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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, March 6th 2016

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March 6th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

NORA SPRINGS, Iowa (AP) — Protesters have promised to picket outside a recently-opened exotic dance club in Nora Springs every night it’s open. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that several people protested Friday night outside the Pole Barn Theater. They held picket signs reading “Women Are Not For Sale” and “Real Men Don’t Exploit Women.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A longtime southern Iowa sheriff has resigned amid allegations that he sexually harassed employee, courthouse workers, witnesses and crime victims. The Des Moines Register reports that Decatur County Sheriff Bert Muir resigned Friday. The 66-year-old Muir denied the claims and said the county board’s move to have him removed from office was politically motivated.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police say one person has been shot at a Cedar Rapids grocery store parking lot, but is expected to survive. Television station KCRG reports that the shooting happened around 9:20 p.m. Friday at Jim’s Foods, with multiple people reporting the shooting to 911. Responding officers found blood in the lot, but no victim. A short time later, authorities say a 24-year-old man was reported at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Burlington police have interviewed more than dozen people but have no suspect or motive in Wednesday’s fatal shooting of a local teenager. The Hawk Eye reports that 16-year-old Kedarie Johnson’s body was found late Wednesday night in an alley. Johnson was a junior at Burlington High School.