DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The leader of the Iowa State Patrol is retiring after a 32-year career with the force. The service retirement of Col. Michael Van Berkum was approved Monday and will be effective March 3. He had been the patrol’s chief since 2015.

In a statement to The Associated Press, Department of Public Safety Commissioner Roxann Ryan says Iowans should thank Van Berkum for his decades of service. She says he embodies the best of the patrol – “leadership, integrity and dedicated service for the public good.”

Ryan has not named a replacement for Van Berkum, but the department says more information will be released when he retires next week. Three of Van Berkum’s classmates from the department’s 1985 academy class will also retire the same day. A Rock Valley native, Van Berkum served the patrol in a number of roles as an officer and supervisor.

The Iowa Department of Transportation reports that (as of 8:45-a.m.) Interstate 80 westbound, west of Shelby, is blocked in both lanes due to a crash. The blockage is between Exit 34: County Road M16 and Exit 29: County Road L66.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A man has been imprisoned for stealing from his employer in northwest Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports that 45-year-old Scott Chamberlain was sentenced in Sioux City on Thursday to 10 years in prison. Chamberlin had pleaded guilty to theft.

Court documents say that, beginning in January 2009, Chamberlain took a skid loader and other equipment from W.A. Klinger and kept them at his home in Kingsley. The documents also say he charged more than $10,000 in personal purchases on company credit cards. He’s been ordered to pay $10,000 to his former employer.

The Creston Police Department reports two Union County residents were arrested Thursday afternoon on warrants out of Nebraska, for Failure to Appear in court. 29-year old Christopher Wollums and 23-year old Louise Yan Boughner, both of Creston, were taken into custody at around 12:15-p.m. Wollums was being held in the Union County Jail, while Boughner was being held in the Ringgold County Jail, both pending extradition to Nebraska.