Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

The Walnut City Council will meet Thursday evening. During their 5-p.m. session at the Walnut City Hall, the Council will consider the possible adoption of a Resolution calling for the adoption of an updated Walnut Municipal Utility Identity Theft Prevention Program. In other business, the Council is expected to: Set the date for Trick-or-Treating; Approve a 3-year Sign Lease agreement with D&B Farms Partnership; Act on  a possible motion to execute an agreement with a contractor for the residential hauling of solid waste, and discuss matters pertaining to Peace Haven, as well as a possible Streetscape Enhancement Project.

The Lenox Police Department reports two teenaged boys face charges in connection with the theft of items from several vehicles over the past two-or three-weeks. Officials say the boys were questioned after authorities received a report at around 5:45-p.m. Tuesday, about two male juveniles rummaging through a vehicle in the 400 block of west Nebraska Street, in Lenox.

The caller detained the boys until the officer arrived. Afterward, the 14 and 15-year old youth were transported to the police department and their parents contacted. Following questioning, the boys were connected to a series of thefts from vehicles. A third male juvenile was also implicated.

Several hundred dollars in items stolen from vehicles were recovered from two of the boys homes. The investigation continues with multiple charges of burglary from a motor vehicle pending.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and officials from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, along with the Iowa Council of Foundations (ICoF) have announced the funding of the 2012 County Endowment Fund Program.  Approximately $11 million in funding will be distributed to 85 community foundations across the state. Among them are those foundations or endowment funds located in: Adair, Adams, Carroll, Cass Crawford, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Taylor and Union Counties.

Each of the 85 community foundations participating in the program will receive approximately $126,000; the organizations will then grant 75 percent of those funds to charitable projects and programs in their counties.  The remaining 25 percent will be used to grow a permanent, unrestricted endowment fund intended to attract additional donations and provide a source of permanent funding for charitable projects in the county.

The source of funding for the program is eight-tenths of one percent of the state’s gambling revenues. The program distributes an equal allocation to a community foundation located in counties without a state gaming license. Fourteen counties were not eligible for the funding because state-licensed gaming facilities are located in those counties.

Authorities in Mills County say five people were arrested over the past week, on unrelated charges. On Friday, 36-year old Brent Lee Burgoin, of Silver City, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense. And, on Saturday, 25-year old Scott Michael Williams, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a similar charge. Both men were held in the Mills County Jail in Glenwood, on $1,000 bond each.

20-year old Christopher Lynn Young, of Glenwood, and 24-year old Robert Joseph Burns, of Council Bluffs, were arrested over the weekend, for allegedly violating the terms of their probation. The men were being held on $5,000 bond each.

And, 24-year old Curtis Lee Farmer, of Glenwood, was arrested Monday morning, on a charge of Public Intoxication. Farmer was being held in the Mills County Jail, on $300 bond.