Sheriff’s officials in Crawford County report one person was arrested on drug charges early this (Wednesday) morning following the search of a home in Manilla. Officers with Manilla Police Department and deputies with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 541 3rd Street in Manilla, and as a result of the investigation, discovered and seized nearly 1 ounce of methamphetamine.

Authorities say 36-year old Angela Bandow, of Manilla, was faces felony charges that include 2 counts of Delivery of Methamphetamine, Possession with Intent to Deliver, and 2 counts of Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp. She also faces a simple misdemeanor, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia charge.

Bandow was being held without bond in the Crawford County Jail. Assisting in the investigation were deputies with the Monona County Sheriff’s Office, officers with the Onawa Police Department and members of the Iowa State Patrol.

A jury in Pottawattamie County, Tuesday, rendered a verdict in the case of a man charged in connection with a 2003 murder in Council Bluffs. The Daily NonPareil reports 36-year old James Cain Harris was found guilty of first-degree murder. The jury took almost seven hours to decide Harris’ fate  for his role in the stabbing death of Nelson Alvarez-Hernandez on July 31, 2003. Harris faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Aug. 20.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The bishop of the Des Moines Diocese has placed a former southwest Iowa priest on indefinite administrative leave after finding a decades-old allegation of sexual abuse of a minor was credible. The diocese said in a news release on Monday that Bishop Richard Pate has placed the Rev. Howard Fitzgerald on leave while the matter is forwarded to the Vatican. The Daily NonPareil reports Fitzgerald has served at several locations in southwest Iowa – most recently at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Glenwood from 2011-13. He also served at St. Albert High School from 1978-83 and at St. Peter’s Church and St. Francis Worship Center from 1986-90.

While on leave, Fitzgerald can’t function publicly as a priest. Pate also has asked him to not wear clerical garb. During the investigation, Pate had asked Fitzgerald to step aside from his responsibilities at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Indianola, Immaculate Conception Parish in St. Marys and at Simpson College.

Pates says he’s apologized to the victim. Officials say they have notified local law enforcement where the abuse allegedly occurred.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a software error caused inaccurate bills to be sent to water and wastewater customers in North Liberty. City officials say the software error discovered Monday caused customers to be billed for only the minimum wastewater use in June, regardless of actual use. The software vendor used for bills failed to correctly input a rate table that sets parameters on how to bill usage. City staffers plan to work with the software vendor to spot check July bills for accuracy.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Two former Marines are raising money for a charity by kayaking the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Nic Doucette, of Jefferson, Wisconsin, and Gabe Vasquez, of Austin, Texas, stepped out of their kayaks Monday in Dubuque, just before severe weather hit. They’re raising money for the Semper Fi Fund, a nonprofit that gives financial help to injured service members. The men, both 27, hope to raise $25,000.

FAIRFAX, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man killed following severe weather in eastern Iowa. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says 57-year-old David Lee Fry, of Cedar Rapids, was killed Monday afternoon after a building he was in collapsed in Fairfax. Authorities say strong winds in the area caused the building to collapse.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids police say the body of a teenager swept into a storm drain has been found more than a mile away in a lake. Police announced Tuesday afternoon they had found the body of 17-year-old Logan Blake in Cedar Lake. He was in 3 feet of water, about 75 yards from the shore. Blake was with friends on the grounds of an elementary school when he was pulled into the drain by fast-moving water.