DENVER, Iowa (AP) — Nearly a tenth of a northeast Iowa high school’s small graduating class are Eagle Scouts. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Denver High School’s class of 2018 had 52 students. Five of them have reached the rank of Eagle Scout through Troop 118 in Denver, Iowa. Karter Krueger, Jonah Dunkin, Trevor Thrum and Brandon Beaty began as Tiger Cubs in first grade. Nicholas Krabbenhoft joined in sixth grade after moving from Alaska.

The five Scouts combined have more than 140 merit badges, have spent more than 150 nights camping and have done more than 1,000 documented hours of community service. Their Eagle Scout project included improving a local baseball and softball field, creating a metal sign for a cemetery, rewiring a church sound system and building a Frisbee golf course.

The Sac City Police Department reports a woman was arrested Saturday night for allegedly passing fake $50 bills at a convenience store. Police were called at around 10:13-p.m. to the Crossroads convenience store for a report of a female subject passing a counterfeit bill. The investigation determined that the suspect, 43-year old Julie McManigal, of Alta, attempted to pay for merchandise with a counterfeit 50 dollar bills.

Crossroads employee used a counterfeit money detector pen to determine that the bill was counterfeit along with visually observing foreign language printed on the bill.  McManigal was arrested and booked into the Sac County Jail for Forgery, a class D Felony. Her cash bond was set at $5,000.

Photos from the Sac City PD Facebook page

A woman from Shelby County suffered injuries to her lower extremities during a single-vehicle accident Sunday morning northwest of Lewis. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year old Jennifer Peterson, of Harlan, was injured in the accident that happened at around 10:10-a.m., near 540th Lane and Lansing Road. Peterson was traveling east on Lansing Road in a 2000 Ford F150 pickup, when for reasons unknown, the pickup left the road and entered the ditch, where it flipped over. The woman was transported by Medivac Ambulance to the Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Damage to the pickup was estimated to be around $5,000. Deputies cited Peterson for Failure to Maintain Control. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Lewis Rescue and Lewis First Responders and Medivac Ambulance.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office says a juvenile male was arrested Saturday, following a report of a stolen UTV. Just before 3-p.m., the Page County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from Tadd Madden, of Shambaugh, who said that he had been gone earlier that day and when he came home, his Kawasaki Mule UTV was gone. Madden said that he had not given anyone permission to use his UTV. Madden said also, that he had also found a bicycle in his yard, that had not been there when he left earlier. Madden called back later to say he had just received a phone call from a friend, who told him he had seen Madden’s UTV northbound on Highway 71, from Shambaugh.

Deputies responding to Shambaugh saw a male juvenile operating a Kawasaki UTV on Highway 71, about two-miles north of Shambaugh.  They initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of 250^th Street, and upon confirmation the machine belonged to Madden, arrested the juvenile for possession of stolen property. The male was transported to the Juvenile Detention center in Council Bluffs where he is currently being held pending further court proceedings.

Three people were arrested on separate charges Sunday, in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 40-year old Trena Lynn Paczosa, of Malvern, was arrested following a traffic stop on 315th Street at around 1:15-a.m., for OWI/1st offense. At around 11:35-p.m. Sunday, 42-year old Rebecca Ann Gorup, of Omaha, was arrested after the Mills County K9 Unit conducted a traffic stop on I-29, for a vehicle with an equipment violation. Upon further investigation, about 4.7-grams of marijuana was located in the vehicle. Gorup, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance. And, at 11:55-p.m. Sunday, 25-year old Colton Brian Edward Fricke, of Glenwood, was arrested at 4th and Walnut Streets, for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Gorup and Paczosa were being held in the Mills County Jail on $1,000 bond each. Fricke’s bond was set at $1,300.

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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.

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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.”