Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has pardoned two turkeys as part of a Thanksgiving tradition. Branstad read an official proclamation for the pardon of the birds, named Cranberry and Cinnamon, at Terrace Hill. Officials say the turkeys, from a farm near Ellsworth, will now live at Living History Farms in Urbandale instead of possibly becoming cold cuts.

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Boy Scout troop has restored a barn-like structure used for many years as a nativity scene in Webster City. The structure was built as part of an Eagle Scout project by Brandon Hayes in 1989. Local organizations contributed to the 25-year-old project, which cost about $800.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even as costs decline, many Iowa residents are having trouble paying their heating bills. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says Midwest consumers could see their bills decrease up to 38 percent depending on the fuel used to heat their homes. But many Iowa residents are still struggling based on notices provided to the state’s utilities board through Nov. 1. About 16,000 homes across the state didn’t have heat when cold temperatures hit the state last week.

CHURDAN, Iowa (AP) — A bottled water advisory has been issued for the city of Churdan in Greene County. The state Department of Natural Resources says the advisory was issued due to a loss of water pressure from a leaky valve. The city lost pressure for about a half hour. Officials say there is a high level of nitrites in the water supply. Boiling could be unsafe because it concentrates the nitrites in the water. Bottled water should be used for drinking, tooth washing, food preparation and other similar uses.

A Cass County man was arrested Friday on eluding, and other charges. The Sheriff’s Department reports 21-year old Zachariah Vincel Flathers, of Anita, faces Eluding, Public Intoxication, and Interference with Official Acts, charges. Flathers was taken to the Cass County Jail where he was released later that day on $1,000 bond.

And on Sunday, deputies in Cass County arrested 33-year old Jacob Allen Cochran, of Red Oak, on charges of Driving While Barred, two charges of Driving While Revoked, and three charges of Driving Under Suspension. Cochran was taken to the Cass County Jail. He was later served with a Sheriff’s Office warrant for Eluding, Driving While Barred, two charges of Driving While Revoked, and two charges of Driving Under Suspension. Cochran remains held at the Cass County Jail on $9,000 bond.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A northwest Iowa man accused of sexually abusing his wife and forcing her to terminate pregnancies has pleaded not guilty to charges. The Sioux City Journal reports the 54-year-old man entered the written plea Monday in Buena Vista County District Court. He is charged with two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, five counts of forced consent to termination of human pregnancy, two counts of assault while participating in a felony and one count of tampering with a witness.

The Associated Press is not naming the man to protect the woman’s privacy. Police say the man forced his wife between October 2012 and April 2014 to take pills that resulted in the termination of two pregnancies. The woman told police her husband threatened her with a machete during sexual assaults.

The Atlantic Police Dept. reports the arrest on Friday of Aaron Macias, of Atlantic. The 27-year old was taken into custody on a Cass County warrant for Failure to Appear for his arraignment. Macias was booked into the Cass County Jail.