Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) – Officials say several staffers at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison required medical attention after an inmate allegedly attacked one of them. The incident occurred Monday morning. Officials say an inmate attacked a correctional officer after the inmate failed to follow orders from the officer. Two officers were sent to a local hospital for evaluation. Two other officers were seen by medical staff at the prison.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Iowa’s executive branch is acknowledging that it erroneously disqualified dozens of former employees from jobs at its 42 agencies. The Department of Administrative Services says a review identified roughly 90 people who should not have been on a list of workers facing employment bans due to previous firings or forced resignations. Attorneys representing former workers have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit contending the state kept an illegal blacklist.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) – A northern Iowa man has been given jail time after his minor son tested positive to marijuana exposure. Twenty-five-year-old Nathaniel James Gabrielson, of St. Ansgar, was recently sentenced to a year in jail, with all but 50 days suspended. He was also given two years of probation. Gabrielson pleaded guilty to an aggravated misdemeanor of child endangerment without injury.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa judge has upheld a life in prison without parole sentence for a man convicted of murder when he was a juvenile. Scott County District Judge Joel W. Barrows decided to keep the sentence for Romeo Hardin, based on Hardin’s lack of remorse and his behavior in prison. Hardin was 16 when he was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 shooting death of Augustus “Gus” Nance in Davenport.

Police in Harlan say a complaint has been filed in Shelby County Court, charging 42-year old Michael Arnold, of Harlan, with Trespassing and two counts of Harassment. Authorities say the charges were filed Saturday, after Harlan residents Jennifer Arnold and Joseph Scheffler, came to the police department to report that Arnold had been sending harassing texts.

On Friday, May 9th, Harlan Police arrested 33-year old Ian Leib, of Harlan, following a traffic stop. Leib was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (5th offense), and driving while barred. He was also cited for open container and improper rear lamps.

And, on May 3rd, 24-year old Brandi Abild, of Topeka, KS, was arrested following a traffic stop. Abild was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and prohibited acts penalties. Abild was also cited for operating a non-registered vehicle.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) – Iowa authorities have confirmed that a body found in the Missouri River is that of a missing Nebraska man. The Fremont Tribune says Iowa officials and police in Fremont, Nebraska, identified the man as 56-year-old Thomas Hill, of Fremont.

The body was found Saturday off Fremont County, Iowa, south of Omaha. Hill was reported missing on April 18. His car was found parked near the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge in Omaha.

An Iowa autopsy report says Hill drowned.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst is clarifying comments she made that critics say implied that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction at the time of the U.S. invasion of the country. The Des Moines Register reports Ernst said in a statement Monday that she did not mean to suggest Iraq had such weapons at the time of the 2003 invasion. She said she was trying to explain that Iraq had such weapons in the past.

Ernst made the initial comments during a meeting with the Register’s editorial board on Friday. Iowa Democratic Party officials later questioned her remarks. Ernst is one of five candidates vying for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tom Harkin, a long-serving Democrat. The primary is June 3.