DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Senate, after working all night to finish the 2014 legislative session, must return for one more day after a dispute developed involving subpoena powers. Senate Democrats intend to pass a resolution granting subpoena power to the Senate oversight committee, but Republicans are resisting. The panel has been looking into allegations involving payments given to fired state employees and other matters.

The House adjourned just before 6 a.m. Thursday but senators remained to pass the resolution, which lets the oversight committee to subpoena witnesses and put them under oath to testify.

Because Republicans object to the plan, a Senate rule prevents the resolution from being debated today (Thursday). Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal adjourned the session until 8 a.m. Friday, when a vote will be held and the session adjourned.

The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Jefferson Construction Office reports work to replace the bridge carrying Iowa 141 over the Middle Raccoon River one-half mile east of Coon Rapids, will require closing the bridge and detouring traffic beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, May 5th, and lasting until the end of September.

During the project, Iowa 141 will be closed and traffic will follow the signed detour through Coon Rapids using Carroll County Road N-44 (Velvet Avenue), West Street, Elm Street, Sumpter Street, Carroll/Greene County Road E-63 (Bridge Street), and Iowa 25. Access to local traffic will be maintained along the route.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Argosy riverboat casino on Sioux City has sent layoff notices to all of its more than 300 workers. The notices were sent Wednesday in accordance with a federal law that requires employers with more than 100 employees to provide at least 60 days’ notice of a workplace closing or mass layoff. But Argosy’s parent company, Penn National Gaming Co., says it is not ending its fight to keep open the casino.

The Argosy’s pending closure stems from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission’s decision to allow a land-based casino in downtown Sioux City to replace the Argosy. Penn National lost its bid to operate the land-based casino to Sioux City Entertainment, which is building and will operate a Hard Rock Casino.

Details are expected to be released later this morning with regard to a pursuit that took place late Wednesday afternoon, in Montgomery County. The chase ended near Red Oak, with the suspect having crashed his vehicle a short time after it ran over stop-sticks designed to deflate the tires. After the vehicle crashed, the suspect took off on foot but was quickly captured. He was taken into custody at around 4:45-p.m.

We’ll have more information later, as it becomes available.

At 5:54 a.m. today, House Speaker Kraig Paulsen asked the House to vote to adjourn for the year. The Senate RULES Committee is meeting, considering a resolution that would give the Senate Oversight Committee the power to subpoena witnesses. Republicans are objecting. Democrats in the Senate say they need to compel witnesses to come forward to talk about Branstad Administration actions that Democrats are questioning.

(Radio Iowa)