Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:55 a.m. CST

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Linn County’s top prosecutor is calling for a grand jury investigation into the police shooting of a man earlier this month. Television station KCRG reports that County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden said Friday in a news release that “it would be in the public interest” for a grand jury to determine whether criminal charges are warranted. Officer Lucas Jones shot and seriously injured Jerime Mitchell on Nov. 1 near Coe College.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As many as 150 juveniles in Iowa prisons for felonies including kidnapping and attempted murder will get their sentences shortened by years as a result of an Iowa Supreme Court decision. The court ruled Friday that juveniles convicted of forcible felonies who had been resentenced from mandatory minimum terms to a set period of years should be given credit for good behavior at a much faster pace.

DALLAS (AP) — Gov. Jack Dalrymple says he’s asking the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up a decision on whether to grant an easement for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross the Missouri River in southern North Dakota. Dalrymple says increasingly frequent protests against the pipeline have created “a tremendously challenging, tremendously difficult situation.” Numerous protests have been held at sites in the capital city this week, including the state Capitol and the state-owned Bank of North Dakota.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — A former Deere and Company employee from Iowa has admitted to defrauding the Illinois company out of at least $250,000 over a nine-year period. The Quad-City Times reports that 63-year-old Harvey Ulfers of Cedar Falls, Iowa pleaded guilty Thursday to various wire fraud and money laundering charges. A co-defendant, 46-year-old Patrick W. Williams of Cedar Falls, pleaded guilty to a money-laundering conspiracy charge in April.