An Adams  County man was arrested late Monday night in Montgomery County, following a traffic stop. Sheriff’s officials say 43-year old Allen William Heath Pafford, of Nodaway, was taken into custody for Driving While Barred. Pafford was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.

And, Police in Red Oak report the arrest of a man and woman Monday evening. 44-year old Shelby Joann Olivares, and 45-year old Lynn Kenneth Houtchins, both of Red Oak, were arrested for Breach Of Peace. The pair were taken into custody at around 6:45-p.m. in the 500 block of e. Market Street, in Red Oak. They were brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 bond, each.

A man and woman were arrested early this (Tuesday) morning, following the execution of a search warrant early, in Villisca. At around 12:25-a.m., deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office conducted the search at 101 w. 5th Street, and as a result, arrested 52-year old Kimberly Dawn Hanshaw, of Villisca, for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Also taken into custody, was 44-year old John Maurice Peterson, of Villisca. He’s been charged with Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills and a Drug Tax Stamp Violation.

Both suspects were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on bond amounting to $2,000 for Hanshaw, and $5,000 for Peterson.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

ELDON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in an Eldon bait shop. The body was found Monday morning in the Main Street Bait Shop. The Wapello County Sheriff’s Office says the body was identified as 64-year-old Darrell Teeter.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A U.S. Department of Agriculture report indicates Iowa’s corn and soybean crops are looking good. The USDA says 76 percent of the corn crop was in good to excellent condition, and 75 percent of the soybean crop was in good to excellent condition. Topsoil moisture also was in good shape in most areas, with 71 percent of Iowa farmland rated as adequate, 23 percent short and 3 percent very short. The remaining 3 percent had surplus moisture.

EDDYVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Cargill Inc. has agreed to pay more than $187,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act at large oil storage facilities in Iowa and Nebraska. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 7 says the privately held multinational corporation lacked a response plan at two facilities that outlined procedures for addressing serious oil discharges. The facilities are located in Blair, Nebraska, and Eddyville, Iowa.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Oelwein’s mayor has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting two girls four years ago. Larry Manus is being held on $125,000 bond. Manus took office in January after narrowly defeating Larry Murphy last November. The Fayette County sheriff says his office started investigating Manus a month ago.

Iowa Democrats and Bruce Braley’s campaign are drawing attention to comments Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst made during an A-B-C interview late last week. “What we see going on in Iraq right now, if this current administration had followed guidance from military leaders many years ago, we would not be in this situation,” Ernst said. Jeff Zeleny, ABC’s Senior Washington correspondent, asked: “Do you support the limited airstrikes that were started this morning?” Ernst replied: “I can say is what I would have supported is leaving additional troops in Iraq longer and perhaps we wouldn’t have this situation today.”

Ernst is a battalion commander in the Iowa National Guard who served in Iraq in 2003 with a unit that ran convoys from Kuwait into southern Iraq. Darin Adams of Marshalltown was stationed in Iraq for two and a half years and he was recruited by the Iowa Democratic Party to offer a rebuttal to Ernst’s statements on Iraq. “I guess my first thought when I read it was just shock at the disconnect that Ms. Ernst has with the American public,” Adams said. “The American public wanted to pull out of Iraq, you know, unless we want to create permanent bases in Iraq which is not what the people want and not what the Iraqis want.”

Adams, a military strategist, served a year in Baqubah (buh-KOO-buh) and a year in Mosul, two cities which are now threatened by the Islamic militants who’ve seized control of large swaths of Iraq. Critics of the Obama Administration argue if some U.S. troops had been left in Iraq they could have sounded an early warning about the so-called ISIS militants. Adams says America’s military community knew a decade ago that what’s happening now could happen. “I mean, how big of a force would we have to put in Iraq to not have the situation go the way that it is? How many troops is enough?” Adams asks. “How many dead American soldiers is enough? When do we say, ‘Hey, we’ve given you all the resources you need to be successful, but this is an Iraqi problem that needs Iraqi solutions.'”

A spokeswoman for the Ernst campaign says Ernst believes President Obama should have worked harder to negotiate an agreement with the Iraqi government that would have kept some U.S. troops in the country. In March, Ernst criticized Obama’s approach to the Ukraine crisis. There’s been an anti-war vein in Iowa politics over the years. In 1991, Chuck Grassley was one of just two Republican senators who voted against the Gulf War resolution. In 2002, though, Grassley voted for military action in Iraq.

Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach, a Republican, voted for the first Gulf War, but in 2002 Leach voted against sending U.S. troops back to Iraq, arguing it could weaken the fight against terrorism. Leach lost his bid for reelection in 2006. He endorsed Barack Obama’s bid for the White House in 2008.

(Radio Iowa)