The Creston Police Department reports one recent arrest and a reported home invasion.

Early this (Friday) morning at 1:14am Creston Police arrested 56-year-old Donald Brown of Creston for Public Intoxication.  Brown was arrested near the intersection of New York Avenue and Union Street.  He was taken to the Union County Jail and held on $300 bond.

Creston Police also received a report of a break in on Thursday at 3:20pm.  Lena Darling reported that someone had broken into her home at 422 Livingston Avenue in Creston through a basement door between 1:30pm and 3:20pm on Thursday.  Many items were taken from the home including a 36″ flat screen tv, a 14K gold ring, laptop, tablet, silver ring, medication, surround sound system among other items.  Loss was estimated at $4,205.  The incident remains under investigation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Legislature will face another week of negotiations as they struggle to reach a budget compromise that will allow them to conclude their session.

Leaders said Thursday there was still work to do before they can adjourn. The Republican-led House and Democratic-majority Senate have not been able to agree on an overall spending level or how much new money to provide to schools.

Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, a Democrat from Council Bluffs, said the two sides were trying to find ways to make some one-time payments to make up the difference between their budget proposals.

House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, a Hiawatha Republican, did not detail why lawmakers are having difficulty, but said they were dealing with a perennial problem: “Democrats want to spend more than Republicans.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Des Moines officials intend to keep operating its traffic cameras along Interstate 235 while the city goes to court, challenging a state ruling that the cameras must be turned off.

Deputy city attorney Carol Moser told The Des Moines Register that the cameras “are in our jurisdiction, and we enforce traffic violations in that area.”

The Iowa Transportation Department recently rejected requests from Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Muscatine and Council Bluffs to keep operating their camera systems.

Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh said his city likely won’t challenge the state directive. Officials in Cedar Rapids haven’t decided on whether to appeal, and Muscatine Mayor DeWayne Hopkins has said the city is considering its options.