PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to jail for his role in a fatal traffic accident in eastern Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports that Michael Bauman, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced Thursday in Plattsmouth to 250 days in jail. He also was fined $1,000, and his driver’s license was revoked for a year. He’d pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular homicide.

Authorities say he was driving south on Nebraska Highway 43 south of Eagle around 9 a.m. on July 14, 2017, when he turned his semitrailer left into the path of a northbound motorcycle. Forty-seven-year-old Chris Badman died in the collision. He lived in South Bend, Nebraska.

Officials with the Creston Police Department say 49-year old Brian Ward, of Creston, was arrested at around 8:10-p.m., Sunday. Ward was taken into custody for OWI/2nd offense, and Driving While [License] Suspended. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $3,000 bond. And, at around 9:40-a.m. Sunday, a Creston man who resides in the 700 block of W. Devoe, reported to police that his cell phone was taken from his porch sometime during the overnight hours of May 19th-20th. The loss was estimated at $50.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters and others have been searching for a man who was reported to have fallen into the Mississippi River in Davenport. Searchers combed the area near the Lake Davenport Sailing Club, where the man was working on a boat Saturday morning. Divers from the Big River Rescue and Recovery Dive Team joined the effort. The man’s name hasn’t been released.

Members of the CAM School District’s Board of Education will meet 6:30-p.m. today in the CAM High School Media Center. During their regular session, the Board will Discuss and/or act on: Approving salaries for classified staff for 2018-19, and Teacher Leadership position; the 2018-19 school calendar; contracts and/or resignations; a memorandum of understanding with Iowa Western Community College; approval of a sharing agreement with Atlantic School District, and other administrative matter.