OXFORD, Iowa (AP) — The two people who died when a small plane crashed in eastern Iowa have been identified. The Des Moines Register reports the Johnson County Sheriff’s office identified the victims Sunday. The crash happened Friday afternoon about 15 miles northwest of Iowa City.

Authorities say 70-year-old Terry Koehn, of rural Iowa City, and 56-year-old James Spicer, of Cedar Rapids, were killed in the crash. The single-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from a private airfield in Oxford. The plane was on fire when authorities arrived.

Federal investigators are looking at the wreckage of the 1965 Piper Cherokee 180 to determine what caused the crash.

A semi-tractor trailer caught fire Saturday morning on Interstate 80, in Cass County. The road was closed eastbound for a time near the 54 mile marker, while Marne and Atlantic Firefighters battled the blaze. Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon says it’s believed the fire – which was reported at around 6:50-a.m., started with an overheated tire.

The trailer was loaded with various food products. No injuries were reported.

Photos courtesy Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon.

The Iowa State Patrol reports two people died and another was injured during separate accidents, Saturday afternoon. The first accident took place in southern Iowa’s Clarke County. The Patrol says 59-year old Jon Jay Jackson, of Osceola, died after a car made a u-turn in front of him and his motorcycle struck the car. The accident happened at around 3:45-p.m. in front of the Clarke County Historical Museum. Jackson, who was riding a 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle, tried to avoid the collision by laying his bike on its side. He died at the Clarke County Hospital. The driver of the 1997 Ford Thunderbird Jackson struck, was identified as 82-year old Porter Sproll, of Osceola. He was transported by LifeFlight to Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.

The second accident happened in northern Iowa’s Winnebago County. The Patrol says the victim (Who’s age and gender were not made available), was riding a 2016 Polaris Ranger and turning left from a private driveway onto 100th Avenue, when they lost control and caused the machine to roll onto its side. The driver was ejected. The accident happened at around 4:15-p.m.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:50 a.m. CDT

OXFORD, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane in eastern Iowa. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says the two were the only passengers aboard the single-engine plane that crashed Friday afternoon shortly after taking off from a private airfield in Oxford, about 15 miles northwest of Iowa City. Authorities have not yet released the names of the two killed, pending notification of their family members.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — A man shot by police during a December standoff at a Home Depot in Bettendorf has pleaded guilty to several charges. The Quad-City Times reports that 19-year-old Joshua Price, of Bettendorf, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree burglary, false imprisonment and assault. Authorities say Bettendorf Police Lt. Kent Keeshan shot Price on Dec. 19 inside the store. Police say Price was suicidal and had taken the store manager hostage after ordering him to evacuate the store.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to eluding and interference with official acts. The Sioux City Journal reports that 27-year-old Brittney Hood was sentenced Friday. Authorities say Hood sped away from a deputy Feb. 26 when he tried to pull her over and was caught when she tried to flee on foot. Authorities say another man drove away in the vehicle and later exchanged shots with another deputy.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — An Illinois man has been charged with committing sexual abuse on a child in Fort Dodge in north-central Iowa. The Messenger reports that 21-year-old Dewayne McGhee, of Chicago, has been charged with first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree sexual abuse and child endangerment causing bodily harm. Police say the charges come after police were called to Fort Dodge hospital, where a child younger than 12 had been taken. Doctors say the child had been physically and sexual assaulted.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a man from Oregon on drug charges. 18-year old Kristian Lucas Mann, of Keizer, OR, was taken into custody for possession of Ecstasy, LSD and drug paraphernalia. Mann also had a federal warrant for his arrest that was issued out of Oregon. He was being held in the Fremont County Jail on $150,300 bond.

Mann

His arrest followed an investigation in a vehicle reported to have been parked in the turnaround on Interstate 29 at mile marker 17. When a Deputy arrived on the scene, he found Mann, the driver of vehicle, and another passenger, were asleep. The driver and passenger were released after the investigation.

The Red Oak Police Department reported multiple arrests from Friday and Saturday morning.

On Friday at 4:19pm Officers arrested three individuals in the 300 block of West 2nd Street for Trespassing. Those arrested were 38-year-old Leonard Thomas Wright of Council Bluffs, 24-year-old Cody Dean Johnson of Corning, and 38-year-old Heidi Ann Bernt of Omaha.  All three were taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 bond.

Early Saturday morning Red Oak Police arrested a Red Oak man on drug and alcohol charges. At 12:38am Officers arrested 20-year-old Luis Rodriguez Ibarra of Red Oak for Possession of a Controlled Substance Marijuana and Possession of Alcohol Under the Age of 21. He was arrested in the 700 block of North Broadway Street and taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 cash bond. Red Oak Police was assisted by Montgomery County Deputies on the case.

Also early Saturday Morning at 12:44am Red Oak Police arrested 18-year-old Christopher Michael Ceder of Red Oak in the 700 block of North Broadway Street for OWI Drugged 1st Offense.  Ceder was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 cash bond. Red Oak Police was assisted by Montgomery County Deputies on the case.