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AKRON, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a man who was shot to death in northwest Iowa. Plymouth County officials identified the man as 40-year-old Jeremy Hebert. The county Sheriff’s Office says he was shot early Friday morning at a residence about 5 miles northeast of Akron. Arriving deputies found him suffering from the gunshot wound, and he was taken to a Sioux City hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Thirty-three-year-old Becky Hebert was arrested later Friday in Le Mars and has been charged with second-degree murder.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Two people have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies of men in Omaha who thought they were meeting with a woman they had messaged on a dating application. Omaha Police say one of the suspects was linked to the robberies after he sold stolen cellphones at a kiosk and used one of the victims’ credit cards. The second suspect was arrested after a search warrant was served. Several items linked to the robberies, including two guns were found.

The suspects have both been charged in connection with seven robberies and one attempted robbery. Court documents say all but one of the victims used the dating application called “Plenty of Fish.” But instead of a woman, they met robbers.

Authorities in Montgomery County report two separate drug-related arrests, Sunday. At around 9:50-p.m., Red Oak Police arrested 37-year old Luke Daniel Rinehart, of Red Oak, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Violation of a No Contact Order. Rinehart was taken into custody in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue and held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond.

And, at around 5:15-p.m., Sunday, Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrested 23-year old Adam L. Schmidt, of Lincoln, NE., for Possession of Marijuana. Schmidt was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A round of elections in Iowa this month will ask some public sector workers whether they want to keep their unions or dismantle them. The elections, beginning Tuesday, will be one of the biggest tests of labor strength in Iowa since a new law eliminated many collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Union leaders say the elections and the law aim to weaken workers’ rights and one official questioned logistics. The agency overseeing the elections says it will be fair.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The first of four finalists to be Iowa State University’s next president has been named. The Iowa Board of Regents says Sonny Ramaswamy will visit campus Monday to meet with faculty, staff and students. The next president will be chose on Oct. 23.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A bankruptcy petition filed by a California-based developer of a 12-story historic art deco building in downtown Sioux City has been dismissed. The Sioux City Journal reports the move paves the way for foreclosure proceedings on the Badgerow Building to resume. A federal judge in California on Wednesday granted Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust’s motion to dismiss the bankruptcy filing by Mako One Corp., of Carlsbad, California.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $150,000 from the School Nutrition Association of Iowa. The Quad-City Times reports that 74-year-old Norma Jean Adams pleaded guilty Friday to commission of an unlawful activity. Prosecutors say Adams was using the name Norma LaMantia while serving as the executive director of the nonprofit association. A state audit found that she had misused at least $169,000 over a five-year period.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The first of four finalists to be Iowa State University’s next president has been named. The Iowa Board of Regents says Sonny Ramaswamy will visit campus Monday to meet with faculty, staff and students. Ramaswamy is currently director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture in Washington D.C.

After all four finalists visit campus, the Regents will meet on Oct. 23 to choose the next president. Iowa State’s former President Steven Leath left to become the president of Auburn University.

Council Bluffs Police are investigating a shots fired incident. Authorities say that at around 8-a.m. today (Sunday), officers responded to several 911 calls of shots being fired in the 600 block of Stutsman. A white, possibly Chevy, pickup truck was seen leaving the area at a high rate of speed.

Upon arrival officers located several vehicles and a residence that had sustained damage. Officers checked the area and made contact with residents to ascertain if there was anyone injured. As of this time no injuries have been reported to police in reference to this incident.

The area was closed off to traffic while Council Bluffs Crime Lab processed the scene and collected evidence.

Anyone with information in reference to the incident is urged to contact the Council Bluffs Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at (712) 328-4728 or you can call Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-STOP (7867).

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A round of elections in Iowa this month will ask some public sector workers whether they want to keep their unions or dismantle them. The elections are scheduled over a two-week period beginning Tuesday. They will be one of the biggest tests of labor strength in Iowa since a new law eliminated many collective bargaining rights for most public sector employees.

The law includes a provision requiring workers to vote periodically on their union representation. It counts non-participants as votes against the union. Union leaders argue the elections and the law aim to weaken workers’ rights. The president of the largest public workers union also says he’s concerned about the logistics of the elections, which will be held online and by phone.

The head of the agency overseeing the elections says the process will be efficient, fair and transparent.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A bankruptcy petition filed by a California-based developer of a 12-story historic art deco building in downtown Sioux City has been dismissed. The Sioux City Journal reports the move paves the way for foreclosure proceedings on the Badgerow Building to resume.

A federal judge in California on Wednesday granted Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust’s motion to dismiss the bankruptcy filing by Mako One Corp., of Carlsbad, California.

The bank filed for foreclosure on the Badgerow Building in April, saying Mako, its managing partner Bruce DeBolt and two other limited liability companies defaulted on a $6 million bond agreement to help finance work to renovate the building. The bank said at the time that it was owed more than $4.4 million.

The Badgerow Building was built in 1933 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Police in Red Oak report 37-year old Daniel Bruce Clemons, Junior, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 6:15-p.m. Saturday, for Simple Assault. Clemons, Jr. was taken into custody at the intersection of Eastern and Summit Streets in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred in the 200 block of East Nuckols Street. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.