DECORAH, Iowa (AP) — A northeast Iowa sheriff is being praised and criticized for posting a religious Easter greeting on the department’s Facebook page. Sunday’s post remained on the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office page Friday morning, and Sheriff Dan Marx told the Mason City Globe Gazette he doesn’t intend to remove it. The post includes the words “He is risen” imposed over a photo showing a cross on the crest of a hill being illuminated from behind by the sun. To its right is a message: “Happy Easter from all of us at the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office.”

ACLU of Iowa executive director Mark Stringer says the post on the department’s official Facebook page “is grossly inappropriate under our traditions of religious freedom enshrined” in the Iowa and U.S. constitutions. Several people posted comments in praise of the sheriff’s action, while others said the Christian post had no business being on the department’s page.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports a Creston man, 51-year old Jeffrey John Lusk, was arrested at around 6:30-p.m. Thursday. Lusk was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of criminal mischief in the 2nd degree. Lusk was being held in the Union County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

(updated 12:33-p.m.) DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man suspected of shooting a Davenport police officer has been charged with attempted murder, and a second man has been arrested in connection with the case. Scott County court records say 27-year-old Brett Dennis also is charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

The records say Dennis shot Officer Ryan Leabo twice on Thursday afternoon during a struggle following a foot chase. Scott County Sheriff Timothy Lane says Leabo managed to shoot Dennis in a leg. Dennis was treated at a hospital and released.

Police say Dennis originally fled Leabo when Leabo tried to stop Dennis and 27-year-old Nathaniel Viering. Viering remained at the scene and was later charged with several drug crimes. The court records don’t list an attorney for him.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest on Thursday morning, of 22-year old Keegan Wayne Williams, from Creston. Williams was arrested on a Union County warrant for Operating a vehicle without the owners consent. He was later released on a $2,000 bond. And, two vehicle owners in Creston reported to Police that their vehicles had been vandalized sometime overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning.

A man who resides in the 500 block of Levy St. said the back left side window on his vehicle was struck. And, a woman residing in the 900 block of W. Jefferson St. had a driver’s side front window on her vehicle broken. Both incidents happened while the vehicles were parked outside their owners’ residences. The damage amounted to around $600.

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