looking for a University of Iowa student who went missing from her hometown in central Iowa. Authorities say 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was reported missing Thursday. The Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that Tibbetts had not been found. Posters placed around town have one word across the center: Missing. Searchers have focused on fields between her home and where she was dog sitting.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — The National Weather Service has raised its count of tornadoes in the flurry that struck central Iowa. The service says a dozen or more occurred Thursday, with three accounting for 17 injuries and significant damage in Bondurant, Marshalltown and Pella. The Bondurant tornado was rated an EF2 with estimated peak winds of 115 mph. The twisters that struck Marshalltown and Pella were rated EF3 with peak winds estimated at 144 mph.

DECORAH, Iowa – Emergency personnel responded to a report of a drowning on July 22 around 2:45 p.m. on the Upper Iowa River, northwest of Decorah. Kayakers found the body of 65-year old Susan Ann Fechhelm, of St. Petersburg, Florida near the shoreline and attempted to provide immediate medical attention. She was eventually transported to Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah, where she was pronounced dead.

Fechhelm was by herself in a kayak and believed to have been in distress, although no witnesses observed her kayak capsizing. Fechhelm was wearing a life jacket when she left the canoe access, however it is unknown at this time why and when the life jacket partially came off.

An autopsy will be performed on Fechhelm at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny to determine if any other factors contributed to the drowning.

Th case remains under investigation by the Iowa DNR and assisting agencies included Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office, Decorah Fire Department, Winneshiek County Medical Center Ambulance, Iowa State Patrol and Iowa Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Enforcement.

The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors met Monday evening at City Hall. During their meeting, they were introduced to Ron Flory, part-time Park Foreman, who previously worked for the City of Atlantic’s Wastewater Treatment Plant for more than 33-years, starting when he was just a teenager.

Atlantic Parks & Rec Foreman Ron Flory.

Parks and Rec Director Seth Staashelm explained what Flory’s job entails. He’ll be overseeing the department crews out in the field, helping with equipment maintenance, serving as the department safety officer and other duties. Staashelm will serve in a more administrative role. Flory said he was stepping “Out of [his] comfort zone a little bit and trying something new,” in taking the position. It’s so far it’s been a lot of work, but a fun job for the next seven-years or so, until I retire.”

He said there’s been a lot work cleaning up the storm damaged trees, taking care of mowers that have broken down, maintenance and cleaning, as well as working on the new Schildberg Recreation Area playground. As far as the east playground is concerned, Staashelm said it’s nearly finished. The structure is completed, and there have already been some play dates have been taken advantage of by YMCA kids and others.

All that remains is setting placques for the park benches in place, and adding some signage with regard to parent supervision required of children ages 5-to 12. The Schildberg west Shelter is also nearly complete, with the exception of the electrical hookups being connected for outlets. Seth Staashelm said also, the old Sunnyside Park entrance sign has been completely demolished, and it’s hoped the new sign will be in-place by Labor Day, just in-time for the Disc Golf Tournament, which draws more than 200 competitors from 13 different States.

Staashelm said also they had good participation in their Summer program (tennis and swimming), and the Sunnyside Pool sold 166 units this year altogether, as compared to the 127 sold last year. The last day for the pool to be in operation is August 18th, which is also the day for the “Doggie Dip,” that takes place from 1-until 4-p.m. , as a fundraiser for the Atlantic Animal Shelter. Last year the event had a large showing and raised $365 at One-dollar per dog, plus extra donations that came in.

He said there will be dogs in the pool, it will get dirty, and if people want to swim, they will do so “At their own risk.” Kids are not encouraged to be swimming at that time.

A man from Greenfield was being held in the Adair County Jail Monday (today) on a $500,000 cash only bond, in connection with his arrest last Thursday. 30-year old Andy Joseph Engles was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault/Bodily Injury, for choking a woman to the point where she couldn’t breathe. He was also charged with Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree after allegedly forcing his victim to have sex with him and fracturing her left maxillary sinus area. And, Engles was charged with Willful Injury resulting in serious injury, after he slapped the same woman several times in the face. The incidents occurred at his residence on northeast 3rd Street in Greenfield, at around 10:30-a.m. July 18th.

And, 45-year old Jodi Lea Griffith, of Fontanelle, was being held in the Adair County Jail to serve her sentence on a conviction of Possession of a prescription drug without a prescription. She was booked in on July 19th per a court order, and released on July 21st.