Decorah Police were busy with several arrests during the holidays

Decorah Police say they made five arrests during the holidays.

Around 3:00 Sunday morning, police officers investigated a vehicle abandoned in a snow bank at Dudley and Paine Street.  They discovered the driver of the vehicle, 23-year-old Jacob Erickson, had been operating the vehicle when it got stuck in the snow.  Erickson was arrested for Second Offense Drunk Driving and for Driving With a Revoked License.

Just after midnight on Sunday morning, police made a traffic stop on Short Street, then arrested Christopher Fassbender on a charge of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated.

Late Friday night, just before midnight, officers were called to the Winneshiek Medical Center's Emergency Room.  Upon arriving they discovered that a Decorah Bank & Trust ATM machine had been removed from the building in an attempt to break into it.  Using video from a surveillance camera, police arrested 29-year-old Evan Blue on a charge of First Degree Theft and a charge of First Degree Criminal Mischief.

Finally, police arrested two people on Wednesday.  25-year-old Michael Torgerson and 27-year-old Kathryn Allen were found in possession of a vehicle that allegedly had been stolen from a Decorah car dealership.,  Both were charged with Second Degree Theft.  Police also discovered that there was an active protection order in place between the two, so both were charged with Violation of a Protective Order.