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Iowa News Headlines: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019

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October 27th, 2019 by admin

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 6:00 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have made arrests in an attack earlier this month on a man and his girlfriend inside the skywalk in downtown Des Moines. Police say 18-year-old Jeffrey Lionel Smith Jr., of Des Moines, was charged Friday with assault in connection with the investigation. A 13-year-old boy also was arrested and referred to juvenile courts for an assault charge.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A former Davenport in-home daycare provider have been given a suspended 25-year prison sentence and placed on four years’ probation for a 2017 incident that left an infant in her care seriously injured. The Quad-City Times reports that 46-year-old Amy Ellen Smith received the sentence Friday. Police were called April 27, 2017, for a report of child abuse involving a baby boy who had suffered broken bones while in Smith’s care.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Arizona insurance agent has lost his Iowa insurance license and is barred for reapplying for 10 years after the Iowa Insurance Division found he fleeced elderly Iowa residents. The division said in a news release Friday that Mark Diamond, of Scottsdale, Arizona, routinely offered free lunch or dinner seminars to gain the trust of attendees, most of whom were 80 or older.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The owner of a popular Des Moines bowling alley that burned to the ground nearly two years ago says he will not rebuild the venue. Randy Thompson, the owner of Plaza Lanes, tells television station KCCI that the land is now up for sale. He says he made that decision after an insurance settlement from the fire failed to cover the cost to rebuild.