(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says there is a good possibility the U-S Supreme Court will review an appeal from Iowa or two other states that have passed immigration enforcement laws.

Earlier this week a federal judge in Des Moines issued an order temporarily blocking enforcement of Iowa’s illegal reentry law. It would let Iowa officials arrest and deport immigrants who’ve previously been deported or were denied entry to the U-S. Bird is appealing that ruling to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.

The U-S Justice Department and civil rights groups filed lawsuits arguing the federal government has sole authority to enforce immigration laws and the state law that was to go into effect July 1st is unconstitutional. The lawsuits cite a 2012 U-S Supreme Court ruling that overturned an Arizona law that would have given Arizona police authority to arrest undocumented immigrants suspected of committing any crime that made them eligible for deportation.

The Arizona law that was overturned also sought to make it a state crime for unauthorized immigrants to fail to have some sort of government-issued I-D. Emma Winger, an attorney with the American Immigration Council, says Iowa’s law could lead to deporting people who’ve obtained legal residency or asylum in the U.S. after being deported.

(Radio Iowa) – FEMA has opened up three more Disaster Recovery Centers in Clarke, Polk and Pottawattamie counties. FEMA Spokesman John Mills says these centers add more options for people dealing with storm damage.

Mills says anyone who was hit by a storm in the federal disaster areas should talk to FEMA.

Assistance is available in Adair, Montgomery, Polk and Story County for the May 20th to 31st storms. FEMA funding is also available for homeowners and renters in Clarke, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby and Union counties for the April 26-27th tornadoes and storms.

Mill says you should take photos of any damage you may have from the storms.

The phone number to call is 800-621-FEMA (3362). You can also go online at DisasterAssistance.gov, or use the FEMA app. Mills says some people hit in the first round of storms may now have information that can lead to assistance.

Recovery specialists from the U-S Small Business Administration will also be at the disaster recovery centers to provide information on available services. The new disaster recovery centers are at the Clarke County Annex Building 109 South Main Street Osceola; the Riley Resource Group in Polk County at 4400 E. University Ave. Pleasant Hil; and in Pottawattamie County at the Charles E. Lakin Human Services Campus North Parking Lot 815 North 16th Street Council Bluffs.

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(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report two arrests: On Monday, 31-year-old Dakota Haner, of Pisgah, was arrested on a Harrison County Warrant. His bond was set at $500. And, today (Tuesday), 44-year-old Barbara Riley, of Glenwood, was arrested for driving while barred. Her bond was set at $2,000.

More than seven inches of rain have fallen from Sunday night through Monday in the Iowa Great Lakes area, causing lake levels to get near records. Dickinson County Emergency Management will implement a five mile-an-hour rule for all watercraft starting today (Tuesday) at 4 p-m. Captain Greg Harson of the D-N-R Law Enforcement Bureau says they hope to reduce the wake impact against the shoreline.

Harson says the change from drought to excess rain has already impacted boaters as docks are underwater.

The record flooding levels happened back in 2018. Dickinson County Emergency Management reports Big Spirit Lake and East and West Okoboji are about a half foot away from that level as of this morning (Tuesday).

(By Sheila Brummer, Iowa Public Radio via Radio Iowa)

(Sac City, Iowa) – In update to our previous report, the Sac County Sheriff’s Office says a man from Crawford County died Friday, following the pursuit of a stolen vehicle. The Sheriff’s report follows: