December 21, 2020 Northwest Iowa — Authorities in O’Brien and Osceola Counties were hip-deep in stolen vehicles Monday morning in a case that spans both counties. According to Osceola County Sheriff’s Deputy Lieutenant Seth Hoffman, his dispatchers received a call about 6:30 Monday morning from a rural Melvin resident who reported finding a pickup and small trailer stopped on his hog site. Hoffman says when the resident asked the pickup’s driver why he had stopped there, he was told that the vehicle’s brake lights weren’t working, but then drive away. According to Hoffman, the far...