DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – MidAmerican Energy has decided against building a second nuclear power plant in Iowa and against building any major power plant for now.  The Des Moines Register reports  that MidAmerican says there is no approved design for the nuclear plant it wanted to build and there are too many questions about limits on carbon emissions from a natural gas plant. Iowa has one nuclear power plant, the Duane Arnold plant near Palo.
 
MidAmerican Vice President Dean Crist told the newspaper that a feasibility study found that 700-acre sites near Thurman in southwest Iowa and Wilton in southeast Iowa would have worked for a new nuclear plant, which was expected to cost around $1 billion.  MidAmerican says it will refund $8.8 million that its customers paid for the feasibility study.

Police in Red Oak tasered a local man Monday night, after he ran from authorities following a traffic stop. The Red Oak Police Department reports 18-year old Shae Daniel Lewis, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 11:40-p.m. in the 900 block of east Senate Avenue, following a brief foot pursuit. Officials say Lewis was a passenger in a vehicle that had been stopped in the City View parking lot, in Red Oak.

Immediately after the vehicle was pulled over, authorites say Lewis jumped out and took off on foot southbound, toward Senate Avenue. Officers chased the man and several times ordered him to stop. When he failed to comply, officers deployed an X-25 Taser, which hit Lewis in the back and caused him to drop to the ground. Lewis was allegedly found to be intoxicated, and under the legal age to consume alcohol.

After being brought to the Montgomery County Jail and booked in, officials discovered Lewis allegdly brought a controlled substance into the facility. He was subsequently charged with a felony count of entering contraband into a jail facility, possession of marijuana/serious misdemeanor, and public intoxication as well as interference with official acts, both of which are simple misdemeanors. Lewis was also cited for being in possession of alcohol under the legal age.

He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 cash bond.

Police in Red Oak cited two people for drinking under the legal age, Monday night. Officials say 19-year old David Anthony Daugherty the 3rd, of Elliott, was cited for driving while suspended and possession of alcohol under legal age, following a traffic stop in the 2400 block of north 8th Street, at around 11:50-p.m., Monday. A passenger in the vehicle, 19-year old Bryce Dalton Uhlenberg, of Red Oak, was cited for Possession of alcohol under the legal age. Both were released on their respective citations.

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