SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City man convicted earlier this month of attempted murder in the shooting of a police officer is asking a judge to acquit him. The Sioux City Journal reports Isaiah Mothershed has requested a judge overturn a jury verdict and acquit him of shooting Officer Ryan Moritz in the leg. The 19-year-old Mothershed’s request says there wasn’t enough evidence at trial to convict him. The judge will likely rule on the request at Mothershed’s sentencing hearing on Nov. 15.

A Woodbury County jury found Mothershed guilty Oct. 7 of two counts of attempted murder and four counts of first-degree robbery. Authorities say Mothershed pulled a gun from a couch while his hands were handcuffed behind his back on Feb. 7 and shot Moritz while being arrested.

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An Omaha man was taken into custody and a child turned over to the Department of Human Services after a high speed pursuit in Montgomery County on Friday night.  The chase started at about 7:12pm as a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy was conducting traffic control at the intersection of Highway 48 and Highway 34 following a motor vehicle accident.  A black Honda Civic operated by Diego Miguel Juaquin of Omaha approached the intersection at a high rate of speed and the deputy attempted to tell the vehicle to slow down. Jauquin then sped up and attempted to strike the deputy and sped away heading north on Highway 48.

A chase then ensued at speeds reaching 100mph and eventually ended when the Civic blew the motor at the 33 mile marker on Highway 48 West of Elliott.  Juaquin was taken into custody and a 3-year-old child was discovered in the front passenger seat of the vehicle with no child safety seat.

Juaquin was charged with Assault on a Peace Officer with a Deadly Weapon, Felony Eluding, Child Endangerment, Interference with Official Acts, Speeding 100mph in a 55mph zone, No Valid Driver’s License, and several other traffic citations.  He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.  The child in the vehicle was turned over to the Department of Human Services.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Red Oak Police Department and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest late Friday night of a Red Oak man after a traffic stop. At 11:47pm officers arrested 19-year-old Michael Lee Hughes of Red Oak for Driving While Revoked.  He was arrested at the intersection of N 1st Street and E Corning Street in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 cash bond.

The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education has two, back-to-back meetings coming up Tuesday in the High School Media Center. First, at 4:30-p.m., the Board will hold a closed session per Iowa Code, with regard to a Student Expulsion Hearing, followed by action on approving the Expulsion of “Student A,” and adjournment

At 5:30-p.m., Tuesday, the Board will reconvene and act on approving the resignation of Theresa Pudio Legg, a Para Educator at Schuler Elementary. They will also hold discussion with representatives from the Design Alliance (Architecture firm) and Snyder and Associates Engineers, with regard to District facilities.

Last month, District administrators met individually with Jerry Purdy from Design Alliance to discuss their building needs and what the impact of space would be if they had additions to their buildings.  They also discussed the impact of space and needs if a new building addition was done at the high school for junior high and grades were shifted throughout the remaining buildings. Athletic facilities were also discussed.

Dr. Michael Amstein reported that Business Manager Mary Beth Fast had contacted the owners of the old YMCA building and told them the district was not interested in their building at this time.  The board also discussed The Car Guys lease for the CCEOC and Link Center and asked Amstein to look into a year to year lease.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:55 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled that an Iowa Transportation Department officer didn’t have legal authority to issue a speeding ticket. A Polk County judge said in her Thursday ruling that the Iowa Supreme Court declared nearly 70 years ago that the department officers didn’t have power over most moving violations. The Des Moines Register reports that if the ruling survives a possible appeal, legal challenges could follow on thousands of tickets.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early voting data shows Hillary Clinton seems to be showing strength in the battleground states of North Carolina and Florida. The Associated Press is collecting data that also indicates Donald Trump is holding ground in Ohio, Iowa and Georgia. More than 4.4 million votes have been cast already, far outpacing the same period in 2012.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man has pleaded guilty to murder in the death of his wife and was sentenced to life in prison. The Des Moines Register reports 48-year-old Barney Fraaken pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Amy Fraaken, in November 2015. He originally also was charged with murder in the death of the couple’s 16-year-old daughter, Amber, but that charge was dropped in a plea deal. The life sentence includes no possibility of parole.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former city clerk for the small western Iowa city of Casey has been sentenced to five years in prison and will be required to pay restitution in an amount to be set later. Dorothy Dillinger was sentenced Friday. She pleaded guilty to mail fraud and malicious use of fire.

The driver of a 2008 Subaru Legacy was transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Friday morning, following an accident at the Interstate 29 southbound exit ramp to I-80. The Iowa State Patrol said 53-year old Patrice Mare Northam, of Council Bluffs, was preparing to merge onto I-80 eastbound at around 8:25-a.m., when she lost control of her vehicle. The car spun around and traveled through candle stick cones which had been set up along the south 24th Street exit ramp.

The driver’s side of the car hit the traffic ones, breaking the side view mirror and causing scuff marks to the side of the vehicle. The car came to rest on the should of the off-ramp of South 24th Street. Northam, who was wearing her seat belt, was transported to the hospital by Council Bluffs Fire and Rescue.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former city clerk for the small western Iowa city of Casey has been sentenced to five years in prison and will be required to pay restitution in an amount to be set later. Dorothy Dillinger was sentenced Friday.

She had entered a plea agreement in May admitting she lit the City Hall building on fire in August 2014, the night before state auditors were to arrive to investigate missing money she’d taken and used for personal expenses since 2009.

She pleaded guilty to mail fraud and malicious use of fire. Federal prosecutors are seeking more than $2 million in restitution to pay for rebuilding City Hall and replacing contents including tax returns, tools, city maps and a Santa suit.

Dillinger, who is 61, was city clerk for 30 years.

Iowa’s secretary of state predicts “millennial” voters will decide this year’s election. “Specifically the 18-to-26 year olds. That’s my prediction. Watch that group.” That’s Paul Pate, the state official who oversees elections in Iowa. Pate says most voters above the age of 26 have become allied with either the Republican or Democratic Parties, but not millennials. That means in a close election where undecided voters are key, millennials who haven’t been disillusioned by politics have an outsized role according to Pate.

“They are still fresh,” Pate says. “They have not been tainted. They have a passion still because they want a piece of the American dream and as I go visit with them on the campuses of our colleges, they haven’t made their mind up. They haven’t said: ‘I’m a Republican’ or ‘I’m a Democrat.’ They’re listening — so candidates, go! Listen!” Iowa State University political science professor David Andersen says turn-out is “the big unknown.”

“Who’s going to show up to vote? We have an electorate unlike any we’ve seen before,” Andersen asks. “It continues to get more diverse, but it seems like this year the normal partisan groupings are breaking down. Donald Trump may attract some Democratic voters. Some Republican voters may turn out for Hillary Clinton. We really have no idea what the election’s going to look like on November 8.”

Andersen and Pate made their comments during taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press” program that airs at 7:30 tonight (Friday).

(Radio Iowa)

An Iowa lawyer connected to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case has died. Dan Johnston was just 30 years old in 1969 when the Supreme Court issued its ruling on the so-called Tinker case. Johnston represented two students who were suspended from Des Moines Public Schools for wearing black arm bands to protest the Vietnam War. The Supreme Court ruled school officials had violated the free-speech rights of John and Mary Beth Tinker.

Johnston is a native of Montezuma who got his law degree from Drake University. He had just graduated from law school when he took on the Tinker case. Johnston died this (Friday) morning at a Des Moines hospice. He was 77 years old.

(Radio Iowa)