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Iowa early News Headlines: Thu., June 4th 2015

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June 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says two Iowa police officers fired shots at a vehicle from close range after the driver sped in their direction following a pursuit. Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille says investigators believe the officers’ shots struck the vehicle carrying a 19-year-old driver and 16-year-old female passenger but didn’t hit either early Tuesday. The driver, 19-year-old Dakota Murray, was jailed on charges of eluding law enforcement. The passenger wasn’t charged.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A health and human services budget approved by the Iowa Legislature would keep open one of two mental health facilities slated for closure and would seek to find a private provider to run the other. The Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate voted in favor of the plan last night.

BOSTON (AP) — Federal authorities say an Iowa man has been arrested after threatening to shoot and kill Muslims on the Facebook page of a Boston Islamic group. Prosecutors say 57-year-old Gerald Wayne Ledford of Clinton posted two threats on the Facebook page for the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in October. Ledford could face up to five years in prison.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say two turkey farms have been added to the list of possible locations with bird flu. The new cases bring the number of Iowa farms infected to 73 and the number of birds to die to 29 million. More than 24 million are egg-laying chickens, and nearly 4 million are young chickens that were to be egg-layers. More than 1 million are turkeys.