Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 250 people in at least six states including Iowa have come down with a stomach bug that could be linked to foodborne illness. The Centers for Disease Control says 10 people have been hospitalized for the cyclospora infection causing diarrhea and other flu-like symptoms. The illness is usually spread when people ingest food or water contaminated with feces.

HARLAN, Iowa (AP) — A 72-year-old former teacher in western Iowa has been arrested on charges he had sexual contact with a 17-year-old student. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says police charged Lee Nelson, of Harlan, with sexual exploitation by a school employee and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. Nelson is accused of making sexual comments and inappropriately touching the girl while he worked as a band teacher.

ELKTON, Ky. (AP) — Two Iowa men flying home from Florida escaped unharmed when the pilot tried to land the small plane on a southern Kentucky highway and wound up in a field. The crash happened when the plane apparently experienced mechanical problems. Sixty-nine-year-old Roger L. Pointer of Maxwell was piloting the 1946 Aeronca 7AC. Neither he nor 52-year-old passenger Michael D. Callison of Des Moines was hurt. The FAA will investigate.

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Some buildings at the Central Iowa Expo grounds near Boone were damaged when thunderstorms rumbled through the area. The storm earlier this week caused structural damage to one building and tore a roof off a domed building. Other building at the expo grounds also had roof damage.

The Atlantic City Council will hold a special session Wednesday evening, to act on the third and final reading of an amended ordinance calling for an increase in the rate property owners pay for a Storm Water Equivalent Service Unit (or, ESU). If adopted during the brief, 5:30-p.m. meeting at City Hall, the ESU, which has not changed in over 10-years, would increase 35-cents per month, to $2.85. The proposed rate increase would generate $25,000 in additional revenues, which will be used to cover the net increase in debt service cost of $15,000 for repairs to the Bull Creek Underground drainage system and continued funding for annual repairs to the City’s storm water management system.

During the Council’s regular meeting last Wednesday, an objection to the raising of the fee was raised by Atlantic resident Charles Griffin, who claims the “fee” is actually a tax on property owners, and is not legal, because the citizens of Atlantic were not allowed to vote on it. Griffin urged the Council to repeal the ordinance altogether. Instead, the approved the second reading, setting the stage for action this week. The ordinance needs to be approved, according to City Administrator Doug Harris, in order to meet the August billing deadline.

Snyder and Associates Engineer Pat Hall, one of the creators of the storm water fee system approved by the Council in 2003, said last week, the whole intention of storm water utility is addressed in Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, which spells out the City’s responsibility for utilities, and services provided to the citizens of the community. Therefore he said there is a basis for the fee, and it is not a tax.

Hall said by setting up a utility fee, the City provides itself with a certain amount of flexibility, when it comes to payments for capital improvements, such as the Bull Creek storm sewer improvement project. The ESU is based on the amount of square footage on a parcel of property. Those who have more square footage would always pay more than those who have less.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest today (Tuesday) of 72-year old Lee Nelson of Harlan on charges of Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and Assault with Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse. Nelson is a former teacher of the Harlan Community School District.

On May 30, 2013, the 17-year old female victim and her parents contacted police to report that since October 2012, Nelson had been saying rude and inappropriate things to the victim, as well as touching her inappropriately. Considering the involved parties and the severity of the accusations, the Harlan Police Department requested the assistance of the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on June 3rd, 2013.

Over the last two months DCI Agents and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office interviewed the victim, witnesses, and the alleged suspect which resulted in Nelson’s arrest. Nelson is currently being held in the Shelby County Jail on $7,000 bond.

Nelson was employed with the Harlan Community School District for 35 years, before the school board accepted his resignation on April 22, 2013.

The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce reports the City’s Community Promotions Commission,  represented by Heather Link, and Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce President Chip Hansen, have presented Scott Jensen of State Farm Insurance, with $1,000 in matching funds from the Business Incentive Grant Fund. The Business Incentive Grant Fund is a partnership between the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce and Community Promotion Commission to offer new businesses in the Atlantic city limits matching funds for marketing purposes.

Funds are made available through a portion of the Local Option Sales Tax dollars allocated to the CPC for external marketing of the Atlantic Community. For more information regarding the Business Incentive Program contact the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce.