CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Some northern Iowa residents are seeking state approval to keep a popular dock at a state park despite revised rules that limit dock lengths. The Globe Gazette reports that the future of the Sunset Bay dock northeast of Clear Lake State Park remains uncertain due to its 496-foot (151-meter) length. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources capped commercial dock lengths at 300 feet (91 meters) from the water’s edge under revised regulations in 2008.

Resident Jake Kopriva submitted a dock permit application to the department last month to keep the dock at its current length. Kopriva says keeping the current length will encourage economic activity and help manage current boat slip shortages. A department official told the newspaper the agency is reviewing Kopriva’s application and hopes to respond by the end of the month.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say no children were hurt when a sport utility vehicle crashed into Willard Elementary School in Des Moines.

The Des Moines Register says the crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. Friday when the vehicle, which was headed south on East 30th Street, left the road and hit the east side of the school. Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek says police are investigating the cause of the crash.

The driver suffered a minor head injury but was able to walk to an ambulance. Parizek says the driver told officer that the brakes on the SUV failed.

Parizek says the crash “didn’t even knock books off the bookshelves” on the other side of the school’s brick wall that was hit.

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s egg farmers and a regional grocery chain have partnered for a promotion to donate eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa this holiday season. The Iowa Egg Council and Fareway Stores say they will give a dozen eggs to the food bank for every two dozen bought by each customer at all Fareway stores in Iowa. The campaign begins Monday and runs through Dec. 23. The promotion will donate up to 21,600 dozen eggs to the food bank.

The council says the campaign aims to give back to individuals who are food insecure in the communities Iowa egg farmers live and serve. Food bank president and CEO Michelle Book says eggs are nutritious source of protein and a great way to help sustain the people the food bank serves.

The Iowa State Patrol reports an Omaha man was killed in a car versus pedestrian accident early Saturday morning in Mills County on Interstate 29 at the 33 mile marker. At 2:10am a 2015 Toyota 4Runner driven by 37-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Perry of Saxonbury, NC was passing a Semi traveling north in the left lane of Interstate 29. The Toyota struck 19-year-old Tyler Ryan Givens-Dunn of Omaha, NE who was riding a skateboard in the left lane of the Interstate. Givens-Dunn was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to the Loess Hills Funeral Home.

The Iowa State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Mills County Sheriff’s Office and Glenwood/Pacific Junction Rescue.

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The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest on Friday evening of 25-year-old Nathan Allen Aldrich of Red Oak for Domestic Abuse Assault, 1st Offense, a Simple Misdemeanor. Aldrich was arrested at 8:44pm in the 300 block of East Joy Street in Red Oak. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on no bond.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Friday night of a Red Oak man for Probation Violation. At 8:10pm Deputies arrested 26-year-old Ethen Ted Schoonover of Red Oak in the 900 block of Senate Avenue. He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,500 cash bond.

Sheriff’s officials in Ringgold County said Friday (Today), that on Wednesday, Dec. 13th, the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office responded to a complaint of an unattended child and an adult female who was passed out. After failed attempts to make contact with someone at 702 N. Webster street in Mount Ayr, the responding Deputy entered the residence of Chad Michael Mastin and Jacqueline Elaine Snyder to conduct a welfare check.

Snyder

Once inside it was determined the adult female was not in medical distress but was not easily awakened, sluggish and disoriented. In plain view drug paraphernalia was seen. The residence was secured and the defendant placed under arrest. A search warrant was applied for and granted. K9 “Heky” was deployed and alerted at different locations of the residence and garage. Items seized included: 2.5 grams of methamphetamine (another 3 grams from the defendant) for a total of 5.5 grams of methamphetamine, 3 grams of cocaine, 50 grams of marijuana and several items of drug paraphernalia to include a scale and various pipes used for smoking illegal drugs.

While executing this search warrant stolen property from at least two recent burglaries in Mount Ayr was discovered. A second search warrant was obtained for the stolen property. Items from The Farm and Home Store and Stutzman’s Auction have been recovered thus far.

Charges have been filed on Chad Michael Mastin for Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Child Endangerment. The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office has requested warrants for his arrest. The investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be filed.

Snyder faces charges that include Possession of Meth and Marijuana, with the Intent to Deliver, Child Endangerment, Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $40,000.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Council Bluffs is suing the federal government to stop a Native American tribe from building a casino just seven miles away in Carter Lake.

City attorney Richard Wade says in U.S. District Court documents that a Ponca Tribe of Nebraska casino would compete with state-licensed casinos in Council Bluffs and cut into millions of dollars in fees, taxes and charitable contributions that benefit the city’s residents.

The National Indian Gaming Commission and the U.S. Interior Department cleared the way for the tribe’s casino plan in November. Wade claims in documents filed Wednesday that federal laws prohibit a casino on the tribe’s Carter Lake land.

The casino, to include 2,000 slot machines and a 150-room hotel, would create about 1,500 jobs.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs police say they have obtained a murder warrant for a man suspected in the death of another man whose body was found by a resident walking his dog.  According to a Press Release, investigators obtained the first-degree murder warrant for 43-year-old Michael J. Thacker in the death of 34-year-old David S. Simpson. Both men were described as being transients.

Thacker

A man walking his dog found Simpson’s body Monday morning in a grassy area near a warehouse on First Avenue. An autopsy shows Simpson died of blunt force trauma.

On Wednesday, officers charged 53-year-old Cleo W. McClellan with being an accessory to a felony-murder.

McClellan