SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Officials say a Sloan police officer who crashed his squad car in Sioux City while trying to pull over a suspected drunken driver did not act improperly.  Sloan Mayor Charles Thorpe tells the Sioux City Journal that Police Officer Brent Vander Weil will not face discipline, and the city will cover the damages.

Officials say the 45-year-old Vander Weil was responding to a Woodbury County 911 broadcast of a suspected drunken driver on Interstate 29 because there were no Sioux City police in the area at the time. In the process, he lost control of his patrol car, hit a light pole and flipped. He was partially thrown out of the car, and taken to a hospital with a fractured vertebrae in his neck. He is expected to recover.

An investigation into a reported burglary in progress Saturday afternoon in Montgomery County has resulted in the arrest of an Emerson woman. 44-year old Pamela E. Caruso was taken into custody shortly after 2:20-p.m., when deputies arrived at a rural Montgomery County residence and discovered Caruso allegedly forced her way into the home and assaulted one of its residents.

Caruso was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and charged with Burglary in the 1st degree. Her bond was set at $25,000.

Dinosaur’s long ago became extinct, but one of the creatures with a more modern lifespan is simply missing. The Omaha-World Herald reports a 3-foot tall, 150-pound cast iron dinosaur used as a lawn ornament, was stolen from a home in Council Bluffs. The sculpture was discovered missing on October 4th, by the home’s owner in the Dodge House area of Council Bluffs.

The Samples family said “Rex” the dinosaur has been in the family for 30 years.  While police continue to search for the unusual statue, the family  is offering a reward for Rex’ safe return. Anyone with information can call the Council Bluffs Police Department Crime Stoppers at 712-325-7867.