The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of two male juveniles on Tuesday after an investigation into the theft of a dirt bike.

At 7:15am Red Oak Police received a report of a burglary that occurred at a garage at 102 N 5th Street in Red Oak. A 1996 Kawasaki KDX 200 dirt bike had been stolen from that garage within the past two days. At 9:30am officers received a report of the bike being spotted and it was then located at 1306 N 8th Street in Red Oak.  Then at 10:30am a search warrant was executed at on a single unit garage at City View Apartments in Red Oak looking for items related to the theft.  Shortly after the search two male juveniles ages 15 and 16 were detained for questioning.  During the investigation officers recovered a second dirt bike that was reported stolen on February 19th.

The two juveniles were arrested and charged with Burglary 3rd Degree and Theft 3rd Degree. They were both taken to the Juvenile Detention Center in Council Bluffs and held pending a hearing before a Juvenile Court Judge.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A man accused of firing at a Woodbury County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with attempted murder. Authorities say 24-year-old Melvin Spencer, of Sioux City, was charged Monday and is being held on $250,000 bail. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Tuesday from The Associated Press.

Authorities say a deputy had tried to pull over a vehicle carrying Spencer and another man around 3:30a.m. Sunday. The chase ended when the vehicle stopped south of the Sioux Gateway Airport. Authorities say one or both men then opened fire at the deputy, who shot back. The other man was injured during the shootout and was hospitalized. His name hasn’t been released. The deputy and Spencer weren’t injured.

Authorities say Spencer fled on foot but was caught a few hours later.

The Iowa Department of Transportation is sending the following information as a courtesy to the Nebraska Department of Roads: Extended closures of southbound Interstate 480 ramps to eastbound I-80 and southbound U.S. 75 begin Monday, March 6, at 10 p.m. The ramps are scheduled to open prior to the College World Series, which begins Saturday, June 17.

The extended ramp closures are necessary for bridge deck repairs with a 3-inch asphalt overlay on waterproofing membrane, replacing bridge approaches, and remodeling bridge wings and abutments, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads. Cramer and Associates Inc. is the contractor on this project.

(See map below for suggested detour route using eastbound I-480 to southbound I-29 to eastbound I-80 and westbound I-80 to southbound U.S. 75.)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Two proposed class-action lawsuits have been filed challenging the University of Iowa’s decision to eliminate scholarships that had been promised to roughly 3,000 students. UI student Jenna Pokorny is the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Johnson County. It claims the university “breached its contractual duties” by eliminating two scholarship awards that helped convince her to attend UI instead of another college.

A separate lawsuit filed Monday in Polk County claims the university’s decision to revoke the scholarships without notice violated students’ constitutional rights. UI student Benjamin Muller is the plaintiff in that case.

UI President Bruce Harreld announced last week that he was eliminating the Iowa Heritage Award, which granted $1,500 per year to students whose parents or grandparents attended the school. Harreld cited a “devastating” $8 million funding cut from lawmakers as the rationale. A university spokesperson declined comment on the litigation.