MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Mason City police say bicycle thefts are on the rise this year as more thieves seek cash for drugs. The Globe Gazette reports there have already been 175 bikes reported stolen this year. In all of 2015, only 132 bikes were stolen. Mason City Police Lt. Rich Jensen says stolen bikes are often found in pieces in “little clandestine bicycle chop shops.” Jensen says the thefts are often linked to people seeking money for drugs.

When police searched an apartment last month, they found drug paraphernalia, two complete bikes, a pile of bicycle frames and dozens of bike parts. Adam Ochoa says he couldn’t believe it when his bike was recently stolen for the second time in five years.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has highlighted extra benefits under Iowa’s new Medicaid program to show the privatized system functions better than the former state-run setup, but the agency overseeing Medicaid acknowledges it knows little about how the so-called value-added services are working for patients. The services range from waived gym membership fees to free cellphones.

After more than six months of the privately run system, there is limited data about how many people have used the value-added services and no information about whether the services are effective. The Department of Human Services says it’s not required to closely track them.

The setup highlights limitations in what the state must share about Iowa’s new Medicaid system. It also adds a layer of work for the public to access information about the services.

A traffic stop early this (Sunday) morning near the Stringtown Cemetery in rural Adams County, resulted in the arrest of a Lenox man on an OWI charge. Adams County Sheriff’s officials say 27-year old Christopher David Mackey, of Lenox, was pulled over at around 1:40-a.m. near the intersection of Highway 34 and Sycamore Avenue, and subsequently placed under arrest for OWI/1st offense after failing Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. Mackey was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.

A traffic stop Saturday night in Red Oak resulted in men from Cass and Montgomery Counties being issued citations for Possession of Alcohol under the legal age. Red Oak Police say officers conducted a traffic stop for an equipment violation at around 11:30-p.m. at the Cubby’s parking lot. Officers discovered alcohol inside the vehicle.

As a result, 18-year old Jerry Carr, of Anita, and 19-year old Elias Guerra, of Red Oak, were cited for Possession of Alcohol under the age of 21. Both men were released with their citations.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:24 a.m. CDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa firm has won a $1.9 million contract for work on a section of the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the contract for work in Nemaha County.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Fitting tribute to Iowa football or Hawk-eyesore? That’s what a judge must decide. Angry neighbors have filed a lawsuit against the Iowa City Board of Adjustment for allowing a couple to proceed with their plan to build a 7,500-square-foot home that will resemble the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the lawsuit was filed Wednesday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The trial of a man accused in shooting death of an Iowa City landlord will not move forward until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether the case should be reviewed. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that District Judge Sean McPartland granted a stay Friday in Justin Marshall’s trial. Marshall was convicted in the 2009 shooting death of Iowa City landlord John Versypt, but his conviction was overturned and a new trial ordered.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — North Liberty police say a 25-year-old man has been charged with animal torture, accused of hurting a cat. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that Gibson Neblett was released Friday from the Johnson County Jail. Police say Neblett abused a cat named Melvin in August and September. An Iowa City phone number listed for him appeared not to be working Saturday.