DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A former western Iowa physician accused of molesting young patients years ago has surrendered his state medical license. The Des Moines Register reports that 82-year-old Wing Tai Fung recently surrendered his medical license, according to documents released Wednesday by the Iowa Board of Medicine. The documents say Fung also agreed to pay a $10,000 fine.

Fung, now of Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty earlier this year to assault with intent to commit sexual abuse and indecent contact with a child, both misdemeanors. A criminal complaint accused Fung of molesting a 10-year-old girl in January 1999 while treating her for a knee sprain at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. He received a sentence of probation and must register as a sex offender in Iowa.

An anonymous complaint was lodged with a state agency about the Atlantic Public Library, which, in-turn, said the concern is a misunderstanding. According to the Daily NonPareil, the Iowa Public Information Board (IPIB) received a complaint about the Atlantic library’s board of trustees, declaring that its discussions should be considered confidential, an allegation based on its meeting minutes.

In the minutes of the board’s June 8th meeting, Atlantic Library Board President Linn Headlee reportedly told her board “that discussions held in the board are confidential and should be treated with discretion.” The complaint with the IPIB alleges that constitutes a violation of state open meetings law. It also raises questions of whether meeting minutes might not accurately reflect discussions.

The complaint, lodged June 28th, was filed by someone identifying themselves as “A Concerned Atlantic Library Patron” who refused to give a name or contact information because they feared “reprisal from any Library Board member or any City representative appointed to the Library Board.”  The complainant says “Public libraries, like other tax-supported agencies, must operate in the best interest of the public. Additionally, there may not be a way of knowing if Minutes from any previous board meetings have been censored at the President’s request.”

At its regular meeting Monday, the library board reviewed the open meeting law as well as the IPIB’s training materials. Library Director Natalie Struecker said she communicated that discussion with the state board’s representative as well. Struecker wasn’t at the June 8th meeting, because she was newly hired and wasn’t on the job until shortly after that meeting. She told the paper she believes the matter was a misunderstanding, and that the Library Board is aware nothing at the meeting is confidential.

The complaint will be included in today’s (Thursday’s) IPIB agenda as a new case. The agency’s Deputy Director, Margaret Johnson, said no action is planned on the case. In a separate matter, Johnson said the IPIB does not plan any new action regarding a complaint by Margaret Stoldorf against the Red Oak Community School District. That case remains under investigation, according to the agenda. The complaint challenges meetings in January following a protracted set of complaints against the school district addressed by the state agency last year.

Police in Red Oak arrested a man late Wednesday night, on an assault charge. 49-year old Russell Lee Peterson, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 10:30-p.m. at a location on E. Maple Street. Peterson faces a felony Assault Causing Serious Injury charge. He was also cited on a simple misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, charge. Peterson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.

And at around 8:40-p.m., Wednesday, Red Oak Police arrested 21-year old Blake Mitchell Wilkinson, of Red Oak, on a Montgomery County warrant for Providing Alcohol to persons under the age of 21. Wilkinson was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

Hy-Vee stores are recalling one of their products because of a packaging mix-up, incorrectly labeling macaroni salad as potato salad. A company spokesperson said the three-pound containers of “Hy-Vee American Macaroni Salad” was incorrectly labeled and may contain undeclared milk and wheat (gluten).

According to the company, the recalled product is labeled as “Hy-Vee American Macaroni Salad” on the lid but “Hy-Vee Dijon Mustard Potato Salad” on the tub. The product is actually Hy-Vee American Macaroni Salad containing milk and wheat (gluten) ingredients, which are not declared on the tub.

The macaroni salads are typically sold in the ready-to-eat section in refrigerated cases. The packaging is a frosted clear tub with a black plastic lid. The recalled product has a “best if used by” date of “7/31/2015″ and a production lot code of “15177D.” You can find these on the side of the frosted clear tub.

