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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says two Iowa police officers fired shots at a vehicle from close range after the driver sped in their direction following a pursuit. Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille says investigators believe the officers’ shots struck the vehicle carrying a 19-year-old driver and 16-year-old female passenger but didn’t hit either early Tuesday. The driver, 19-year-old Dakota Murray, was jailed on charges of eluding law enforcement. The passenger wasn’t charged.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A health and human services budget approved by the Iowa Legislature would keep open one of two mental health facilities slated for closure and would seek to find a private provider to run the other. The Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate voted in favor of the plan last night.
BOSTON (AP) — Federal authorities say an Iowa man has been arrested after threatening to shoot and kill Muslims on the Facebook page of a Boston Islamic group. Prosecutors say 57-year-old Gerald Wayne Ledford of Clinton posted two threats on the Facebook page for the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in October. Ledford could face up to five years in prison.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say two turkey farms have been added to the list of possible locations with bird flu. The new cases bring the number of Iowa farms infected to 73 and the number of birds to die to 29 million. More than 24 million are egg-laying chickens, and nearly 4 million are young chickens that were to be egg-layers. More than 1 million are turkeys.
Deputies in Montgomery County arrested a Red Oak woman Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say 35-year old Jolene Mardell Cain was taken into custody at around 2:30-p.m., on a warrant charging her with 5th degree Theft. Cain was booked into the Montgomery County Jail, and held on a $300 cash bond.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education is launching an investigation into the University of Iowa’s handling of gender discrimination claims against athletic director Gary Barta. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the department’s Office for Civil Rights notified the school of the investigation last week and requested numerous documents.
Four members of the women’s field hockey team filed a complaint in August alleging that Barta’s decision to fire coach Tracey Griesbaum was part of a pattern of discrimination against strong female coaches. Barta has denied the allegation. He says Griesbaum was fired after an investigation found concerns about how some players were treated.
The Office for Civil Rights says it will look into the school’s failure to investigate a sex discrimination complaint against Barta filed by students in October.
West Central® Cooperative today (Wednesday) announced its plan for a $27 million, multi-year project to increase soybean processing capacity by 50 percent and build additional grain storage at its Ralston, Iowa complex.
At full capacity, the expansion would create demand for an additional six million bushels of soybeans each year and create more than 11 full-time jobs. Like the current plant, the expansion will produce SoyPlus®, an industry-leading high bypass protein dairy feed ingredient used across the world.
The company plans to increase the current plant’s capacity by up to 50 percent with actual production coming online in phases. When complete, the construction project would include an additional line of mechanical presses, soybean oil treatment, load-out access, and nearly three million bushels of additional soybean storage. New production volumes are slated to be available as early as fall 2016.
At full capacity, ten of the 11 new positions will be manufacturing roles. Company officials are looking to begin the hiring process for those jobs as early as this summer.
To introduce potential applicants to the company, West Central will host a job fair for SoyPlus manufacturing positions, as well as other company positions, at their main office in Ralston on Thurs. June 11, 2015 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
During the event, staff will offer plant tours, accept applications, and conduct instant interviews. Applications are also available online now
at http://west-central.com/about/careers/.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A veteran county prosecutor based in Waterloo is stepping down to take a state job in charge of training county attorneys across Iowa. Black Hawk County Attorney Thomas Ferguson will begin June 30 as the state’s prosecuting attorneys training coordinator and executive director of the Iowa County Attorneys Association.
He’ll retire the same day from the elected county position he’s held since 1990. Ferguson, a Democrat, was re-elected to a seventh four-year term last year. Attorney General Tom Miller announced Ferguson’s new appointment Wednesday. He says Ferguson’s expertise and experience will be a huge asset to prosecutors in Iowa’s 99 counties.
Ferguson’s state job will involve providing support, continuing education and training for prosecutors and their assistants. He replaces Corwin Ritchie, who is retiring.
Officials with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign have announced the opening of five new organizing offices in Iowa, bringing the total number of offices in the State to nine. Among the new offices is one located in Council Bluffs (at 1851 Madison Avenue).
The others can be found in Des Moines, Dubuque and Iowa City. The offices will serve as hubs for phone banking, canvassing, organizing meetings and other activities the Hillary for Iowa team hosts across the state.
The Adair County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s State Fire Marshal Division says authorities are investigating multiple cases of arson. According to Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, the arsons occurred between May 7th and May 11th at 1693 330th Street in southern Adair County.
Anyone with information pertaining to the fires is asked to call the Adair County Sheriff’s Office at (641) 743-2148 or the Grinnell Mutual Arson/Fraud Alert Committee at 1-800-362-2041, ext. 8265.
Persons providing credible evidence leading to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those who committed the crimes, may be eligible for an award.
More area and State news, from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Vacation season is upon us. The Iowa Department of Transportation is encouraging you to take closer look at what our state holds along Iowa’s highways and byways. To help you navigate the State’s extensive transportation system, the Iowa DOT has recently released its 2015-2016 Iowa Transportation Map in the standard fold-out paper form, on the Internet, or through a mobile device viewing app. 
For the first time in recent history with the release of the 2015-2016 map, the agency is producing the publication on a two-year cycle. Mark Hansen, from the Iowa DOT’s Office of Systems Planning, oversees the map production said, “With the popularity of our online map, shifting to a two-year map printing cycle made sense at this time.”
An electronic version of the map, accompanied by an assortment of city detail maps, is also available online at iowadot.gov/maps by selecting the “Iowa Transportation Map” link. Information for a mobile device map viewing app is available there as well. Hansen said, “Because the transportation system is always changing, we do make several hundred changes to the map with each printing. Travelers wanting to keep current with major changes may want to access the online map that is updated annually.”
Transportation is so much more than just highways. The front cover of this year’s map showcases Iowa’s variety of transportation modes, including railroads and trails. The back panel includes a welcome message from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds.
The map shows all highways, airports, rail lines, lakes, rivers, and major county roads. Detail maps are shown for the state’s 16 largest cities that identify highways, major streets, and city boundaries. The map information also includes a chart to find mileage between select Iowa cities; and an index listing the cities shown on the map, along with their populations and map location.
In addition to the standard features mentioned, the map includes two QR codes that can be scanned with a QR reader on a smartphone or other mobile device. Simply download a free QR application from your device’s online app store. One of the codes provides access to all the websites listed on the printed map, as well as a link to the online version of the map. The other provides a direct link to Iowa’s 511 Travel Information website: 511ia.org.
Copies of the 2015-2016 map are available at the Iowa DOT’s 19 driver’s license stations, county treasurer’s offices, all six Iowa DOT district offices, Iowa’s 19 welcome centers, and the state’s rest areas. The map can also be ordered online through the Iowa DOT’s website.
The Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Iowa Tourism Office also distributes maps to all travelers requesting tourism information online and by phone. To order a free Iowa travel packet that includes the new map and Iowa Travel Guide, call 800-345-IOWA (4692) or visit traveliowa.com.
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