HARDIN COUNTY – Emergency responders found a woman safe following an hours-long search of a river. WHO-13 reports Eldora Fire and Rescue crews were dispatched Saturday evening or the report of a missing person near a Hardin County bridge. Several nearby agencies deployed drones and a K-9 unit. The missing woman was found at around 11 p.m. and treated by EMS personnel on scene.
IOWA – A hot and humid week is settling in across the state, and the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for portions of central and southern Iowa, where heat is expected to be most prolonged throughout the week and persistent through the overnights. Several consecutive days of afternoon highs in the mid 90s are possible, along with heat index values from 100-103 and near-record warm overnight low temperatures in some locations.
POLK COUNTY – An Ames woman is accused of crashing into the vehicle of a Polk County deputy while traveling the wrong way on Interstate 235 on Sunday morning. KCCI-TV reports 41-year-old Mary Gaither faces charges of OWI, child endangerment, and false imprisonment. Court documents indicated that Gaither was allegedly traveling in the wrong lanes of I-35 and that a responding deputy was hit in a head-on collision in I-235. A 14-year-old child was in the vehicle, and the Iowa State Patrol claims to have video of the individual trying to escape the vehicle.
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