(Johnson County, Iowa) – A collision between a car and a trailer of a semi tractor-trailer in eastern Iowa, resulted in the death of a man from Iowa City, Saturday morning. The Iowa State Patrol reports 22-year-old Riley Joseph Reynolds died, when the 2005 Ford Taurus he was driving, struck the trailer of a semi that was making a U-turn. The accident happened at around 2:15-a.m. on Highway 1 near 280th Street.

The Patrol says Riley Reynolds was traveling southbound, while the 2019 Freightliner semi, driven by 38-year-old Parvinder Kaur, of Elk Grove, CA, was completing a U-turn. The trailer was blocking the southbound lane when it was struck by the car. The Taurus entered the ditch  following the collision. Reynolds died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt.

The crash remains under investigation.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa State University engineers have received a grant from the E-P-A for research to help small rural communities reclaim wastewater and rainwater for other purposes like irrigation, firefighting, and drinking. Project leader Kaoru Ikuma says they are searching for options.

“When it comes to rural small communities, like many in Iowa, really it’s a struggle to find more than one type of water that they can use, and have the plan B if something goes wrong,” she says. She’ll work with researchers from the University of Rhode Island and the University of California-Berkeley for the next four years.

“What we want to do in this project is to help these smaller rural communities that do not have the resources to broaden their view in how they think about water and treating water, using water,” Ikuma says.

She says the researchers will look at different technologies to treat water, and they’ll also be testing the treated water for contaminants such as forever chemicals that are harder to remove. They’ve received three million dollars for the research.

(Radio Iowa) – A 26-year-old Fairfield woman is under arrest after authorities say she barricaded herself inside a house with a three year old boy. The stand-off started at about 2 a.m. Friday, after a man called Fairfield Police to report his girlfriend had assaulted him and forced him out of the house, but his son was still inside. Police say after they contacted the woman, she threatened to shoot officers.

Negotiators were able to secure the safe release of the child. After the woman stopped speaking with negotiators, officers entered the house with a police dog. According to a police news release, Sherry Thomas-McCabe was found in a hidden compartment in a crawl space, armed with a loaded AR-15 style rifle. She was arrested at about 8 a.m. and charged with second offense domestic assault, two felony gun charges and interference with official acts.

FAIRBANK, Iowa – Officials with the Iowa Department of Public Safety, early this (Saturday) morning, said that at around 5:05-p.m. Friday (October 28, 2022), the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a missing four year old child. The child was reportedly last seen at approximately 3:45 PM Friday, in the front yard of his residence in the 1400 block of 145th Street Fairbank, IA.

Multiple agencies responded to assist with the search.  An extensive search was conducted of the residence, curtilage, surrounding fields, ditches, structures and ponds.  At approximately 11:40 PM, the child was found deceased in a neighboring pond.

The investigation is ongoing however no foul play is suspected.  An autopsy will be conducted by the Office of the Iowa State Medical Examiner.

As previously mentioned, this is multi-agency investigation conducted by the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Independence Police Buchanan Department Emergency Management Office, Hazelton Fire Department, Fairbank Fire Department, Jessup Fire Department, Independence Fire Department and Rowley Fire Department.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of two people on Friday afternoon. At 4:16 p.m. Officers arrested 30-year-old Gregory Edwared Nail and 42-year-old Penny Marie Griggs of Red Oak on one charge each of 5th Degree Theft. They were arrested at 1205 North Broadway Street in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Jail. Both were booked in on $300 bond.