LOGAN, Iowa (AP) — A 17-year-old boy accused of killing his 5-year-old foster brother will undergo a mental evaluation to determine if he is competent to stand trial. Assistant Public Defender Michael Williams of Sioux City filed a motion to have Cody Metzker-Madsen tested for mental competency at the Iowa Medical Classification Center in Coralville. A judge approved the request Friday.

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil reports a court date is scheduled on April 21 to review if Metzker-Madsen can proceed to a trial. Metzker-Madsen is accused of killing Dominic Elkins, of Atlantic. The child’s body was found Aug. 31 at the bottom of a rural Harrison County ravine. Both boys were living with a foster family.

Metzker-Madsen remains at the Harrison County Jail.

Authorities in Page County are investigating the theft of a pickup taken from the Shambaugh area. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says a maroon 2004 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab pickup equipped with a flatbed, was taken from 410  Cinder Street in Shambaugh, sometime between 5:30-p.m. Thursday and 9:15-a.m. Friday. The vehicle had Iowa license plate number 883 XMP.

The truck was hooked-up to a trailer at the time of the theft, but the trailer was unhitched and left behind. The keys for the truck were reported missing from the welding shop the vehicle was parked near. Palmer says there was no sign of forced entry into the shop.

Anyone with information about the theft of the vehicle is asked to call the Page County Sheriff’s Office at 712-542-5193.

The Iowa State Patrol says two truck drivers from California were injured when their semi slammed into the back of another semi on Interstate 80 in Cass County, Friday morning.

Photo courtesy Mike Kennon, Cass Co. Emergency Mgmt. Agy.

Officials say 47-year old Ruel Pablo Quinto, and 43-year old Raymundo Refran Quinto, both of Los Angeles, CA, were transported by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital following the crash on I-80 eastbound at around 6:45-a.m.

The Patrol says a 2006 Freightliner semi driven by 62-year old William L. Johnson, of Monroe, WI, and a 2000 Freightliner driven by Ruel Quinto were both traveling east, with Johnson’s semi in the right lane going up a hill. Quinto’s semi was in the left lane coming up behind the first semi, when Quinto fell asleep at the wheel.

His semi crossed the center line and entered the right lane where it hit the rear of Johnson’s semi. The cab of Quinto’s semi was destroyed in the crash and both occupants were trapped. They were freed by mechanical means.

A lighted Christmas Parade will be held Saturday evening, in Atlantic. Atlantic Area Chamber Executive Director Megan Roberts said there will also be a fireworks display prior to the parade, thanks to sponsorships from A.M. Cohron & Son and Meyer & Gross Real Estate, the fireworks display this year will be bigger and better than ever.

Lighted parade entries are able to register as late as Saturday in the parade line up at 6th & Walnut Streets. (Pre-registration forms can be filled out at the Chamber office through Friday at 5 p.m.). Participants in the parade will make their way from 6th and Chestnut to 2nd and Chestnut. A traveling trophy will be awarded to the Grand Prize winner, and AtlantiCash will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. Winners will be notified Monday, following the event.

In addition to the fireworks and parade, Santa’s Cabin will be open from 3-to 5-p.m. Saturday, at 6th & Poplar Streets, and, free horse-drawn wagon rides will be offered at that time. Roberts said many vendors set up warm drinks and food on Chestnut Street from 5- to 6-p.m. while attendees are window shopping and finding a seat for the show.

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County say a homeless man was arrested Thursday night on several charges. 38-year old Patrick Lee Amburn faces Attempted burglary, Trespass, Violation of a Protection Order, and Interference with official acts, charges. His bond on each of the charges, with the exception of the Protective order violation, was set at $5,600.

And, 43-year old Thomas Aleen Light, of Glenwood, was arrested early Friday morning, on an Unlawful Possession of a Prescription charge. His bond was set at $1,000.

An Atlantic man was arrested Thursday on a warrant for drug-related activity out of Missouri. Officials with the Atlantic Police Department say 22-year old Austin Nelson, of Atlantic, was taken into custody on a Dallas County, Mo., warrant for Possession of up to 35 grams of Marijuana, Unlawful Use of Drug Paraphernalia, and on several traffic offense-related warrants.

Nelson was booked into the Cass County Jail.