In an update to our story Wednesday morning, authorities in Pottawattamie County have released additional details about the chase that began early that same morning, and made its way into Cass County and back into Pott. County.  Lt. Rob Ambrose, with the Pott. County Sheriff’s Dept. told KJAN news the incident began at around 2:23-a.m., with a traffic stop for speeding at the City Limits of Hancock.

Ambrose said a deputy tried to pull over a Ford Taurus driven by 38-year old Daniel Campbell, of Walnut, when the car sped-off and eventually made its way into Cass County on Boston Road. Deputies deployed stop sticks at 560th and Boston Road, but the device wasn’t immediately effective in deflating the vehicles’ tires. The chase ended between Marne and Walnut, near 530th and Westgate Road at around 2:45-a.m.

Campbell was taken into custody and is being held on $35,000 bond in the Pottawattamie County Jail. He faces charges that include On-going Criminal Conduct, Felony Eluding, three counts of Possession with the Intent to deliver (marijuana/methamphetamine/prescription drugs), Carrying a Weapon, and OWI. He was also cited for speeding and stop sign violations.

Deputies from Pottawattamie, Cass, Audubon and Shelby Counties assisted in the pursuit.

(DES MOINES) – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad today ordered flags be flown at half-staff Friday, September 11, 2015, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in remembrance of those killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Flags will be flown at half-staff on the state Capitol building and on flag displays in the Capitol complex, and upon all public buildings, grounds, and facilities throughout the state. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.

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)