DELAWARE COUNTY – Two people have died in a head-on collision in Delaware County. The Iowa State Patrol reports Chevy pickup was traveling northbound on Highway 38, when a Volkswagen crossed the center line and caused the crash. Both drivers, identified as 33-year-old Anthony Mentzer of Monticello and 44-year-old Bobbi Jo Bauers of Delhi, were pronounced dead at the scene.

IOWA – Two additional tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service following a derecho reported last week in northern Iowa. KCCI-TV reports the two reports in northwest Iowa bring the total in Iowa to 22 in 2025, well below last year’s record-breaking pace of 125 for the 2024 calendar year. The peak for the state typically occurs in May and June, although tornadoes have been reported in Iowa as late as December, as several were during an outbreak in 2021.

DES MOINES – Over a million attendees are set to attend the annual Iowa State Fair, which runs August 7th through the 17th in Des Moines. In 2024, three daily attendance records were broken, including the all-time single-day attendance high mark, as well as the total for the entire year. In total, 1.182 million tickets were redeemed last August.