D&D Foods distributed the salads and sent them to 236 grocery stores in the Midwest, including all of Iowa and Illinois’ Hy-Vee stores.  The macaroni salads were also sent to Hy-Vee stores in Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

There have been no illnesses reported in connection with the mix-up. If you have bought this mis-marked macaroni salad, you are urged to return it to your local Hy-Vee store for a full refund.   Any questions about the recall can be directed to Hy-Vee Customer Care representatives at any time at 1-800-772-4098.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

The electronic billboard signs on Iowa interstates are including the message “Where’s Baby? Look Before you Lock” this week to remind people to not leave kids in hot cars. Iowa Department of Transportation spokesperson, Andrea Henry, says the campaign comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: “This week’s message is an important one, especially given the high heat this week. We want to make sure that people are paying attention when they leave their vehicles,” Henry says. She says children die of heatstroke across the country every year after being left in locked vehicles.

“Any time one child dies in a situation like this it’s tragic so if we can prevent even one death or one child getting sick because they left their child for a small amount of time I think it’s worth it,” according to Henry. Henry says the billboard message was planned even before this week’s high temperatures.

The federal government reports that on average nearly 40 children die of heatstroke each year, and more than half were left in vehicles unintentionally.

(Radio Iowa)

A northwest Iowa man is jailed in the Omaha area on a charge of selling several thousand dollars worth of stolen camera equipment through the website Craigslist. La Vista (Nebraska) Police Chief Bob Lausten (LAW-stun) says it’s an open-and-shutter case.  “Back in May, we had a photographer from California that was staying at the Courtyard Marriott,” Chief Lausten says. “When he checked in with all of his equipment, one of his bags didn’t make it up to his room and he reported it lost or stolen. On July 4th, he sent me an email that said he’d seen a Craigslist ad that had what he believed was his equipment for sale by somebody from Sioux City.” La Vista police detectives posed as buyers and contacted the seller.

“Detectives had an idea this might be our victim’s property and asked the suspect to send us the serial numbers so we could make sure it wasn’t stolen,” Lauston says. “He sent us the serial numbers, we verified it was the stolen property. The suspect still wanted to come down and make the sale. He showed up in La Vista with the stolen camera equipment and he was taken into custody.” The suspect is identified as Keegan Ingram of Sioux City and the chief says Ingram has his version of events.

“His story was that he’d bought that from somebody else, so this may’ve been the second or third time this property had been sold,” Lauston says. “We don’t know exactly who stole it but we know who had possession of it.” The camera equipment is valued at four-thousand dollars.

(Radio Iowa)

Nearly 300 Iowans, who hoped to become teachers, will be getting refunds after taking classes from an online college and later learned their education degree would not allow them to teach school in Iowa. The students took classes with Ashford Online, a subsidiary of Bridgeport Education of San Diego. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners had not approved Ashford for certification for Iowa teachers. The students who were “deceived,” according to Miller, will be splitting refunds totaling more than $5.2 million.

“The checks range from $1,000 up to $55,000,” Miller said. “All of these folks, but particularly the people getting larger checks, have student debt for (Bridgeport), including federal loans, far beyond the checks we are delivering, but they are substantial checks.” Ashford has a physical campus in Clinton that will be closed down next year. Miller said around 99-percent of the students taking Ashford courses do so online. Christina LeBlanc, of Camanche, was shocked to learn she wouldn’t get a teaching certificate after her time at Ashford, but she’s planning to take classes elsewhere in hopes of one day becoming a teacher.

“I’m going to keep pushing forward, so it’s an obstacle and I’ll jump over it,” LeBlanc said. LeBlanc is getting a $21,000 refund as part of the settlement between Bridgeport-Ashford and the Iowa Attorney General’s office. That will cover less than half of her student loan debt. “I’ve got about $50,000 and I’ve still got so much further to go,” LeBlanc said. LeBlanc said she was drawn to Ashford because she could take classes online, continue to work full-time and take care of her family.

(Radio Iowa)

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says a Corning man was arrested on a simple misdemeanor charge of Harassment, Wednesday evening. Jay John Russell was taken into custody at his home at around 6-p.m., and was being held in the Adams County Jail without bond pending an appearance in front of a magistrate.