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A 25-year-old Siouxland woman has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old son by drowning him.

Police say Ashley Cameron, of Onawa, was arrested Wednesday afternoon. Officers had been sent to an Onawa home on Feb. 11 because of a report that a toddler wasn't breathing.

He later was identified as Markis Dahms, Cameron's infant son. An autopsy by the Iowa State Medical Examiner's office determined that the boy had been drowned by someone.

Cameron remains in Monona County Jail, pending $1 million bail. It's unclear whether she has a lawyer.

Online court records don't yet list the case. Police haven't released other details about the case.

SIOUX CITY HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS ONE OF TWO SITES TO HOST MEETINGS THAT WILL REWORK HOW THE IOWA REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES ARE RUN AND TABULATED.  FORMER STATE LEGISLATOR BILL SCHICKEL OF MASON CITY WILL LEAD THE EFFORT;

SCHICKEL ADMITS THERE'S SOME PUBLIC RELATIONS REPAIR WORK AHEAD TO BOOST THE NATIONAL VIEW OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES AFTER MITT ROMNEY WAS FIRST DECLARED THE WINNER BY 8 VOTES...AND THEN RICK SANTORUM WAS GIVEN THE VICTORY BY 34 VOTES A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER:

BUT SCHICKEL INSISTS REPUBLICANS DID A GOOD JOB OVERALL WITH A HEAVY TURNOUT FOR THE CLOSEST OUTCOME IN STATE HISTORY.
  

HIS COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN CEDAR RAPIDS ON MAY 30TH AND THEN IN SIOUX CITY AT A YET TO BE DETERMINED SITE ON JUNE 25TH .

Radio Iowa contributed to this story
  

 

AN EARLY MORNING FIRE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WEDNESDAY AT THE VALLEY MOTEL IN CORRECTIONVILLE, IOWA.

FIRE CHIEF MARY CASKEY SAYS A COUPLE OF TRUCKERS SPOTTED THE FLAMES JUST BEFORE 6AM:

CASKEY SAYS THE FIRE LIKELY STARTED IN THE OFFICE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE "L" SHAPED STRUCTURE.

NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO HELP DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

 SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE INJURED AT WEST 19TH AND HAMILTON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WITNESSES SAY TWO CARS, A PICK UP TRUCK AND A BLAZER WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH THAT OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE 11AM AT THE BUSY INTERSECTION.
    

THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

 

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