DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Senate panel has approved a bill that would require breast density data in mammogram reports be given to patients and physicians, a move that supporters say could help women detect cancer earlier. The bill approved Wednesday by a human resources subcommittee would require that patients be told if they have a certain density of breast tissue. Advocates of the proposal say such breast density can obscure early detection of breast cancer in mammograms. They say this legislation will help patients be better informed.

Several medical groups say they’re against mandating standards of care under Iowa law. Some say the information could lead anxious patients to undergo unnecessary and costly additional testing. Similar legislation has failed to advance in previous sessions. The bill now goes to a full committee.

A traffic stop Tuesday in Crawford County resulted in two Sac County men being arrested on drug charges. And, a search warrant executed in Crawford County early this (Wednesday) morning resulted in drugs, paraphernalia and cash being seized, along with the arrest of a Denison man. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office reports during the traffic stop Tuesday, a drug investigation was initiated, and a request was made for K9 “Bayou,” who when deployed, alerted to the odor of illegal narcotics coming from the vehicle. As the result of the search, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia was seized from the vehicle. Arrested was 19-year old Shawn Freier and 19-year old Shane Thelen both of Sac County for Possession of Methamphetamine a Serious Misdemeanor and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia a Simple Misdemeanor.

Police in Glenwood are asking for your help in identifying two suspects who allegedly stole alcohol from the Newman’s Thriftway store during the early morning hours of Jan. 30th.  Surveillance footage from the store shows two suspects that entered the store and took alcohol from the shelves.
Anyone that recognizes these suspects or anyone with any information regarding the incident is encouraged to call the Glenwood Police Department at 712-527-9920 or 712-527-4844 and ask for Officer Burtch or Sgt. Martin.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Officials have located nearly 200 missing ACT college entrance exams at an Iowa grocery store, just days after notifying students they wouldn’t receive their results. Johnston County Community School District spokeswoman Laura Sprague says Johnston High School’s principal picked up the test packets Wednesday morning at a Dahl’s store in Johnston. The ACT organization sent an email Monday night to 195 students who tested at the high school Dec. 13 notifying them their answer sheets never arrived at headquarters in Iowa City and therefore could not be scored.

Sprague says there was a mix-up with shipments after an ACT-hired testing coordinator dropped off the packets for mailing. She says the tests will be sent overnight. ACT spokeswoman Katie Walker says the exams are valid and scoring will be expedited.

Atlantic Police report the arrest on Tuesday, of 44-year old Craig Griffin. The Atlantic man was taken into custody on a charge of OWI/1st offense. Griffin was booked into the Cass County Jail.

Two Dallas County residents were cited for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia after they parked in a No Parking Zoning behind the Guthrie County Courthouse last week. The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports Dustin Brobst and Tarrin Thomas, both of whom are from the Perry area, admitted to using methamphetamine before they arrived at the courthouse on Jan. 27th.

The citations were the result of an investigation that began at around 11:30-a.m. , when a pickup truck entered into the restricted area, behind the Guthrie County Courthouse and parked in no parking zone. The vehicle was approached due to the safety concerns, and after some investigation the Guthrie County K-9 was deployed, the K-9 hit on the vehicle and a search was done and Drug paraphernalia was found.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – U.S. Bank will pay $18 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by regulators alleging that it mishandled customer funds of a collapsed Iowa brokerage. U.S. District Judge Linda Reade approved a consent decree Wednesday that orders the bank to return the money to customers of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc.

The order settles a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission alleging that U.S. Bank allowed Peregrine founder Russell Wasendorf Sr. to improperly withdraw millions of customer funds to use for other expenses. Wasendorf is serving a 50-year prison term after he was convicted of stealing $215 million from customers over two decades.

The consent decree says U.S. Bank has already taken “significant remedial action” in its handling of customer funds that are supposed to be held separately.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Senate Democrats have given preliminary approval to legislation that would boost school funding above the level sought by the governor. A set of education funding bills received subcommittee approval in the Democratic-majority Senate Wednesday. Under the proposal, school aid would increase by more than $200 million for the upcoming school year. That’s more than double the amount supported by the Republican-controlled House and by Gov. Terry Branstad. The legislation will now move to the full Senate Education Committee for review.

Lawmakers say the schools need more support. Sen. Tod Bowman, a Democrat from Maquoketa, says the state must do better for students. Legislators will have to work to find a compromise. House Republicans contend the state cannot afford a significant increase for schools, given existing budget commitments.

A two-vehicle accident that took place Tuesday afternoon near the Griswold High School caused $3,500 damage, but no one was injured. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says they were notified of the incident at around 3:30-p.m.

Officials say the accident happened on Highway 48, as a 1999 Chevy Silverado driven by 22-year old Nolan Ryan Nielsen, of Walnut, was stopped in a line of traffic headed northbound. 18-year old Brody Adam Main, of Griswold, was attempting to exit the parking lot from the high school, when the 1994 Ford Mustang he was driving slid through the stop sign, and struck Nielsen’s vehicle in the driver’s side.

Icy road conditions were to blame for the accident. No citations were issued.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Tuesday, of 38-year old Sara Nicole Exline, of Afton. She was taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center in Creston at around 10:30-a.m. Tuesday, on a Union County warrant charging her with 5th degree theft. Exline plead guilty to the charge and was released from custody.