(Radio Iowa) – The chief of the Centerville Fire Department has retired following a month of administrative leave. As first reported by the Ottumwa Courier, the city of Centerville accepted the resignation of Fire Chief Mike Bogel, who led the fire department since 2011. Bogel was placed on administrative leave on August 30th, a day after the city received a report from two consultants that revealed low morale and dysfunction within the department. Further details were not made available in the report which was heavily redacted. On Monday, Centerville’s city council named Assistant Chief Vern Milburn the interim fire chief.

Centerville officials plan to launch a search for the next head of its fire department. In mid-September, a Centerville POLICE officer was fired after allegedly sending an explicit video while on duty.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines has updated its visitor guidelines. The new policy essentially says masking is encouraged, but no longer required. The guidelines say visitors must be 16 years old, with the exception being for patients meeting certain or compassionate care criteria. Visitors must also be free of signs of illness and will be screened for symptoms of COVID-19. The new guidelines went into effect on Oct. 17th.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak have arrested a man on a warrant. Authorities say 43-year-old Dewight Eugene Binau, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 6:30-p.m. Tuesday, on an active Fremont County warrant, for Violation of a No Contact Order/Contempt of Court. Binau was being held in the Montgomery County Jail, on a $3,000 bond.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports the arrest Tuesday evening, of 53-year-old David Wayne Kemp, of Creston. Kemp was arrested at his apartment and charged with Sex Offender Registration Violation 1^st Offense, and 2 counts of Sex Offender Verification 1^st Offense. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $6,000 cash or approved surety bond. 

HENDERSON Co., Ill. (KWQC) – Two workers with a Burlington, Iowa construction company died Tuesday morning, after they were struck while on a bridge worksite, in Illinois. According to the Illinois State Patrol Troopers responded to the scene at around 8 a.m. on the Great River Bridge. The workers, identified as 20-year-old Pearson J. Franklin and 35-year-old Andrew Whitcomb, both from Burlington, were walking behind their stationary pickup truck and trailer, with the yellow construction lights activated, while setting construction barrels for a work zone on the Great River Bridge of U.S Route 34 westbound.

A 2016 Mazda CX5, driven by 21-year-old Emily Johnson, was westbound on the bridge hit a barrel, and then hit the two workers causing fatal injuries. The driver and both construction workers were transported to an area hospital, according to troopers. Both of the construction workers were pronounced dead. Johnson was cited for Scott’s Law – improper passing of a stationary emergency vehicle, improper use of an electronic communication device and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash.