Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds are expected to resume their “Jobs for Iowa” tour next week. The 12-City tour will take them several counties, including Shelby, Crawford, and Sac.

The tour begins Tuesday, August 23^rd, with a stop at the Petersen Family Wellness Center in Harlan, at 10-a.m.. At 11:45, the pair will be at the Denison Public Library, before moving on to Odebolt, Ida Grove, and Kingsley.

On August 24^th, Branstad and Reynolds will hold “Jobs for Iowa” meetings in Rock Rapids, Sibley, and Primghar. Thursday’s trip brings them to Cherokee, Storm Lake, Pocahontas, and finally, Rockwell City.

Each of the events are free, and open to the public. Branstad and Reynolds will discuss at each location, the progress that’s been made in the last legislative session, and the — quote “Plans we have to continue moving Iowa forward toward economic prosperity.”

Three people were injured during a crash late Wednesday morning, on Highway 34, in Union County. The Iowa State Patrol says 44-year old Brian Truax and 67-year old Carol Truax, both of Colliers, West Virginia, and, 67-year old JoAnne Kohn, of Glenwood, were injured during the crash, which happened just west of Creston.

Brian Truax and JoAnne Kohn were transported by ambulance to the hospital in Creston, while Carol Truax was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.

The Patrol says a 2008 Chevy H-H-R, driven by Brian Truax, was traveling west on the highway, when the vehicle crossed the center line of the road and hit a Chrysler 300 driven by JoAnne Kohn, head-on. The accident happened at around 11:53-a.m.

Charges are currently pending.

The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office reports a Carroll County man was arrested Wednesday evening. 27-year old Bryan Gene Snell, of Coon Rapids, was arrested following a traffic stop on 190^th Street. Snell was charged with Driving While Suspended. He was released from custody after making an appearance before the magistrate.

And, 26-year old Amanda Lee Buck, of Manning, turned herself in to the Audubon County Sheriff’s Department this (Thursday) morning. Buck was wanted on an outstanding warrant for 5^th Degree Theft. The charge was the result of a bad check written to an Audubon business, on June 17^th. Buck appeared before the magistrate, and was released from custody.

The office of Senator Charles Grassley has announced Iowa’s senior Republican will hold town hall meetings in western and southwest Iowa, near the end of this month, and in early September. Three of the meetings will focus on agriculture, in advance of the upcoming session in Congress, over the farm bill.

Grassley has scheduled stops August 29^th in Carroll, from 3-to 4-pm in the activity center/gymnasium at the New Hope Village, and from 5-to 6-pm in Denison, at the Denison Municipal Utilities’ Community Room. On August 30^th, the Senator will be at the Public Library in Harlan, from 8-to-9am, at the Oakland Community Building from 10-to 11:30-a.m., from 1-to 2:30-p.m. at the Montgomery County YMCA in Red Oak, and he’ll be in Atlantic, at the Cass County Community Center, from 3:30-to 5-p.m.

His other stops include: August 31^st – at the Onawa Community Center, from 7:30-to 8:30-a.m., the United Western Coop in Missouri Valley, from 10-to 11-a.m., at the Glenwood Senior Center, from 1-to 2-pm, the Sidney Senior Center, from 3-to 4pm, and in Shenandoah, at the Shenandoah Medical Center’s Rapp meeting room, from 4:45-to 5:45-p.m.

Senator Grassley wraps up his town hall meetings on September 1^st, in Taylor County, at the Farm Bureau meeting room in Bedford, from 8am-9am, at the Corning Community Building, from 10:15-11:15-a.m., and in Audubon, at the Economic Development community room, from 1:30-to 2:30-p.m.