Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 1:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man who had been sought since allegedly killing a puppy by snapping its neck during a dispute last month about Wi-Fi in Des Moines, Iowa, has been arrested on animal-abuse charges. KCCI reports that 25-year-old Christopher Vogel was taken into custody Saturday. Police say Vogel went to a friend’s apartment and asked the neighbors if he could use their Wi-Fi password, then killed the neighbors’ 12-week-old corgi when they refused his request.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man who hit a church with a car while trying to elude police in north-central Iowa’s Mason City has been sentenced to about a year and a half in jail. KIMT reports that 31-year-old Daniel Solano of Mason City also was fined $630 and ordered to pay restitution to the church. Solano pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree theft and fourth-degree criminal mischief.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held this week for the newly completed Ames, Iowa, water-treatment plant. The ceremony and open house will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday. Mayor Ann Campbell, current and former City Council members, state agency representatives and other elected officials will participate in the ribbon cutting. Following the ceremony, tours of the facility will be provided, exhibits and displays will showcase the water treatment process, and an art exhibit will be on display.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An eastern Nebraska doctor says ragweed pollen is showing up in significant numbers in Omaha and western Iowa. Dr. Linda Ford, an allergist in Bellevue, tells the Omaha World-Herald that a pollen-collection station for Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, has shown a lot of ragweed pollen of late. Ford says the amount of the ragweed pollen jumped significantly last week and that it tends to peak around Labor Day.

The rider of a 1981 Kawasaki motorcycle was transported to a hospital in Council Bluffs following a crash late Sunday evening in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 52-year old Rodney A. Porath, of Pacific Junction, who was wearing his helmet, was transported to Mercy Hospital by Pacific Junction Rescue, after he laid the motorcycle down on in a ditch off southbound Interstate 29 at around 9:17-p.m., Sunday. The accident happened when Porath attempted to take Exit 35, but missed the ramp and ended up in the west ditch.

Four area school district’s have their Board of Education meeting set to take place Monday evening. In Griswold, the Board meets at 5:30-p.m. in the Central Office. On their agenda, is an update on district facilities and KPE Enginners, and Estes Construction, along with the second reading of the 500 Series Board Policies. They’ll also act on approving Junior Varsity and Junior High Football gate fees.

Among the other action items for the Griswold School Board, is approval of a Greenhouse acquisition and installation, and approval of a resolution directing the advertising of the sale of bonds amounting to $9.9-million, Series 2017, along with approval of electronic bidding procedures and an official statement, which establishes Sept. 19th at the date for a public sale of bonds for the district facilities construction project, and the approval of a contract with Estes Construction.

In Anita, the CAM School Board will meet at 6:30-p.m. in Massena, in the CAM Middle School Commons area. The Board will have a tour of the new addition at 6-p.m., prior to the start of the meeting. On their agenda, is an update on the Massena Elementary Addition, and, action on: open enrollment applications; resignations and contracts, including an addendum to the Superintendent’s contract; and other, administrative matters.

The Audubon School Board meeting begins in the High School Board room at 7-p.m.  Among the items on their agenda is the setting of a date and time for an Instructional Support Levy Hearing, Possible action on baseball field lighting bids, an update on the baseball field and summer projects.

And, in Elk Horn, the Exira-EHK School Board meeting begins at 7-p.m. in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building. The Board will discuss and/or take action on the following: A bond update; The appointment of Tami Jacobsen as Board Secretary and Marie Larson as Board Treasurer; action on approving the purchase of a school bus, bids on the white Ford van, and an open enrollment application. The final discussion/action item, is with regard to approval of Personnel hires, transfers and resignations or letters of assignment.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former lottery computer programmer who’s pleaded guilty in Iowa to running a criminal scheme that allowed him to collect $2 million in lottery winnings in four states is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday. A state prosecutor is seeking a 25-year prison term for former Multi-State Lottery Association security director Eddie Tipton.

Assistant Iowa Attorney General Rob Sand says in court documents that Tipton’s “depth of deceit is dumbfounding.” He says justice requires a lengthy prison sentence. Tipton pleaded guilty in June and admitted writing code that allowed him to predict winners. His attorney is seeking a much lighter sentence of two to three years.

Sand says Tipton has detailed for authorities how he manipulated lottery computers to win lottery games in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s economic development board has approved $13.5 million in state financial assistance for a series of proposed Sioux City projects totaling $134 million. The Sioux City Journal reports that the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board voted unanimously Friday to approve Sioux City’s Reinvestment District program application.

The money is to be repaid through hotel-motel and sales taxes generated by the new and upgraded properties over a 20-year period. The application features four big-ticket projects, including a five-story, 150-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel that will adjoin the Sioux City Convention Center downtown and renovations to and parking for the convention center.

Other projects include an ag expo center, redevelopment of the former Warrior Hotel and Davidson Building into hotel, residential and commercial retail space and redevelopment of four former industrial buildings.