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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., Aug. 17th 2013

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August 17th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say they won’t file charges against a woman involved in a fight with a man who later died of stab wounds. Police questioned 25-year-old Tyshar Mosley in the stabbing death of 34-year-old Amyn Brown. He was found dead early Thursday in a Des Moines apartment. Yesterday police say an investigation determined Mosley acted in self-defense.

HUDSON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say three people were injured in northeast Iowa after a sport utility vehicle crashed into a bus with only the driver aboard. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the crash happened yesterday afternoon near Hudson when a bus driven by 69-year-old Dale Bondy of Waterloo dropped off a farm crew, then pulled out from a stop sign and into the path of an SUV. Bondy was cited for failure to yield.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Grimes woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for inflating the value of homes she appraised to help herself and others get mortgage loans. Forty-six-year-old Bobbi Jo Wojewoda was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Joseph Davis allowed one hit in 4 2-3 innings and Newark, Delaware scored five times in the first inning to beat Urbandale, Iowa 6-3 in the Little League World Series last night. Urbandale drops to the loser’s bracket and meets Grosse Pointe, Michigan later today in Pennsylvania.