Butler County

Authorities are investigating a Butler County accident that sent one man to the hospital.

Two men went to area hospitals for treatment following separate accidents involving four vehicles in Butler County Wednesday afternoon.

Roads conditions are reported to be very poor, especially in areas along and north of U.S. Highway 20. Multiple tow bans were issued for several counties.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for 19 Iowa counties impacted by flooding and severe weather over the past week.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is monitoring a manure spill in Butler County.

Substantial rainfall has increased the threat for another round of flooding along the Cedar and Shell Rock Rivers in northeast Iowa.

A cat played a role in a one-vehicle accident that injured a Parkersburg teenager over the weekend.<

Two people were injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash on a rural Butler County gravel road early Saturday evening.

Authorities said they seized an endangered massasauga rattle snake and other contraband related to the reptile's possession while searching the man's home.

The incident forced a brief lock-down at North Butler Junior/Senior High School in Greene Wednesday morning.