DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Family, teachers and friends are remembering an eastern Iowa teen who reached her goal last week of graduating from high school — just two days before she died after a months-long battle with cancer.

The Telegraph Herald reports 18-year-old Allison Cress graduated from Hempstead High School in Dubuque on June 3. The feat came after she was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in September a little more than two weeks after starting her senior year.

She was able to spend only three or four weeks in class during the school year, but worked with a tutor and taught herself. On Monday, she died at home in Asbury, Iowa, surrounded by her family.

NORTH ENGLISH, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a domestic disturbance in southeast Iowa led to the fatal shooting of a man by an officer. The Iowa County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that its deputies and Williamsburg Police were called around 8:30 p.m. Saturday for a domestic disturbance involving a gun at a house in North English. North English is about 35 miles southwest of Iowa City.

The sheriff’s department said the confrontation culminated in an officer shooting a man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials did not release the man’s name or give details about what led to the shooting. Neither had officials released by midday Sunday the names of the officers involved in the shooting.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has taken over the investigation into the shooting.

The Iowa Board of Medical Examiners said in a press release June 7th, that a 62-year-old Iowa-licensed physician who formerly practiced family medicine in Exira, has entered into a combined Statement of Charges and Settlement Agreement with the Board. The Board charged Dr. James D. Brokke with failing to conform to the
minimal standard of acceptable and prevailing practice of medicine when he failed to provide appropriate medical care to multiple patients in Exira, between 2013 and 2016.

On March 30, 2004, Dr. Brokke entered into a combined Statement of Charges, Settlement Agreement and Final Order. The Board charged Dr. Brokke with inappropriately prescribing controlled substances to numerous patients and engaging in unprofessional conduct. The Board suspended Dr. Brokke’s Iowa medical license, ordered him to pay a $7,500 civil penalty, and required him to complete a clinical competency evaluation, mental health evaluation and professional boundaries program prior to seeking reinstatement.

On December 16, 2004, the Board reinstated Dr. Brokke’s Iowa medical license and placed him on probation for a period of five years subject to Board monitoring. On February 24, 2009, the Board terminated the terms of probation. Under the terms of the June 2, 2017, combined Statement of Charges and Settlement Agreement, Dr. Brokke voluntarily surrendered his Iowa medical license to resolve this matter.

(For more information: medicalboard.iowa.gov/Legal/Brokke,JamesD.,D.O.-03-2013-282.pdf )

Police in Red Oak, Saturday evening, arrested a man for Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree. 51-year old Russell Lee Peterson, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 7:10-p.m. in the 200 block of N. 2nd Street and transported him to the Montgomery County Jail, where Peterson’s cash bond was set at $1,000.

A Fugitive from Justice out of Missouri was arrested Saturday afternoon, in Grant (IA). The Montgomery County Sheriff’s says 30-year old Jacob Russell Holsey, of Kansas City, MO., was taken into custody at around 3:22-p.m. under the authority of multiple warrants from the State of Missouri. Holsey was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond.

And, at around 6:15-p.m. Saturday, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 27-year old Devin Alexander Davis, of Villisca, in Villisca, on charges of Burglary and Theft in the 3rd Degree. Davis was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $5,000 bond.