DURANGO, Iowa (AP) — A Durango woman found guilty in April of stealing more than $400,000 from an aunt who suffered from dementia has been sentenced to five years’ probation. The Telegraph Herald reports that 45-year-old Molly Bodish was sentenced Friday in Dubuque County. She was also ordered to pay restitution and court costs.

Dubuque police say they began investigating the possible abuse of an 80-year-old woman in May 2015, after her death. Prosecutors say a search of the woman’s bank records show Bodish wrote checks to herself or for her personal use from her aunt’s account totaling more than $414,000 over several years.

A vehicle reported stolen from a Bellevue, NE. man was was pursued Friday night in Pottawattamie County, and two people were taken into custody. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office say a 2016 Chrysler 300 was taken from the Crescent area. A Sheriff’s Deputy positioned his vehicle along Interstate 29 near the 58 mile marker, and soon engaged in a pursuit. The chase ended near the Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park, in Council Bluffs, with the driver 28-year old Paige Elizabeth Thurman, of Council Bluffs, and 30-year old Michael Allen, of Cedar Bluffs, NE., being taken into custody at around 10:30-p.m.

Thurman faces multiple charges, including: Possession with the Intent to Deliver 124 grams of methamphetamine; Theft in the 1st degree; Theft in the 5th Degree; Having a concealed gun; Carrying Weapons; Unlawful Possession of a Prescription Drug; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Forgery, and Eluding. Additional charges include Driving While Barred and Interference with Official Acts.

Thurman was also wanted on several warrants, including Iowa warrants for Carrying Weapons, Theft in the 3rd Degree and Violation of Probation, and a Nebraska warrant, for which she was charged in Iowa as being a Fugitive from Justice.

Allen was charged with Theft in the 1st Degrees and interference with official acts. He was also arrested Thursday night for 2nd degree theft, for allegedly taking a 2002 Dodge Dakota pickup from a Honey Creek resident.

In addition to the Meth, authorities recovered at the scene: a handgun; a stolen trailer license plate; a Taser; Unprescribed medication; and a glass pipe.

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A man and woman from were arrested this (Saturday) morning in Red Oak, for Public Intoxication. Red Oak Police report 30-year old Tracy Joe North, and 27-year old Holly Irene Gross, both of Red Oak, were taken into custody in the vicinity of N. 5th and E. Coolbaugh Streets, a little after 2-a.m.  The pair were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond, each.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:00 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators say the former owner of an Iowa boarding school used his position to coerce one teenager into a sexual relationship and others to undress for his arousal. Former Midwest Academy owner Benjamin Trane is charged with third-degree sexual abuse, sexual exploitation by a counselor and child endangerment. He turned himself in Thursday after a 19-month investigation into abuse allegations at the private, for-profit boarding school Trane operated in Keokuk

CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — A southern Iowa high school football coach says five players who appeared in a photo on social media wearing white hoods and waving a Confederate flag next to a burning cross were kicked off the team. Creston/Orient-Macksburg football coach Brian Morrison tells the Des Moines Register that the five Creston High School students are off the team, which played Friday night.

LANSING, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a man killed in a northeastern Iowa farm accident. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office says 55-year-old Richard Weber was killed when he was caught in a piece of farm equipment. Another person, identified as 52-year-old Christopher Weber, was seriously injured when he, too, became caught in the forage wagon. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. Thursday about 5 miles (8 kilometers) west-northwest of Lansing.

WINTHROP, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa grain storage facility has been fined $4,000 following the death of a worker in May. The Courier reports that the Iowa Occupational Health and Safety Administration cited the Viafield co-op facility in Winthrop for a serious violation, saying employees weren’t properly trained in safety procedures for clearing jammed spouts. The fine came after 74-year-old James “Jim” Schweitzer was buried while moving soybeans in a grain cart on May 16.

Two people were injured during separate accidents Friday night, in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Office reports deputies were called to the 2500 block of Highway 48 for a single-vehicle accident, at around 8:45-p.m. that involved a pedestrian bicyclist. Deputies determined during an investigation, that a 2008 Dodge Avenger driven by 17-year old Samantha Ann Esaias, of Clarinda, was traveling south on Highway 48, when she side-swiped a pedestrian bicyclist who was also traveling southbound, just off the paved roadway. The bicyclist was identified as 44-year old Shawn Allen Ponton, of Red Oak.

Ponton was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital by Red Oak Rescue, for treatment of suspected, serious but non-life threatening, injuries. The car sustained about $1,500 damage during the accident. The investigation determined Esaias failed to yield the right of way to Ponton, and, Ponton failed to have sufficient front an rear lighting as required by Iowa Code. There were no citations issued upon the initial investigation.

And, at around 9:50-p.m., Friday, deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office were called to the intersection of 240th Street and G Avenue, for a single-vehicle accident. Upon arrival, and after an investigation, it was determined 16-year old Kristian Kelly Schooling, of Red Oak, was driving a 1999 Dodge 1500 pickup westbound on 240th Street, when he failed to successfully negotiate a curve onto southbound Avenue G.

The pickup went out of control due to excessive speed, and entered the west ditch, where it rolled over onto its side. Schooling was transported by private vehicle to MCMH, for treatment of suspected serious, but non-life threatening injuries. The pickup sustained about $2,000 damage. Schooling was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.

Iowa Republicans Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are urging their G-O-P leader in the U.S. Senate to cancel an upcoming week-long recess in October. Ernst says it’s time for congress to act on tax reform, immigration policy and a health care fix — for starters. “We have so many issues right now, we can’t prioritize one over the other. All of these committees need to continue working on them simultaneously,” Ernst says. “We need to get these things done and why we didn’t stay here in August to continue working on these issues is beyond me.”

As is traditionally the case, the entire month of August was classified a “work period” outside of Washington for senators. The week of October 9th has been set aside as another work period for senators to be away from the nation’s capital. “I don’t see how we, as congress, get our work done if we are not physically in Washington, D.C., going through the committee process, working on these issues and debating them on the floor,” Ernst says.

Earlier this summer President Trump suggested Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell should resign if he can’t get key G-O-P initiatives passed in the senate. Ernst has not called for McConnell’s resignation. However, a few weeks ago Ernst suggested that if McConnell can’t pull G-O-P Senators together, he should assign someone else who will “inspire” Republican senators to pass tax reform and repeal ObamaCare.

(Radio Iowa)

The Cass County Auditor’s Office, Friday (today) said Bryan Olson-Everett, of Lewis, filed completed nomination papers and is a candidate for the City Council, in Lewis. Olson-Everett is the only candidate to file papers outside the City of Atlantic, in advance of the November City Elections.

Previously, it was announced that Incumbent Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones, Incumbent Atlantic At-Large Councilman Gerald Brink, Incumbent Atlantic 5th Ward Councilman Richard “Dick” Casady, and Incumbent Atlantic Parks and Rec Board Member Jolene Smith, had filed nomination papers to run for City offices.

The last date to file papers for the Nov. 7th City Elections in Cass County, is Sept. 21st.

A Nebraska man wanted in connection with the Aug. 10th, 2017 shooting of an Iowa woman was arrested today (Friday). At around 10:30-a.m., officers with the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force arrested without incident, 25-year old William Joseph Daugherty, of Omaha. Daughtery was taken into custody at the Comfort Inn & Suites at 1801 South 35th Street. He had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in connection with the shooting of 23-year old Kadie Lynn Clark, of Glenwood. Clark had been shot in the face at a Council Bluffs hotel, but survived her injuries.

Daugherty is currently in police custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail, where he was being held on charges of Attempted Murder and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

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