EARLVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a northeast Iowa woman who fell at her farm. First responders were sent around noon Saturday to the farm about 4 miles (7 kilometers) northwest of Earlville. They found 39-year-old Amy Mullis injured. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office says Mullis was taken to a hospital in Manchester, where she died. Details about the fall have not been released.

Police in Creston said today, a woman from Creston reported that sometime between 5-and 6-p.m. Sunday, someone stole the laptop issued to her daughter by the Creston Schools. The Laptop was taken out of the girls’ personal belongings that had been left in a hallway at the school. The loss was estimated at $230

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa woman has been accused of injecting her mother with insulin in an attempt to kill her. Floyd County District Court records say 44-year-old Jennifer Bean is charged with attempted murder. Bean’s next court hearing is scheduled for Friday.

A court document says Bean injected her mother on Nov. 6 in Charles City. The document says the insulin caused the woman to have low blood sugar that, if not treated, could have resulted in the woman’s death.
The documents also say Bean struck and pushed her mother and took away a phone when her mother tried to call 911 for help.

(Radio Iowa) — The administrators of state agencies soon will begin presenting their budget outlines for NEXT year to Governor Kim Reynolds in a series of hearings. The leaders of nine state agencies will make their cases to the governor this (Tuesday) afternoon at the statehouse. Reynolds, a Republican, spent much of the summer and fall out on the campaign trail and won a four-year term in office a week ago today (Tuesday). “It’s nice to be back in the office and start to catch up on some of that stuff,” Reynolds says.

The next state budgeting year starts July 1st. Reynolds will present a proposed outline for state spending to legislators in January. The governor says tax receipts appear steady and reserve accounts are full. “It’s a much better place than we’ve been in for the last two legislative sessions and I’m looking forward to that,” Reynolds says. Lawmakers made mid-year budget cuts in each of the past two years after state tax collections slipped below expectations.

Police in Creston say a distracted driver caused a property damage accident in Creston, Monday night. 18-year old Clayton Calvin Koenen, of Creston, was turning from the stop sign at the intersection of Wyoming Avenue and S. Division Street, when he turned to look at his friends’ house. Koenen didn’t see a legally parked 1999 Pontiac Grand Am. His 1997 Dodge pickup struck the car, causing $3,000 damage to the Pontiac, and $200 damage to the pickup truck. No injuries were reported, and no citations were issued. The accident happened at around 9-p.m., Monday.