(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says his office is reviewing the civil emergency Iowa City’s mayor declared last week which calls on people to wear face coverings in public places. Last year, Miller’s office said city and county officials did not have the authority to issue public mask mandates. Earlier this year, Governor Reynolds signed a bill that bans local officials from forcing property owners to have policies on face coverings that are tougher than state law.

Miller says his office is reviewing Iowa City’s mask mandate, but a quick turn around on an opinion on the matter isn’t necessary since there’s no penalty for violating the mayor’s order.

Authorities in Union County say no injuries were reported after a four-vehicle accident took place in Creston, Wednesday. Officials say at around 6:23-p.m., a 2006 Ford Taurus driven by a 16-year old male from Creston, was traveling south on S. Chestnut Street, when the car went out of control. The vehicle traversed an embankment and into a storage facility parking lot near Clark and S. Chestnut streets, where it hit the rear of a 2021 Rockwood travel trailer, pushing it forward. The Ford continued out of control and struck a 2006 Chevy Cobalt, pushing it into a 1992 BornFree motorhome.  Damage to the recreational vehicles/campers amounted to $6,000. The Taurus sustained $1,000 damage.

Creston Police say the accident happened after the Taurus came out from the underpass that had standing water from a storm that occurred Tuesday night, and the vehicles’ tires were wet. No citations were issued.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County are asking for the public’s help in solving a property damage hit-and-run incident. At at around 9-p.m. Thursday (Aug. 26), deputies were called to 2038 200th Street in Red Oak, to investigate an incident that happened in the parking lot of the Red Oak Country Club, where a black, legally parked 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee was hit by another vehicle, and sustained $2,500 damage.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 712-623-5107, or, leave an anonymous tip at montgomerycoia.gov.

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy reports it has been informed of multiple fraudulent prescriptions for Promethazine with Codeine being faxed into Iowa pharmacies. Officials say the prescriptions appear to be from local or area prescribers and have an authentic looking signature. They warn pharmacists that the scripts are on realistic looking tamper-proof prescription paper and are usually accompanied by a prescription for a “Z-Pak”. The contact information for the prescriber may or may not be listed correctly.

Pharmacists across the State are asked to “Use due diligence when filing Promethazine with Codeine prescriptions.  You may wish to consider verifying all non-electronically submitted prescriptions for Promethazine with Codeine with the prescriber using a known phone or contact number.”

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds, Thursday, issued a disaster proclamation for two eastern Iowa counties in response to severe weather beginning Aug. 24 and continuing.The governor’s proclamation for Bremer and Fayette Counties allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather and activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program for qualifying residents, along with the Disaster Case Management Program, for Bremer and Fayette counties.

Residents of counties impacted by the recent severe weather are asked to report damage to help local and state officials better understand the damage sustained. Damage to property, roads, utilities and other storm-related information may be reported. This information will be collected by the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and shared with local emergency management agencies.

Damage may be reported at www.homelandsecurity.iowa.gov.