Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Fort Dodge will re-elect a mayor this fall for a full term for the first time in 24 years. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports that Mayor Matt Bemrich was the only person to file for the mayor’s office by Thursday’s deadline. Since he has no opposition, that will make him the first Fort Dodge mayor elected to a second consecutive full term since 1989.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three men have been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a Des Moines man. The Des Moines Register reports Yarvon Russell, James Shorter and Kent Tyler the Third were charged yesterday in Sunday’s slaying of 40-year-old Richard Daughenbaugh. Two of the three 18-year-old men, all of Des Moines, are in custody. A warrant has been issued for Tyler’s arrest.

STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — A man has been accused of threatening guests at a northwest Iowa motel with a stun gun. The Sioux City Journal reports 29-year-old Richard Porter of Davenport has been accused of arguing with guests at the motel early yesterday in Storm Lake. Porter faces several charges, including going armed with intent, public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Scott County are looking for a man they accidentally released from custody. The Quad-City Times reports Dale Blumer was released Thursday on an appeal bond in Scott County District Court. A bench warrant was later issued for him, and he remained free as of Friday afternoon.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is moving two service programs to another location in Omaha. The Community Resource and Referral Center and the Mental Health Specialty Services Program are moving closer to where they will be more accessible for veterans. The address is 825 Dorcas St., Suite 200. They’ll be open for business on Tuesday. The referral center provides an array of services, including job skills assistance and case management through the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System.

The center provides access to washers and dryers and showers on a limited basis. And the center operates the VA Pantry, which can provide canned foods, grains, meats and bread to veterans in need. Call 402-995-4010 for more information about the services.

A judge this week sentenced an Albuquerque, New Mexico man to 5-years in prison for Possession of Marijuana with the intent to distribute. Judge John Jarvey handed down the sentence against 34-year old Oscar Salinas-Olivas in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, on Tuesday. In addition Salinas-Olivas will serve 12 concurrent months for violation of his federal supervised release from New Mexico. The judge also ordered the man to serve six-years of supervised release following his incarceration, when he will be also subject to deportation.

On May 8th, 2013, Salinas-Olivas pled guilty to being in possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, and admitted the violation of the terms of his supervised release. The charge was the result of a traffic stop by the Iowa State Patrol on January 16th, 2013. Salinas-Olivas was driving the vehicle when he was stopped for speeding. A search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of about 320 pounds of marijuana.

Salinas-Olivas was on supervised release from New Mexico at the time of his arrest, for a 2010 conviction of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. The investigation was conducted by the Iowa State Patrol, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), and prosecuted by the U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

At approximately 2:20-p.m. this (Friday) afternoon the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle property damage accident in Villisca. A red 2010 Chevy Traverse owned and operated by 35-year old Joni Kalkas of Shenandoah was traveling southbound on south 3rd Avenue when she misjudged the entry into the railroad underpass. The right front tire of the vehicle struck the beginning of the concrete barrier wall and the vehicle landed in the roadway several feet down the steep grade of the road. Damage to Kalkas’s vehicle was estimated at $3,000. There was no damage to the barrier wall and no citations were issued.