OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Documents say employees maintained a secret waiting list of veterans for some Omaha mental health appointments. The Omaha World-Herald reports that a compliance officer’s memo to the director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System says the list dodged VA requirements for establishing and maintaining waiting lists. The compliance officer’s audit included two whistleblower complaints made about lists for appointments at the VA’s mental health psychotherapy clinic in Omaha.

The VA acknowledges the audit but won’t answer questions about it. It also says no veterans were harmed. The VA set up strict requirements for establishing waiting lists following a 2014 scandal that showed VA employees were covering up chronic delays with false paperwork and secret lists.

A man from Union County was arrested Monday afternoon on a warrant out of Nebraska. Creston Police arrested 29-year old Christopher Woolums, of Creston, on a Sarpy County, NE., warrant for Violation of Probation, on an original, Possession of a Controlled Substance, charge. Woolums was being held in the Union County Jail pending extradition to NE.

And, a Creston man reported to Police Monday morning, that someone had stolen property from his home valued at $1,500 altogether. The incident at a residence in the 600 block of Grand Avenue, took place sometime between August 1st and Oct. 13th. The missing items included a gold watch, 2 teeth with gold fillings, and a prayer blanket.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Sioux City area agencies have been searching the Missouri River for a car reportedly driven off a road into the water. The search was called off around 8 p.m. Monday because of darkness. Rescue crews had been sent to the scene near Larsen Park around 4:20 p.m.

Sioux City Fire Rescue Capt. Dave Ahlers says authorities aren’t sure whether anyone was inside the car. A city news release says witnesses reported seeing a small brown vehicle floating before going under the water’s surface.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – School district leaders have declared their support for members of a central Iowa high school marching band who protested inequality in the nation by leaving the football field during the national anthem.  The incident happened before Ames High School’s home football game against another school Friday night. Some other band members reportedly did not play their instruments during the performance.

A statement from school district leaders Monday praises the students, saying they protested “the right way” and “didn’t resort to violence, and they didn’t resort to one-sided arguments.” Athletes, primarily National Football League players, have been protesting police brutality in recent weeks by either kneeling or linking arms during the national anthem. Others have stayed in their locker rooms.