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Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, 9/9/17

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September 9th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:00 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say the former owner of an Iowa boarding school used his position to coerce one teenager into a sexual relationship and others to undress for his arousal. Former Midwest Academy owner Benjamin Trane is charged with third-degree sexual abuse, sexual exploitation by a counselor and child endangerment. He turned himself in Thursday after a 19-month investigation into abuse allegations at the private, for-profit boarding school Trane operated in Keokuk

CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — A southern Iowa high school football coach says five players who appeared in a photo on social media wearing white hoods and waving a Confederate flag next to a burning cross were kicked off the team. Creston/Orient-Macksburg football coach Brian Morrison tells the Des Moines Register that the five Creston High School students are off the team, which played Friday night.

LANSING, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a man killed in a northeastern Iowa farm accident. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office says 55-year-old Richard Weber was killed when he was caught in a piece of farm equipment. Another person, identified as 52-year-old Christopher Weber, was seriously injured when he, too, became caught in the forage wagon. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. Thursday about 5 miles (8 kilometers) west-northwest of Lansing.

WINTHROP, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa grain storage facility has been fined $4,000 following the death of a worker in May. The Courier reports that the Iowa Occupational Health and Safety Administration cited the Viafield co-op facility in Winthrop for a serious violation, saying employees weren’t properly trained in safety procedures for clearing jammed spouts. The fine came after 74-year-old James “Jim” Schweitzer was buried while moving soybeans in a grain cart on May 16.