DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A December sentencing has been scheduled for an Iowa man accused of selling fraudulent life insurance policies and keeping the money.
Prosecutors say a jury last week found 59-year-old Roger Goodwin guilty of seven counts of mail fraud. His sentencing is set for Dec. 19 in U.S. District Court in Des Moines.

Prosecutors say that between 2013 and August 2016, Goodwin recommended life insurance or annuity contracts to several clients and then deposited their checks in his bank account.

Authorities say the Windsor Heights, Iowa, man used part of the money for his personal expenses and some of it to repay other clients or make payments to insurance companies on behalf of other clients.

ACKLEY, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of torturing his 8-year-old son by locking him in a basement, withholding food and making him endure dog bites has pleaded not guilty. Hardin County District Court records say 30-year-old Alex Shadlow on Monday entered a written plea to the kidnapping charge. A trial date hasn’t been set.

Shadlow’s girlfriend, Traci Tyler, also has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping. Her trial is to begin Sept. 11. An arrest affidavit says the boy was locked for at least 9 hours a day last summer in an enclosed space under the basement stairs at the couple’s Ackley home, where he slept on concrete and had no access to a bathroom.

Police say Tyler also urged her dog to attack the boy, which left scars on his back and limbs.

Police in Creston said today (Tuesday), that two people were arrested Monday. 38-year old Nicholas Arthur Hardisty, of Orient, was arrested Monday morning for Driving While Suspended. He was later released on $300 bond. And, 36-year old Nicki Renee Jones, of Creston, was arrested Monday night, also for Driving While Suspended. She was also later released on $300 bond.

Creston Police report also, a Creston resident informed the P-D on Monday, that two window air conditioning units were removed from property located at 103 N. Stone Street. A time frame for the theft was not known. The loss was estimated at $200. A man from Casey reported to police that sometime between July 3rd and Aug. 10th, someone took a bag containing a Springfield XD MOD 2 handgun from a residence in the 600 block of Birch Street, in Creston. The loss was estimated at $565.

And, a Creston man reported Monday morning, that sometime late Sunday night and early Monday morning, someone sprayed his GMC truck with vulgar remarks and statements. The damage was estimated at $1,500.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The office of Gov. Kim Reynolds says her husband is recovering from an appendectomy. The office said in a news release Tuesday that Kevin Reynolds was suffering from abdominal pain when admitted to a hospital overnight. Doctors determined he was having an appendicitis attack and then removed his appendix.

The Reynoldses married on April 3, 1982, and have three daughters.

The driver of a motorcycle suffered possible minor injuries on Monday after a collision in the Red Oak Fareway store parking lot. At 5:20pm a 2016 Buick Encore driven by 79-year-old Deloris Ilene Samples of Red Oak was eastbound in the Fareway parking lot while a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by 28-year-old Leland Robert Parker of Red Oak was southbound in the same lot. Both drivers failed to see each other and the Buick struck the motorcycle in the side causing it to spin around and throw Parker off the bike. Parker complained of left ankle pain after the accident and was taken to Montgomery County Memorial Hospital with possible minor injuries. No citations were issued.