DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A veteran county prosecutor based in Waterloo is stepping down to take a state job in charge of training county attorneys across Iowa. Black Hawk County Attorney Thomas Ferguson will begin June 30 as the state’s prosecuting attorneys training coordinator and executive director of the Iowa County Attorneys Association.

He’ll retire the same day from the elected county position he’s held since 1990. Ferguson, a Democrat, was re-elected to a seventh four-year term last year. Attorney General Tom Miller announced Ferguson’s new appointment Wednesday. He says Ferguson’s expertise and experience will be a huge asset to prosecutors in Iowa’s 99 counties.

Ferguson’s state job will involve providing support, continuing education and training for prosecutors and their assistants. He replaces Corwin Ritchie, who is retiring.

Officials with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign have announced the opening of five new organizing offices in Iowa, bringing the total number of offices in the State to nine. Among the new offices is one located in Council Bluffs (at 1851 Madison Avenue).

The others can be found in Des Moines, Dubuque and Iowa City. The offices will serve as hubs for phone banking, canvassing, organizing meetings and other activities the Hillary for Iowa team hosts across the state.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s State Fire Marshal Division says authorities are investigating multiple cases of arson. According to Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, the arsons occurred between May 7th and May 11th at 1693 330th Street in southern Adair County.

Anyone with information pertaining to the fires is asked to call the Adair County Sheriff’s Office at (641) 743-2148 or the Grinnell Mutual Arson/Fraud Alert Committee at 1-800-362-2041, ext. 8265.

Persons providing credible evidence leading to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those who committed the crimes, may be eligible for an award.