RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada sheriff say a near-drowning victim at Lake Tahoe is alive thanks to the “extraordinary efforts” of two off-duty firefighters from California and a physician’s assistant from Iowa who pitched in to help save his life.

Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam (BAY’-luhm) singled out the three “Good Samaritans” and other deputies Friday, a week after the emergency was reported on Tahoe’s east shore.

The trio included Erin Dohlman, a recent graduate from the Des Moines University Physician Assistant Program, and Freddy Matias, an off-duty firefighter from CalFire’s Napa Valley station.

Balaam says the other unnamed firefighter was administering CPR to a San Francisco Bay Area man who was submerged and unconscious before Dohlman and Matias joined in.

He says they happened to be the right people, “with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time.”

WESTFIELD, Iowa (AP) — A former city clerk accused of stealing from a northwest Iowa community has pleaded not guilty.

The Sioux City Journal reports that 50-year-old Angela Sorensen filed a written plea Thursday in Plymouth County District Court. The charges: theft and ongoing criminal conduct.

Sorensen had been clerk in Westfield from May 25, 2013, until she quit in August 2017. A special state audit of the city books shows auditors identified nearly $40,000 of utility payments to the city that were never deposited.

Auditors also said Sorensen was overpaid by more than $13,000 during the 4½ years and said she wrote herself about $4,300 worth of unauthorized checks.

BANCROFT, Iowa (AP) — North-central Iowa law enforcement officials say three people have been found dead in Bancroft. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says in a news release that the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call Friday morning reporting two people found dead in a Bancroft home.
Bancroft police officers who were first to arrive at the home also found a third person there dead.

Police have released no other details, including the names of the dead or how they died. Officials have only said there is no on-going threat to the public.

Officials say the names of the victims and more details will be released following notification of the victims’ family members and the completion of autopsies.

Two people have been arrested in Cass County, for Violating Iowa’s Sex Offender Registry. On July 12th, deputies arrested 35-year old Jessy Mark, of Atlantic, on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for Sex Offender Registry Violation (Aggravated). Mark was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $2,000 bond. On July 5th,  24-year old Shawn Michael Williams, of Griswold, turned himself in at the Cass County Sheriff’s Office on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for Sex Offender Registry Violation (Aggravated). Williams was booked at the Cass County Jail and released later that day on $2,000 bond.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office also reports the following arrests:

• 43-year old Noah Gerard Cross, of Atlantic, was arrested today (July 12th), on a charge of OWI 1st Offense (Serious). Cross was taken to the Cass County Jail and later released on his own recognizance.
• 21-year old Jacob Hoyt Way, of Council Bluffs, was arrested June 28th in Cass County, on two District Court warrants for Probation Violation. Way was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $20,000 bond.
• And, on June 30th, 51-year old Michael Andrew Haas, of Kimballton, was arrested on charges of OWI 1st Offense (Serious) and Driving While Revoked (Serious). Haas was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports two people from Oregon have been arrested on drug charges. 22-year old Gary Eugene Graham, Jr., of Roseburg, OR, was arrested July 5th on two Sheriff’s Office warrants for two counts of Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana (D Felony); Drug Tax Stamp Violation (D Felony); Prohibited Acts (Aggravated); and Child Endangerment (Aggravated). Graham was taken to the Cass County Jail and later released on $10,000 bond.

On July 8th, 32-year old Erika Jo Graham, of Roseburg, OR, was arrested on a Cass County Sheriff’s Office warrant for Possession with Intent to Deliver Marijuana (D Felony); Drug Tax Stamp Violation (D Felony); Prohibited Acts (Aggravated); and Child Endangerment (Aggravated). Graham was booked at the Cass County Jail and released later that day on $325 bond.

And, on July 3rd, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 28-year old Jacob Allen Washburn, of Council Bluffs, on charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver Meth (B Felony); three counts of Felon in Possession of Firearm (D Felonies); and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Upon investigation, Washburn was also charged with Burglary 3rd Degree (D Felony) and Theft 2nd Degree (D Felony) in relation to a burglary that was reported in rural Cass County four days earlier. Washburn remains held at the Cass County Jail on $50,000 bond.

A Red Oak woman was arrested for Public Intoxication on Friday morning. Red Oak Police were called to the Casey’s General Store in the 1300 block of North Broadway in Red Oak at 9:22am for a possible intoxicated female.

Upon arrival and investigation Officers did find a woman to be intoxicated. They attempted to take 42-year-old Stephanie Sue Jeffords of Red Oak into custody and she initially resisted arrest.

She was charged with Public Intoxication and Interference with Official Acts Jeffords was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 cash bond.