SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A new state license plate is catching on with some Iowa vehicle owners. The Sioux City Journal reports that the new standard plate options will get phased in over 10 years, but people who want them now can pay $5 extra upon reviewing their registrations at county treasurer offices. The new plates were first issued by the Iowa Department of Transportation in April. The existing standard Iowa license plates date to 1997. They account for 4.2 million of the 4.4 million Iowa plates in circulation.

The new plate has art, with a metro skyline on one side of the word “Iowa,” and a windmill and farm on the other.

Cass County Treasurer Tracey J. Marshall shows the 1st, redesigned license plate issued in the County, with its owner, Craig Sporleder (file photo)

Police in Creston report 21-year old Kristina Patterson, of Creston, was arrested at around 1:45-a.m., Saturday. Patterson was arrested on Possession of a Controlled Substance charge. She was released from custody on a Promise to Appear.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A sewer line collapse in Mason City is causing untreated wastewater to flow into the Winnebago River in northern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the city and its contractor were unable to complete repairs to the sewer on Friday and plan to resume their work on Monday. Sewage is being discharged to a storm sewer that ends up in the river.

The DNR is asking people to keep children and pets away from the riverbanks near the area for at least 24 hours after the repairs are completed. DNR officials say they’re monitoring the situation and will consider “appropriate enforcement action.”