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Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, 8/21/17

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August 21st, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 1:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man who had been sought since allegedly killing a puppy by snapping its neck during a dispute last month about Wi-Fi in Des Moines, Iowa, has been arrested on animal-abuse charges. KCCI reports that 25-year-old Christopher Vogel was taken into custody Saturday. Police say Vogel went to a friend’s apartment and asked the neighbors if he could use their Wi-Fi password, then killed the neighbors’ 12-week-old corgi when they refused his request.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man who hit a church with a car while trying to elude police in north-central Iowa’s Mason City has been sentenced to about a year and a half in jail. KIMT reports that 31-year-old Daniel Solano of Mason City also was fined $630 and ordered to pay restitution to the church. Solano pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree theft and fourth-degree criminal mischief.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held this week for the newly completed Ames, Iowa, water-treatment plant. The ceremony and open house will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday. Mayor Ann Campbell, current and former City Council members, state agency representatives and other elected officials will participate in the ribbon cutting. Following the ceremony, tours of the facility will be provided, exhibits and displays will showcase the water treatment process, and an art exhibit will be on display.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An eastern Nebraska doctor says ragweed pollen is showing up in significant numbers in Omaha and western Iowa. Dr. Linda Ford, an allergist in Bellevue, tells the Omaha World-Herald that a pollen-collection station for Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, has shown a lot of ragweed pollen of late. Ford says the amount of the ragweed pollen jumped significantly last week and that it tends to peak around Labor Day.