Stuart Police along with Stuart Fire and EMS responded to the report of a helicopter crash Saturday, near the intersection of Victor Avenue and White Pole Road, in rural Guthrie County. Authorities say the pilot of the downed helicopter encountered a mechanical problem while flying which caused the helicopter to crash into a corn field. The unidentified pilot suffered minor injuries but was able to walk away from the accident.

Photos from the Stuart Police Dept.’s Facebook page.

Additional details are currently not available.

A man who is no stranger to law enforcement in Montgomery County, is in trouble once again. Authorities said Saturday 25-year old Eric A. Vannausdle, of Red Oak, was arrested on a felony Theft in the 2nd-degree charge, and an aggravated misdemeanor charge of Theft in the 3rd-degree, following an investigation into the theft of a 1972 Ford pickup truck and retaining wall blocks.

The truck and landscaping material were reported missing from Red Oak at around 8:20-a.m., and found just after 9-a.m. at the intersection of 190th and Q Avenue, northeast of Stanton.

Vannausdle was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on bond amounting to $5,000.

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is saying good riddance to Rick Perry. Perry — a former Texas governor — is now out of the Republican presidential race. And Trump tells a crowd in Iowa, “He’s gone, good luck — he was very nasty to me.” Now the front-runner is taking aim at another 2016 rival, former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who has risen high in national preference polls.

The billionaire businessman says he doesn’t think Carson “has the energy” to negotiate with world leaders. And Trump criticized Carson for comments that seemed to question Trump’s religious faith.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — No one was injured when a boat caught fire on the Missouri River between northeastern Nebraska and northwestern Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports that the fire occurred just outside the Sioux City Marina at Chris Larsen Park on Thursday night. The blaze saw firefighters from Iowa and Nebraska respond. Officials said Friday they weren’t sure what sparked the fire.

Sioux City Assistant Fire Chief Dan Cougill says the boat was fully engulfed in flames and was floating downriver when fire crews arrived. The boat’s occupants had escaped the boat early on. Potts says the boat was destroyed.