Police in Red Oak say three people were arrested Wednesday evening following a physical altercation at the corner of N. 2nd and E. Corning Streets. Officers on routine patrol came across the fight at around 5:15-p.m., and after a brief investigation, arrested 30-year old Jacob Wayne Dykes-Vargas, of Red Oak, for Disorderly Conduct.

Also arrested at the scene, for Interference with Official Acts, was 25-year old Chloe Marguerite Coburn, of Red Oak. 32-year old Dustin Alan Mills, of Red Oak, was arrested at the same location, for Disorderly Conduct, and on an active warrant out of Louisiana, for Failure to Appear on original, Possession of Methamphetamine and Cocaine, charges.

Dykes-Vargas and Coburn were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond, each, while Mills was being held in the jail awaiting extradition to Louisiana.

Republican Senator Joni Ernst is accusing President Obama of engaging in a “misinformation campaign” about the Iran nuclear deal by suggesting “there are only two options: his agreement or war” with Iran. “Rather than representing the facts and our country’s options, I challenge supporters of this agreements to explain to the American people why they are supporting a flawed and bad deal today,” Ernst says, “when we should be putting our citizen’s interests and their security first.” According to Ernst, this is one of the “most consequential” national security decisions the U.S. will ever make.

“How can we ever be certain of compliance if Iran decides to cheat and we have a weak inspection regime as part of this deal?” Ernst asks. “I would argue that we can’t.” And Ernst says Iran is “poised to double-down on its support of terrorism” if the deal is ratified. “As a veteran of Kuwait and Iran…I am beside myself, as are many other Americans who served in Iraq, regarding the president’s support for sanctions relief for one terrorist in particular,” Ernst says, “The leader of Iran’s elite, covert force — the Qods Force — General Qassem Soleimani.”

Ernst says that general is “directly responsible for the deaths of several hundred” U.S. soldiers during the Iraq War because he “supported and controlled” many Shiite forces in Iraq. Ernst delivered a 13 minute speech on the Senate floor last night (Wednesday) to criticize the Iran deal.  “This nuclear agreement is one of those things that keeps me up at night as a mother, as a soldier and as a grandmother,” Ernst said.

Ernst, who served two decades in the Iowa National Guard, used part of her time to read letters from other Iraq veterans who oppose the deal with Iran, too. There was confusion yesterday on the timing of a vote in the House and Senate on the deal itself. House members have devised a separate piece of legislation that would accuse President Obama of violating the law by not turning over all the details of the historic agreement to congress.

While a majority of the House and Senate members are poised to vote against the deal itself, enough Democrats support it to guarantee that President Obama’s expected veto would be sustained and the deal would take effect. Negotiators from the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany met with the Iranians for months before announcing the deal’s framework this summer. President Obama says the agreement will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and “ensure that Iran’s nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful.”

(Radio Iowa)

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating a home invasion and burglary incident. Officials say just before 8-p.m. Wednesday, officers were dispatched to 824 5th Avenue for an assault with a gun. When they arrived, 20-year old Bailey English reported that two black males had knocked on her door. She thought they said her name, so she opened the door. The males forced their way into the residence and hit English several times with the gun.

Several other subjects were also in the residence during the assault. English recognized one of the assailants and said his name. Both subjects fled the area on foot.
22-year old Vaughn White, of Council Bluffs, was identified as one of the two assailants. White was later located and arrested for One Count of Burglary 1st Degree. He was booked into Pottawattamie County Corrections.

The second male suspect was described as a black male with a dark complexion. He was wearing a black hoodie and red shirt. He also had short dreadlocks. Anyone with additional information is asked to (712) 328-STOP.