Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:35 a.m. CDT

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) — A newspaper says two Carroll County Sheriff’s employees used county equipment and other resources to promote and conduct gun classes from which they collected tens of thousands of dollars. The Carroll Daily Times Herald reports that Deputy Tom Fransen and Administrative Assistant Shanna Balukoff have held the classes since December 2010, charging $50 per person. State law bans public employees from using public resources for personal gain. The state auditor’s office has begun an investigation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 14-year-old boy shot earlier this week while riding in a car in downtown Des Moines has died. A woman speaking for Yore Thour Jieng’s family says the teen died Saturday at Blank Children’s Hospital. The woman, Jamie Buelt, said Saturday that funeral arrangements were pending. Police have said Yore was in a car being driven by a relative when he suffered a gunshot wound Monday evening.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An 88-year-old man with previous sex abuse convictions could spend the rest of his life in prison after being accused of grabbing a state mental-hospital worker between the legs. The Des Moines Register reports that William Cubbage faces a Nov. 15 hearing to decide whether he’s competent to stand trial. Cubbage gained notoriety after he was accused in 2011 of molesting a 95-year-old woman at a Pomeroy nursing home.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 12-year-old Des Moines boy hit by a car while crossing a city street has died. Des Moines police say Josef Fuller died Friday night at a hospital. Investigators say he had been crossing Southwest Ninth Street before 7 a.m. Thursday when he was hit by a car. Officials say it was dark when the accident occurred. Investigators have not said what other factors might have contributed to the incident.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An 88-year-old man with previous sex abuse convictions could spend the rest of his life in prison after being accused of grabbing a state mental-hospital worker between the legs. The Des Moines Register reports William Cubbage faces a Nov. 15th hearing to decide whether he’s competent to stand trial. Cubbage, who was convicted of numerous sex crimes from 1987 through 2000, is a resident of the state mental hospital at Independence. He gained notoriety after he was accused in 2011 of molesting a 95-year-old woman at a Pomeroy nursing home, where state officials placed him without notifying other residents.

As first reported by the Storm Lake Times, Cubbage could get life if convicted of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse because of his previous convictions.

CARROLL, Iowa (AP) – A newspaper investigation shows two Carroll County Sheriff’s employees used county equipment and other resources to promote and conduct gun classes from which they collected tens of thousands of dollars. The Carroll Daily Times Herald reports Deputy Tom Fransen and Administrative Assistant Shanna Balukoff have held the classes since December 2010 and charged $50 per person. Those who attend the classes get a certificate they can use to obtain a permit from the sheriff’s office to openly carry a firearm.

The county received none of the money from the classes, even though the certificates say “Sponsored by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.” State law bans public employees from using public resources for personal gain, and the state auditor’s office has begun an investigation.