SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An August trial has been scheduled for a Sioux City dealer accused of tampering with odometers on vehicles he was selling. The Sioux City Journal reports that 37-year-old Francisco Hurtado has pleaded not guilty in Woodbury County District Court to six counts of fraudulent practices. His trial is set to start Aug. 21.

Authorities say Hurtado lives in South Sioux City, Nebraska, and owns Siouxland Auto Sales in Sioux City. Iowa investigators say they found odometers in high-mileage vehicles had been rolled down to increase the vehicles’ value. Court records say Hurtado acknowledged replacing odometer clusters on some vehicles. The records say, however, that Hurtado had not followed Iowa law in resetting the replaced odometers to zero or to the original mileage, nor placing a notice on the dashboards noting that the odometer clusters had been replaced.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman from Blanchard was arrested at around 7:15-p.m. Wed., following a traffic stop on 310th Street, about a mile northwest of Braddyville. During the traffic stop, 58-year old Patricia Ann Kenagy was arrested for Driving while license suspended. Kenagy was transported to the Page County Jail and held on a little more than $566 bond. She later posted bond and was released pending further court proceedings.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Officials say at least eight people were taken to hospitals after a fire broke out at an apartment building on the west side of Cedar Rapids. Firetrucks were dispatched around 3:45 a.m. Thursday. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department says firefighters found people hanging from windows of the three-story structure, where flames and smoke could be seen. The department says ladders were quickly employed to help the residents to safety as firefighters attacked the blaze, which was extinguished by 4:50 a.m. The fire cause is being investigated.

The Creston Police Department reports 37-year old Durrell Haynes, of Creston, was arrested just after 6-a.m. today (Thursday), on an Adams County warrant for Contempt of Court – Failure to pay fines. Haynes was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting transport to Adams County.