OSCEOLA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man and wife accused of neglecting and mistreating their adopted children have been given two years of probation. Clark County District Court records say 42-year-old Kelly Fry and her 43-year-old husband, Kenny Fry, on Thursday were granted deferred judgments and were told to perform 100 hours of community service. Under deferred judgments, convictions can to be removed from court records if the convicted fulfill their probation terms. Both Frys had pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor child endangerment. Prosecutors lowered the charges from felony counts in return.

The children were adopted from Ghana and were 8 and 9 when state authorities removed them last year from the Frys’ home in Osceola. The children say they were required to spend most days isolated in their bedrooms and had to use plastic buckets as toilets. One of them said they were fed oatmeal for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Red Oak Police were called at around 2-p.m. Thursday, to the Fareway Store in Red Oak, following an alleged shoplifting attempt. Authorities say 45-year old Allen Dale Bothwell, of Red Oak, was stopped by employees after he allegedly tried to take merchandise without paying for it.

Bothwell was arrested for Theft in the 5th Degree and Interference with Official Acts. At last report, he was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report 28-year old Jesse Allen Luft, of Villisca, was arrested at around 6-p.m. Thursday. Luft was taken into custody for Driving While License is Barred, and OWI/3rd offense. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police say the drowning of two men in a backyard Davenport swimming pool occurred when one man tried to save the other. The Quad-City Times reports that surveillance video at the home the men were house-sitting captured the Monday drowning of 60-year-old Mark Anderson, of Eldridge, and 57-year-old Kenneth Anderson, of Bellevue. Davenport Police Chief Paul Sikorski said Thursday that the video shows Ken Anderson entered the pool and struggled before Mark Anderson tried to rescue him.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The execution date for a notorious Iowa drug kingpin who killed witnesses and children in 1993 has been scheduled for Jan. 15. Dustin Honken is among five federal death row inmates whose execution dates were announced Thursday by the Justice Department. The announcement came as Attorney General Bill Barr directed federal capital punishment to resume for the first time in nearly two decades.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Union Pacific officials say no one was injured when 70 train cars derailed in north-central Missouri. Spokeswoman Kristen South says the train derailed Thursday near Mercer, about 125 miles (201.16 kilometers) northeast of Kansas City near the Iowa border. South says the train was not carrying hazardous materials.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines’ John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park is celebrating its 10th birthday with some love. The Des Moines Register reports that the park is now home to a version of the late artist Robert Indiana’s iconic “LOVE” sculpture. Crews worked Thursday morning to install the sculpture, which depicts the word “LOVE” in red with the “L” and “O” stacked on top of the “V” and “E.”