The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Tuesday of a Red Oak man on a sexual abuse charge. At 3:45pm Officers arrested 46-year-old Richard Bryan Jenkins of Red Oak for Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree. Jenkins was arrested in the 200 block of North Broadway in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $10,000 cash bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds says the head of the Iowa Department of Human Services will respond to allegations of limited mental health care options at a school for juvenile offenders. Reynolds was asked Tuesday about the Boys State Training School in Eldora following a report from Disability Rights Iowa that highlights the use of restraints and seclusion at the facility.

Reynolds says Jerry Foxhoven, the new DHS director, will work with the school’s superintendent and others to “make sure that we’re doing the right thing.” She says it’s Foxhoven’s responsibility to assess the situation and she expects to circle back with him.

Disability Rights Iowa threatened to file a federal lawsuit against Reynolds and others if recommended changes aren’t implemented. The school’s superintendent defended the school following the report’s release.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a man who tried to deposit what he presented as a $1 million bill has been charged with drug possession in Iowa. A criminal complaint says Sioux City police officers were called to a Northwest Bank branch Thursday to talk to a man who tried to deposit the bill into his account. The officers asked 33-year-old Dennis Strickland whether he had any more of the bills and that a baggie fell out when he emptied a pocket. The complaint says the baggie contained methamphetamine.

The U.S. Treasury Department says it has never produced a $1 million bill. Iowa court records say Strickland is scheduled to be back in court Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – U.S. health officials say more people have contracted salmonella by eating papayas from a farm in southern Mexico. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 109 people in 16 states have caught the illness from eating papayas traced to the Carica de Campeche farm in Campeche, Mexico.

Nearly half of the cases have been in New York and New Jersey, which had 36 and 26, respectively. Virginia has had 11 cases, Pennsylvania has had seven and Maryland has had six. Connecticut and Minnesota have each reported four cases, and Massachusetts has had three.

Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina and Oklahoma have each reported two cases, while Delaware, Louisiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have had one each. One death, in New York City, has been blamed on the outbreak. Those sickened can experience diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and fever. The illness can be more severe when contracted by young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.

An investigation into the burglary of an auto parts store in Sac City has resulted in the arrest of two central Iowa men. The Sac City Police Department reports 33-year old Eric Coon and 37-year old Rocco Viola, both of Des Moines, face felony Burglary in the 3rd degree charges.

Authorities say the men were delivering supplies to the Carquest Auto Parts Store Sac City. After they dropped off the supplies they allegedly went to the front of the store and stole several items. The incident, which happened on July 10th at around 3:20-a.m., and was discovered the following morning.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on a white Chevy extended cab pickup, with lettering on passenger rear side window. The vehicle’s driver may have information with regard to the July 21st robbery of the Rolling Hills Bank, in Casey. The vehicle was seen in front of the bank around the time of the robbery. Anyone with  information about the incident should call the Guthrie County Sheriffs Office at 641-747-2214.

A picture of a similar make and model of the truck.