(Red Oak, Iowa) – A man who possessed a firearm on school grounds during an Iowa Caucus event in Red Oak, was arrested Monday night. Red Oak Police say officers were called to the Red Oak High School. Upon further investigation, 53-year-old Raymond Lester Simmons, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 8:40-p.m. in the 1200 block of Boundary Street. Simmons faces a Class-D Felony charge of Carrying Firearms on School Grounds.

He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 bond. Red Oak Police were assisted by Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

(Red Oak, Iowa) — A pickup that caught fire Monday afternoon in Red Oak was declared loss, but no one was injured. According to Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce, crews responded to a report of a vehicle at 606 Riverview Driver, fire shortly after Noon, Monday.

Before firefighters arrived civilians on the scene tried to use a hose in an attempt to extinguish the blaze, but the engine compartment and dash were still on fire. Firefighters extinguished the remaining flames.

Photo courtesy of Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce.

Assisting the Red Fire Department at the scene, were officers with the Red Oak Police Department and the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Communications assisted in coordinating incident communications. ,

PERRY, Iowa (KCCI) – Officials from the Perry Community School District announced Monday that they’re postponing the plan to reopen schools after this month’s deadly school shooting. They said last week that elementary and middle school students would return to classes this week and that high schoolers would return date that would be determined later.

High school principal Dan Marburger, who was wounded in the shooting, died Sunday, leading officials to postpone the plan for students to return to classes. Officials said while the reopening plan is on hold until further notice, extracurricular activities for middle school and high school students will resume Tuesday.

Perry High School student Dylan Butler, 17, killed sixth-grader Ahmir Jolliff and wounded seven other people in the shooting on Jan. 4 before killing himself. Marburger, one of those seven, died 10 days later. Authorities have provided no information about a possible motive or how Butler, who they believe acted alone, obtained the firearms.

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston report a man was arrested Monday morning on a Polk County warrant. 41-year-old Nickolas Allen Treanor, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston/Union County Law Enforcement Center, on the warrant for Failure to Appear on an original, Probation Revocation, charge. That original charge was for Possession of a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance.

Treanor was being held in the Union County Jail, awaiting extradition to the Polk County Jail, where he must serve 30-days in jail.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Republican Party officials say it appears about one-hundred-eight thousand (108,000) Iowans participated in last (Monday) night’s Caucuses. That’s nearly 14-and-a-half percent of registered Republican voters. Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann is praising Iowans braved record-low temperatures after a blizzard blanketed the state to participate in community discussions about the future of the country.

It was the lowest turn-out since the Caucuses George W. Bush won 24 years ago. The record for Republican participation in the Iowa Caucuses was set in 2016, when 189-thousand Iowans participated.

(Radio Iowa) – Former President Donald Trump won the 2024 Iowa Republican Party’s Caucuses by a historic margin. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis finished a distant second.

Trump finished second in the 2016 Iowa Caucuses with about 24 percent support. He easily won Iowa in the General Election in 2016 and 2020 — and surpassed 51 percent in last (Monday) night’s Caucuses.

Trump called for unity as the race moves forward.

Trump, who called his competitors DeSantis and Haley very smart, capable people, thanked his family and the campaign staff. Trump also singled out Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, the only statewide elected official to endorse him.

Trump won 98 of 99 Iowa counties. He lost Johnson County by one vote. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis finished with just over 21 percent support — nearly two points ahead of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.

DeSantis called the results “marching orders” for his campaign.

DeSantis says his campaign faced an onslaught.

The DeSantis campaign accused media outlets of election interference by projecting Donald Trump had won before many Caucus-goers had started voting. Haley also said she was Trump’s main competitor. “When you look at how we’re doing in New Hampshire, in South Carolina, and beyond,” she said to loud applause, “I can safely say tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a two person race.” After giving a litany of personal thank yous, Haley reflected on spending eleven months in Iowa. “The kindness of Iowans will never be lost on me,” Haley said.

Governor Kim Reynolds, who endorsed DeSantis, says the Iowa Caucus results make it a two-person race — between DeSantis and Trump.

Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who finished a distant fourth, ended his campaign and endorsed Trump. Jimmy Centers, a communications director for Governor Terry Branstad, says it’s pretty clear Trump is the frontrunner for the G-O-P’s presidential nomination despite candidates like DeSantis and Haley campaigning in Iowa for the past year.*

Centers says unlike 2016, Trump had a record to run on — and that appealed to Caucus-goers.