KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The parents of an underweight baby girl who tested positive for cocaine have been sentenced to probation. The Des Moines Register reports that 20-year-old Stazia Kirk and 21-year-old Zak Herman, both of Pella, were sentenced Thursday. The pleaded guilty in May to felony neglect of a dependent person.

Court documents say their 3-month-old baby, Charlotte, weighed less than her birth weight when she was taken to a hospital in December. A doctor said the baby tested positive for cocaine and was suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. The documents also say Kirk and Herman admitted to using cocaine recently.

Marion County Attorney Ed Bull said in May that the girl was thriving in her new placement.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa State University graduate student accused of sex crimes during his time at the school has been indicted on federal child pornography charges.

Federal prosecutors say 33-year-old Jona Shitaleni Paulus, of Ames, was charged Thursday by a grand jury with one count of receiving and one count of possessing child pornography.

The Des Moines Register says Paulus was taken into federal custody Thursday — one day after he was sentenced to 90 days in jail related to his guilty plea in a state case. In the Iowa case, Paulus pleaded guilty to a count of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse for an incident at his apartment in April.

Officials say the federal charges stem from sexually explicit conversations and nude photos Paulus exchanged with a 16-year-old girl.

(Radio Iowa) — Thirty years ago today (Friday), a United Airlines D-C-10 jetliner crashed-landed in Sioux City and killed 112 people, though more than 180 survived. Flight 232 was headed from Denver to Chicago on July 19th, 1989 when it had a hydraulic failure. In this file tape, Captain Al Haynes is heard talking with an air traffic controller:

The plane crashed while trying to land at Sioux Gateway Airport, tumbled down the runway on fire and ended up in a cornfield. Larry Finley, executive director of the Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation in Sioux City, says many still honor the lives lost and the quick response of disaster services personnel.

Finley says 30 years later, there’s a heightened awareness about aircraft equipment, but some critics are still waiting for changes — like requiring child safety seats on planes.

Sioux City is marking the anniversary of the Flight 232 crash at the museum today (Friday).

(Thanks to Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio)

Sheriff’s deputies in Page County arrested a man from Minnesota, Thursday, 39-year old Leroy Takye Bradley, of Minneapolis,  was arrested on warrants for Theft in the 2nd degree, Felony Eluding, and two counts of Felon in control of a firearm. Bradley’s cash-only bond was set at $2,000. He was being held in the Page County Jail pending further court proceedings

And, 20-year old Sarah Jeanette Croson, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Thursday on thee Page County warrants for Probation Violation. Bond on each warrant was $17,000, for a total bond of $51,000. Croson was being held in the Page County Jail pending future court proceedings.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard and Iowa Department of Transportation are asking recreational boaters to be vigilant as construction of a new bridge over the Mississippi River continues. The Quad-City Times reports that the Interstate 74 bridge construction zone is potentially dangerous for recreational boaters. Danielle Alvarez, I-74 project manager for the state DOT, says boats should slow to a crawl when in and near the work zone. Boaters should also keep a safe distance from the project’s tow boats as they are constantly delivering workers and supplies.

Excursion boat captain Scott Schadler says some boats are getting close to barges so occupants can look at the bridge construction. He says that can be dangerous because barge operators can’t see the boaters because the barges are loaded with equipment.

The Harlan Police Department has issued a report on arrests covering a period from July 10th thru the 19th. Authorities say 32-year old Matthew David Andersen, of Harlan, was arrested this (Friday) morning, following a call for service. Andersen was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with public intoxication. On July 14th, 18-year old Ronald Jeffrey Vancannon, of Boone, was arrested following a traffic stop. Vancannon was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

On July 12th, 26-year old Adam Tyrone Scheffler, of Harlan, was arrested on an active Shelby County warrant. Scheffler was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. 29-year old Jacob Brady Scheffler, of Harlan, was arrested during the same traffic stop. He was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and interference with official acts.

Three people were arrested following a traffic stop July 11th, in Harlan. Officials say the three subjects transported the Shelby County Jail were: 18-year old Grayson Eugene Dustin, of Murray, who was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; 22-year old Trevor Jordan Schinkel, of Dexter, was charged with open container passenger, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; and, 21-year old Sophia Cynthia Newman, of Ames, was charged with prohibited acts, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and improper rear lamp.

And, on July 10th, 34-year old Thomas Stewart McCormick, of, Oxford, England, was arrested following a traffic stop, in Harlan. McCormick was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with turning from improper lane and operating while intoxicated.

Anita Rescue and Medivac Ambulance were called at around 10:48-a.m. today (Friday), to a single-vehicle accident on I-80 at mile marker 65 westbound, in Cass County. Initial dispatch reports said an elderly female was injured, and transported to the Cass County Hospital. Reports indicated her injuries did not appear to have been serious. The accident happened near the scene of a previous accident involving a semi tractor-trailer, that was under investigation. Both lanes of westbound traffic were open but moving slowly as of 11:30-a.m.

Additional details are currently not available.