(Updated 9:35-a.m.)

One person was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic early this (Sunday) morning following a rollover accident a couple of miles southeast of Wiota. According to dispatch reports, a woman went to a farmhouse just south of 390th Street and Independence Road at around 3:15-a.m. and reported she was in a vehicle that had been involved in an accident.

Deputies found the car upside down and were initially unable to determine if there were any other persons in the vehicle because the top was crushed. They saw footprints leading from the car into a field.
Anita Rescue and Wiota 1st Responders were called to the scene and used a thermal imaging device to help search for other, possible victims. None were found, and after doing some checking, deputies determined the woman appeared to have been alone in the vehicle at the time of the crash.

Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Kyle Quist told KJAN News the woman, whose identity has not yet been released, was cited for Failure to Maintain Control and Having No Proof of Insurance. An additional charge of OWI is pending the results of chemical tests given to the woman at the hospital.

Additional information is expected to be released on Monday.

Police in Red Oak say a man from Missouri was arrested late Saturday night for Public Intoxication. 36-year old Paul Michael Campbell, of St. Joseph, MO., was arrested at around 11:30-p.m. after officers responded to a residence in the 1600 block of east Summit Street. Campbell was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $300 cash bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A narrowly focused medical marijuana law just took effect in Iowa, but advocates are already hoping they can expand access to the drug for the chronically ill.

State lawmakers this year approved legislation allowing the use of oil derived from marijuana to treat chronic epilepsy. The law was driven largely by mothers of children with epilepsy. It lays out strict criteria, including acquiring a registration card through the state and buying the oil in another state that produces it.

State Sen. Joe Bolkcom, a Democrat from Iowa City, says he hopes this bill is a first step toward a more comprehensive medical marijuana law. He hopes to get bipartisan support for legislation in 2015.
A spokesman for Gov. Terry Branstad says Iowa should be cautious about expanding the law.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Human Services Department says changes in the federal farm bills means that about 1,100 Iowa businesses must pay for equipment and supplies, or pay transaction fees, in order to accept food stamp payments. The agency says Iowa can no longer use federal funds to provide equipment and pay transaction costs for retailers who average at least $100 a month in food stamp transactions.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Polk County Jail has joined a growing list of law enforcement agencies no longer holding immigrants in jail without a warrant if they’re suspected of being in the country illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being scrutinized for asking local agencies to hold such individuals for two additional days to give federal agents time to investigate and, if needed, start deportation steps.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two 19-year-old Des Moines men have been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for the beating death of another man last year. James Alon Shorter and Yarvon Nathaniel Russell were convicted in the August beating death of Richard Daughenbaugh, who authorities say was killed after honking his horn at a group of men. One other man also was convicted in the case.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Habitat for Humanity has received a bit of charity of its own. The Dubuque farm supply business Theisen’s has donated tools to the house-building nonprofit to replace stolen equipment. Tools valued at more than $3,800 were stolen from the group, which says its insurance costs would be unaffordable if its policy extended to cover its tools.