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Iowa early News Headlines: 10/12/2018

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October 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say the teenage son of a man killed in a Huxley house fire has also died from his injuries. Huxley Police Sgt. tells the Des Moines Register that 17-year-old Daniel Van Ersvelde died Wednesday at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. His death came three days after the fire that killed his father, 47-year-old Brett Van Ersvelde. The teen and his mother were both pulled from his bedroom by firefighters Sunday evening. Two teenage daughters were able to escape.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Three Nebraska farmers have agreed to plead guilty to fraudulently marketing non-organic corn and soybeans as certified organic as part of a multi-million-dollar scheme from 2010 until 2017. Documents filed in federal court in Iowa show that Tom Brennan, James Brennan and Michael Potter each intend to plead guilty to wire fraud. Their attorneys didn’t immediately reply to phone messages. Prosecutors say they sold non-organic grains to an Iowa company that marketed them nationwide as organic.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s governor has issued a disaster proclamation for 19 counties in response to severe weather that raked much of the state earlier this month. Gov. Kim Reynolds issued the proclamation Thursday in the wake of Oct. 4 storms that including damaging winds, heavy rains, flooding and tornadoes.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A man has been given 50 years in prison for stabbing to death a woman in her northeast Iowa home. Court records say 54-year-old Garry James was sentenced Wednesday in Dubuque. Authorities say he killed 53-year-old Michelle Kinney on July 21. Friends found her body two days later on the floor of her blood-spattered kitchen in Dubuque. James pleaded guilty to second-degree murder,