A narcotics investigation early this (Friday) morning in Fremont County resulted in two arrests. Fremont County Sheriff’ Kevin Aistrope reports the County K9 Unit was conducting the investigation in to Sidney and Farragut areas, during which a vehicle was stopped on 370th Avenue and Manti Road.

Following the traffic stop, 21-year old Jared Comstock, of Farragut, and 20-year old Alix Gorby, of Shenandoah, were arrested. Each faces a Delivery of Controlled Substance and Possession of a Controlled Substance,  charge. They were being held in the Fremont County Jail on $6,000 cash bonds, each.

Alix Gorby

Jared Comstock

The Sheriff says they expect more arrests to transpire from the investigation, and that his deputies were assisted in this latest investigation, by Officers with the Tabor Police Department.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republican leaders are creating a human resources manager position to oversee harassment complaints at the Legislature. The move comes after the state agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a lawsuit involving a former Senate Republican staffer who alleged sexual harassment. Staff for the GOP-controlled House and Senate plan to make the hire before the legislative session begins in January. The Senate staffer filed the suit after reporting sexual harassment, then being fired.

ALTA VISTA, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa parents of a 4-month-ol baby whose maggot-infested body was found in a swing in his family’s home have pleaded not guilty to murder charges. The Courier reported Thursday that 28-year-old Zachary Paul Koehn and 20-year-old Cheyanne Renae Harris, both of Alta Vista, filed written arraignments pleading not guilty earlier in the week. Each face charges of child endangerment and first-degree murder in the death of their son, Sterling Koehn.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa man accused of raping a teenage baby sitter has been sentenced to two years in prison. The Sioux City Journal reports that 25-year-old Colby Mauch, of Castana, was sentenced Thursday in Woodbury County District Court. He had pleaded guilty to one count of assault with the intent to commit sexual abuse, an aggravated misdemeanor.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa state lawmaker has filed a police report accusing someone in her campaign office of stealing $6,000 in campaign donations over several years. The Des Moines Register reports that Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines, D-Des Moines, reported the theft Wednesday. She told police the campaign worker wrote checks to herself from the campaign account. The Associated Press is not naming the worker, since she has not been arrested or charged with a crime.

ALTA VISTA, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa parents of a 4-month-old baby whose maggot-infested body was found in a swing in his family’s home have pleaded not guilty to murder charges. The Courier reported Thursday that 28-year-old Zachary Paul Koehn and 20-year-old Cheyanne Renae Harris, both of Alta Vista, filed written entered a plea of not guilty earlier this week.

Each faces charges of child endangerment and first-degree murder in the death of their son, Sterling Koehn. Authorities say deputies and medics called to the couple’s apartment on Aug. 30 found Sterling dead in the swing. A medical examiner found maggots in his clothing and skin that indicated he hadn’t had a diaper change, bath or been removed from the seat in over a week.

Koehn and Harris remain jailed pending a trial date.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa man accused of raping a teenage baby sitter has been sentenced to two years in prison. The Sioux City Journal reports that 25-year-old Colby Mauch, of Castana, was sentenced Thursday in Woodbury County District Court. He had pleaded guilty to one count of assault with the intent to commit sexual abuse, an aggravated misdemeanor.

Police say that in September 2016, Mauch traveled to the then-17-year-old girl’s home, where she was baby-sitting six children. While the children were in the backyard, Mauch grabbed the girl, pulled down her pants and raped her.

DES MOINES – Recently, Iowa Economic Development Authority announced the cities of Creston and Lewis were awarded a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).

“The award of funds for housing stability to the cities of Creston and Lewis are positive steps for those towns,” said Senator Tom Shipley, R-Nodaway. “Housing stabilization grants allow hardworking Iowans the ability to remain in their homes with important health and safety upgrades.”

The city of Creston will receive $246,200 and the city of Lewis will receive $238,242. Each year, approximately $4 million in federal CDBG funds are available to cities and counties through Iowa’s Housing Sustainability Fund. Eligible applicants are cities and counties under 50,000 people. This money may go to funding public or community services and facilities, housing rehabilitation, or economic development and job training.

Two men from Council Bluffs were arrested this (Thursday) morning in connection with several recent storage unit burglaries and thefts from apartment complex laundry facilities in Council Bluffs. The two suspects are identified as 30 year old Joshua McCammond and 29 year old Jacob Vincent.

McCammond

Vincent

Both men were being held on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including Ongoing Criminal Conduct, Burglary, Theft and Criminal Mischief. Detectives continue to investigate other property crimes that may have been committed by the suspects, and additional charges are expected.

Anyone with knowledge of criminal activity perpetrated by the suspects, or by anyone else, is encouraged to contact the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728 or you can remain anonymous by calling CrimeStoppers at 712-328-STOP (7867).

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says its decision not to fill dozens of postal jobs in Des Moines is intended to deal with a shrinking workload. The comment follows picketing Wednesday by more than 100 postal workers, customers, teamsters and others outside the post office near downtown Des Moines to protest recent job cuts. USPS spokesman John Friess says no one has lost a job at the postal service; all cuts have come through attrition.

The Postal Service has seen growth in its package segment. But Friess says overall volume has declined by more than 3 billion pieces. He says cuts are to “reduce costs and remain competitive in the marketplace, to be able to continue to serve the public in the most efficient, cost-effective way possible and keep mail affordable.”