MALVERN, Iowa (AP) – Auditors say a library director in a southwestern Iowa town repeatedly billed the city for improper purchases and altered receipts to cover up the practice. An investigation released today (Friday) by State Auditor Mary Mosiman found that former Malvern library director Stacey Buick misspent thousands of dollars.

Auditors say Buick billed the city for personal items like video games, groceries, and party decorations. A $1,200 home theatre system, a camera, a coffee machine, a window air conditioning unit and TracPhones were among the items flagged.

Auditors found that many receipts submitted to the city were altered with correction fluid or by cutting and pasting over the original descriptions of items. An envelope discovered in Buick’s office contained the original receipts.

Buick resigned last year.

Police in Atlantic report a local man was arrested Thursday. 32-year old Keith Feltner-Lewis, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI/3rd offense. He was booked into the Cass County jail and held, pending an appearance before the magistrate.

The Atlantic Fire Department was called to the scene of a car fire this (Friday) morning, on Interstate 80 eastbound, about eight-tenths of a mile east of the Olive Street exit. The page went out at 8:38-a.m.  Moments later, law enforcement reported the unoccupied vehicle was fully engulfed in flames.

No other details are available.

MANSON, Iowa (AP) – A 30-year-old Lake View man has been charged with unsafe passing for a fatal collision between his car and a bicyclist in northwest Iowa. Eric Meyer, of Lake View, also is charged with failure to wear a safety belt and have proof of insurance. The charge of unsafe passing carries an enhanced penalty, if he’s convicted, because the accident resulted in a death.

The Iowa State Patrol says 47-year-old Shawn Gosch, of Onawa, on June 20 was riding a bicycle with 49-year-old Jeffrey Gray, also of Onawa. The patrol says Meyer’s car struck Gosch’s bicycle, which then crashed into Gray’s. Gosch was pronounced dead later at a hospital. Gray was injured.