Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:39 a.m. CDT

BELVIDERE, Neb. (AP) — Headstones will be dedicated today (Sunday) at the southern Nebraska graves of three Union veterans of the Civil War. The Hastings Tribune reports that the group Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will dedicate the new headstones at Belvidere Cemetery in Thayer County. The three served with infantry from Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Volunteer students will be helping plant trees in north-central Iowa’s Mason City next week. On Wednesday, fifth-grade students from Newman Catholic Schools will plant nearly 40 trees along Taft Avenue. On Thursday, students from Mason City Alternative High School will plant between 60 to 100 trees along streets a few blocks over.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health is promoting a new farm safety website. The “Telling the Story” site features firsthand accounts by farmers who have been injured or lost family members to agriculture-related incidents. Ellen Duysen with the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at the college is involved with the new site. She says research indicates farmers are more open to safety messages after reading about a traumatic farm incident.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A permanent memorial dedicated to fallen police officers will be built in Des Moines. The Register reports the memorial will be dedicated to the 24 officers who’ve died in the line of duty, including officers Susan Farrell and Carlos Puente-Morales, who were killed in March 2016 when a drunken wrong-way driver crashed into their patrol car on Interstate 80. On Monday, the City Council approved a $101,529 construction contract to build the structure outside the downtown police station.

The driver of a motorcycle was injured in a collision with the back of an SUV on Friday evening in Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Police Department responded to the accident at 5:32pm at the intersection of 7th Street and Kanesville. Preliminary investigations show the SUV was stopped at a red traffic light when the motorcycle ran into the rear of it.

The motorcyle driver was taken to UNMC with serious injuries. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. The name of the injured man is being withheld pending notification of family of the accident.

The driver of the SUV was not injured and his vehicle was driven away from the scene.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office released more details on how a Creston man was apprehended on Thursday afternoon. 23-year-old Jameson Chase Cox of Creston was arrested after attempting to elude law enforcement. Cox was speeding away from officers in a 2001 Chrysler Sebring and attempted to make a turn at North Oak and West Townline Streets in Creston. Cox was traveling too fast to make the turn and lost control, running into a front brick pillar of a home at 303 West Townline Street.

Cox then attempted to flee on foot but was captured a short time later by a Union County Deputy. Nobody was injured as a result of the crash and damage to the brick on the home was estimated at $3,000. The vehicle sustained $2,500 disabling damage. Cox was arrested for Eluding and later charged by Creston PD for OWI 1st Offense.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A permanent memorial dedicated to fallen police officers will be built in Des Moines.

The Register reports the memorial will be dedicated to the 24 officers who’ve died in the line of duty, including officers Susan Farrell and Carlos Puente-Morales, who were killed in March 2016 when a drunken wrong-way driver crashed into their patrol car on Interstate 80.

On Monday, the City Council approved a $101,529 construction contract to build the structure outside the downtown police station.

The project will be funded in part by donations. The police department’s GoFundMe page has received $51,500 in donations for the project and Prairie Meadows Casino and Hotel has awarded it $10,000.

Fremont County Sheriff’s Office K9 Roby has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. The vest was embroidered with the sentiment “In memory of K9 Ty, California City Police Department”.

Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. is a 501c(3) charity located in East Taunton, MA whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies throughout the United States. The non-profit was established in 2009 to assist law enforcement agencies with this potentially lifesaving body armor for their four-legged K9 officers. Since its inception, Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provided over 3,100 protective vests in 50 states, through private and corporate donations, at a value of $5.7 million dollars.

The program is open to dogs actively employed in the U.S. with law enforcement or related agencies who are certified and at least 20 months of age. New K9 graduates, as well as K9s with expired vests, are eligible to participate.

The donation to provide one protective vest for a law enforcement K9 is $950.00. Each vest has a value between $1,744 – $2,283, and a five-year warranty and an average weight of 4-5 lbs. There is an estimated 30,000 law enforcement K9s throughout the United States. For more information or to learn about volunteer opportunities, please call 508-824-6978. Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. provides information, lists events, and accepts tax-deductible donations of any denomination at www.vik9s.org or mailed to P.O. Box 9 East Taunton, MA 02718.

K9 Roby is a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, German Shepard mix, certified in patrol and narcotics detection.  K9 Roby has been with the department since December of 2016.  K9 Roby is assigned to Deputy Andrew Wake, who has been with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office since 2010, and has been a K9 handler since 2014.