The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a Shannon City man reported on Thursday, that sometime over the last three weeks, someone entered his property and took a 2009 blue Big Bear 4-Wheeler. The loss was estimated at $4,000.

And, a Creston man reported to the Sheriff’s Office today (Friday), that someone had entered a building on his property, and in the process caused $20 damage.

Both incidents remained under investigation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers have proposed legislation creating a Medicaid-style health insurance plan for Iowans, but the proposal has virtually no chance in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Sen. Matt McCoy of Des Moines and Rep. John Forbes of Urbandale released details Friday of a so-called public option for people in the individual insurance market of the Affordable Care Act. It offers an additional subsidized insurance option in the marketplace. Separately, the legislation would return Iowa’s privatized Medicaid program to a state-run system.

McCoy and Forbes estimate about $200 million in savings but didn’t provide specifics to justify the estimate. The lawmakers say they expect changes to the bill, which they emphasized is an attempt to limit growing health care costs. The new plan wouldn’t start until 2019 at the earliest. A spokeswoman for GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds dismissed the plan, saying it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and not help people in need.

Council Bluffs Police report a convenience store was robbed this (Thursday) morning. Officers responded just before 9-a.m. to the CB Quick Stop at 3500 Avenue A, for a report of a robbery. The clerk told officers that a black male entered the convenience store and displayed a handgun. The suspect pointed the firearm at the clerk and demanded money from the cash register. After receiving the money the suspect fled the business in an unknown direction.

The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 25 years old, 5-feet 8-inches tall with a thin build.  The incident is under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division. Anyone possibly having information on the Robbery is encouraged to call CID at (712) 328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7867.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports a man was arrested Thursday on a felony Sheriff’s warrant for Fraudulent Practices 1st Degree. 57-year old Gregory Eugene Weppler, of Lewis, was taken to the Cass County Jail where he was released later that day on $10,000 bond. Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Ayers told KJAN News the charge was with regard to Weppler allegedly receiving unemployment compensation, while still earning wages from his place of employment.

The Council Bluffs Police Department reports two students at the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln High School died this (Friday) morning, when the vehicle they were in crashed into Lake Manawa, on the south side of Council Bluffs. The victims were identified as 18-year old Efren Lemus and 17-year old Christian Renteria-Perez, both of Council Bluffs. Lemus was identified as the driver of the vehicle.

Council Bluffs emergency personnel were dispatched to accident scene on the west shore of Lake Manawa at around 6:13-a.m. Upon arrival, they found the vehicle was upside down and partially submerged. Council Bluffs Fire Department personnel entered the water and located victims inside the vehicle.

Authorities say alcohol and/or speeding may have been factors in the crash, which remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit.