OMAHA, NE (IRN) – Omaha police believe a church pastor based in Council Bluffs sexually assaulted two little girls. KETV reports Emanuel Rodriguez, 44, is under arrest and in custody at a jail in Minnesota. Rodriguez is listed as a pastor at Calvary Assembly of God Church in Council Bluffs.

URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Police have arrested Andrew Kenyon Hight, 33, of Urbandale on four counts of second-degree sex abuse and one count of third-degree sex abuse. KCCI-TV reports Hight sexually abused two girls under the age of 12 in an Urbandale home. He confessed, and remains in jail.

MAQUOKETA, IA (IRN) – Officials in one eastern Iowa county are regrouping after voters rejected a jail bond issue for a second time. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports that Jackson County voters didn’t approve a $6.5 million bond issue to build a 50-bed jail. Sheriff Russ Kettmann says the outcome is disappointing, because the current jail, built in 1972, has a number of problems. State authorities say the facility should be shut down. Kettmann says it could cost a million dollars a year to transport inmates to and from other jails if the county doesn’t build one.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A funnel cloud near Palo and Cedar Rapids triggered a tornado warning Sunday evening. So far there are no reports of damage or that the funnel cloud touched down.

PORT BYRON, IL (IRN) – Another year of Tug Fest has come and gone, and the Illinois women’s team continue their undefeated streak. The 2,700 foot long, 680 pound rope was stretched across the Mississippi River between Port Byron, Illinois and LeClaire, Iowa once again for the annual event. Proceeds go to local charities.