Police in Atlantic report the arrest on Saturday of 19-year old Matthew Paulsen, of Atlantic. Paulsen was taken into custody on a warrant for Failure to Appear. He was booked into the Cass County Jail.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Firefighters say they found a Sioux City man dead inside a burning car near a Des Moines church. According to a police report, 51-year-old Patrick James Murphy, II, was found dead Sunday night inside a Nissan Altima in the back of a church parking lot.

Fire officials say they found the car with the engine compartment on fire. They say they opened the driver’s door as the fire was being extinguished, where they discovered Murphy and determined he was dead. KCCI-TV reports a witness says she was watching TV when she heard a pop and whooshing sound outside. She says she saw the entire front of the vehicle engulfed in flames.

Police say the incident is being investigated. An autopsy has been planned.

A woman from Kansas was arrested Sunday night, after deputies responded a reported burglary in progress.

Misty Ann Whetstine

33-year old Misty Ann Whetstine, of Wathena, KS, was arrested at around 9-p.m. on a charge of Burglary in the 3rd Degree, and Tampering with a motor vehicle. She was taken into custody at 3285 316th Street in Page County, where Whetstine was allegedly attempting to start the resident’s vehicle without the keys.Whetstine was transported to the Page County Jail where she was being held on $2,000 bond.

A man from northern Iowa was arrested early Saturday morning, in Audubon County. Sheriff’s officials say 38-year old Judson Douglas Ollinger, of Humboldt, was arrested following  a traffic stop at around 12:30-a.m. on Highway 71. He’s been charged with OWI. Ollinger was later released from the Audubon County Jail, and ordered to appear in court on Feb. 12th.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – A middle school boy in Waterloo is showing his community how to give by celebrating his birthday at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank. Ben Crandall, a Kingsley Elementary fifth-grader, will have his 11th birthday party at the food bank, where guests will bring donations of food and money in lieu of gifts. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that party guests will also help clean and organize the donations that will be distributed.

Crandall got the idea of a food bank birthday party after driving with his mother past a billboard that stated that one in five children does not know where his or her next meal is coming from. The message resonated with the young boy, who decided to give to others. Crandall’s classmates, his teacher, and his principal will be in attendance.