A western Iowa man who was the subject of a manhunt in Carroll that led to a school lockdown earlier this year, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of domestic abuse assault and willful injury. The Omaha World-Herald reports 27-year old Mark Lee, of Carroll, was sentenced Tuesday to 15-years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Lee used a samurai sword to stab his former girlfriend, Christine Burtnett, the night of May 17th. The stabbing took place in Lee’s rented home in Carroll. Authorities said afterward, Lee took the woman to his basement, choked her and tied her up with electrical cord.

A man who was allegedly trying to steal copper from the roof of the Historic Trails Center early Tuesday morning in Council Bluffs, was wanted in Nebraska on an assault warrant. KETV in Omaha reports 53-year old John Carlson was arrested at around 1:45-a.m after officers were forced to use a taser on him. The roof sustained several thousand dollars in damage during the allgedly attempted copper theft.

Carlson was wanted in Nebraska for alleged assaulting two people in August 2014. In 1996 he was wanted for theft and violating his probation. Over the years he’s done time for burglary and escape, and theft. Carlson got out of prison in May and the assault occurred less than a month later.

Students at the Red Oak Middle School are getting an extended break for Labor Day. The Daily NonPareil reports classes were cancelled yesterday and again today (Wednesday), while crews work to clean-up after a weekend water leak that left at least 2-inches of water on the second floor of the three-story middle school building.  The incident triggered an alarm. When firefighters and district personnel arrived, they found a water valve was open.

The only nationally accredited cancer treatment center in southwest Iowa has received a $1-million grant for an upgrade to its radiation therapy equipment. The Daily NonPareil reports Methodist Jennie Edmundson’s Cancer Center in Council Bluffs received the award from The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and a $1 million challenge grant from an anonymous donor. The funds will help to make the purchase a state-of-the-art linear accelerator.

Shelly Stingley, Program Director of the Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare Program, said the Helmsley grant is intended to enhance health care delivery to residents of rural areas

A head-on collision Tuesday evening near Hastings, in Mills County , resulted in the death of one person and injuries to three others. The Iowa State Patrol says 84-year old Marilyn Gruber, of Shenandoah, died in the crash, Her husband, 91-year old Richard Gruber, was injured, when an eastbound 2010 Subaru SUV driven by 57-year old Christine Carpenter, of Warrensburg, MO., pulled to the right on Highway 34, and made a U-turn in front of an eastbound 2004 Chrysler mini-van, driven by Richard Gruber. The accident happened at around 5:20-p.m.

The Grubers were not wearing their seat belts. Marilyn Gruber died at the scene. Richard Gruber and Christine Carpenter were flown by LifeNet to Creighton Hospital in Omaha. A passenger in the Subaru, 56-year old David Carpenter, of Warrensburg, was also injured. He was transported to Creighton by Glenwood Rescue. The couple in the SUV were wearing their seat belts.

Traffic on Highway 34 had to be re-routed for several hours while the crash remained under investigation.