A traffic stop early this (Sunday) morning, in Montgomery County, resulted in the arrest of the driver of a pickup truck. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Dept. says deputies pulled over a Chevy pickup at around 1:20-a.m. at the intersection of Highway 34 and K Avenue. Following an investigation, 19-year old Benjamin Gene Coddington, of Red Oak, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense and cited for Possession of Alcohol Under Legal Age.

The Iowa State Patrol assisted Montgomery County Deputies in their investigation and in conducting the arrest.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to more than 1400 in Oskaloosa Saturday afternoon. Trump greeted a crowd inside the 700-seat high school auditorium and his speech was broadcast into a building next door for the overflow crowd, with still more standing outside unable to get in to either venue.

He spoke for nearly an hour, touching on many of the topics he’s discussed in previous solo stops in Winterset and Des Moines in June. Trump did take on Republican rival Scott Walker, the current front-runner in Iowa polls, saying “He’s the only guy that’s ahead of me. I can’t believe I’m in second place…Folks, would you please put me in first place so I feel better?”

Trump told the audience he had appreciated Walker’s fight in surviving a recall election in Wisconsin, but Trump says a “stupid person” on Walker’s staff made a “horrible statement” about him — and then Trump blasted Walker’s management of Wisconsin. He said “They projected a $1 billion surplus and it turns out to be a deficit of $2.2 billion. The schools are a disaster and they’re fighting like crazy because there’s no money for the school…and he was totally in favor of Common Core. Did you know that?” The crowd cheered Trump’s negative critique of Walker.

Later Trump told reporters Walker hadn’t been that nice to him anyway, saying “One of his people hit me…and I said: ‘Hey, now the glvoes are off…The real truth is that Wisconsin’s it’s a mess right now. It’s a mess, from an economic standpoint.” Trump told reporters there is “no cap” on the amount of his personal fortune that he will spend running for president.

The Trump campaign handed out “Veterans for Trump” signs to the crowd and Brad Nagle, a native of Cherokee, Iowa, who is a former Navy Seal, spoke to the crowd before Trump arrived on stage. Nagle said “Donald Trump loves veterans unlike some others who think . crazies,” Nagle said, to applause. “Donald Trump is someone who talks the talk, but walks the walk. I like that.”

A man in the crowd gave a Marine “oorah” yell in response. Trump later told reporters his well-publicized dust-up with Arizona Senator John McCain over McCain’s “hero” status as a prisoner of war was “over with.”

(Radio Iowa)

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said she never knowingly sent or received classified information using her private email server and did not know what messages were being cited by intelligence investigators as examples of emails containing classified information. Clinton spoke briefly Saturday about the email matter after a Democratic gathering at the Madison County Historical Complex.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Mason City Schools plans to implement a new grading system for its elementary students in kindergarten through sixth-grade this fall. The Globe Gazette reports that instead of receiving a letter grade, students will receive proficiency ratings for their knowledge of specific items. The district’s executive director of educator quality and leadership, T.J. Jumper, says the standards-based scale will be more detailed, with ratings ranging from “emerging” to “advanced.”

ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — A popular phone gadget that’s been banned from amusement parks throughout the country has now been banned in Adventureland Park in Altoona. Des Moines television station KCCI says selfie sticks weren’t just becoming a safety concern for people trying to use them on rides. Adventureland spokeswoman Molly Vincent says guests often complained about people using them during shows and walking with them in crowded areas.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police say a 62-year-old Davenport man who was stabbed last week has died. The Quad-City Times reports that Claude Hanson died Tuesday at Genesis Medical Center-East in Davenport. Police say arrests have been made, and detectives continue to investigate.

Police in Red Oak arrested a woman this (Saturday) afternoon, for Driving While Suspended. 33-year old Bobbie Jo Bruce, of Red Oak, was taken into custody following a traffic stop at around 12:30-p.m.  Bruce was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.