NEOLA, Iowa (AP) – Neola may be bidding farewell to a 1945-model firetruck that had served the western Iowa town for many years.

The Neola Lions Club is auctioning off the truck on Sunday to raise money for the city’s recreational park. Some residents hope a local buyer will surface to keep the truck in town.

The Daily Nonpareil says the 1945 K2 International has only 2,550 miles on it because it didn’t have to go far to fight fires in Neola. The latest U.S. Census says Neola is home to about 840 people in Pottawattamie County.

The town got a new firetruck about 10 years after acquiring the 1945 model. The old truck mostly gathered dust in the former fire hall until the town gave it to the Lions Club.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department reports an arrest early this morning (6/25) at approximately 12:58 am after a traffic stop was conducted near the intersection of Broadway and 15th Street in Denison. During the stop, K9 Bayou alerted to the odor of narcotics and Methamphetamine was discovered. The driver, 45-year-old Armando Castillo Valerio of Denison was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine, a Serious Misdemeanor.

A Hamburg woman was taken to the Grape Community Hospital with head and body trauma after being hit by a car early this morning.  Fremont County officials report that 33 year old Lacey Nicole Remmen was walking home at about 12:30 Wednesday morning along the 900 block of Washington Street in Hamburg when she walked into the street and was struck by a 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix driven by 19 year old Virgil Boomgaarn of Hamburg.  The report states that Boomgaarn was unable to stop in time and struck Remmen, who landed on the windshield and the hood of the car.  Remmen was transferred by helicopter to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.