RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Two Iowa residents will spend decades in prison for forcing a young woman into prostitution and torturing her. Aldair Hodza was sentenced to 41 years and eight months Friday in federal court in Richmond. Laura Sorensen was sentenced to 40 years. The Clive residents held a 20-year-old woman captive on a trip to Virginia and forced her to have sex with men who answered online ads. They burned the woman with lit cigarettes and other heated objects, drove nails into her feet and poured bleach into her wounds.

Defense attorneys and prosecutors are recommending prison terms of 35 years – 11 more than the top end of the sentencing guideline range. But U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson said that wasn’t enough, citing the “unprecedented depravity” in the case.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Thursday night, of 21-year old Marriah Jo Love, of Lorimor. The woman was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union County Warrant charging her with 2nd degree harassment. Love was later released from the Union County Jail, on $1000 bond.

And, a resident of Afton reported to the Sheriff’s Office Thursday morning, that sometime during the night, someone damaged a door and window of a house on Pheasant Avenue. The damage amounted to $700.

Officials with the Cass County Health System in Atlantic report Teresa Hardy, RN, BSN, is now certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR), as a Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional (CCRP). With the certification, Hardy joins an elite group – as there are only 20 Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Professionals in Iowa.

The Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional exam is based on nation-wide standards, and assesses nurses on areas such as the management of nutrition, weight, blood pressure, blood lipids, diabetes, tobacco cessation, as well as areas like psychosocial management, physical activity counseling, and exercise training.

Teresa Hardy works in the Cardiac Rehab department at Cass County Memorial Hospital, which is an American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) certified program. AACVPR-certified programs are recognized as leaders in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation because they offer the most advanced practices available.

Teresa Hardy

Police in Creston report a man was arrested Thursday night on drug charges. 40-year old Jason Woods, of Lenox, faces charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Woods was booked into the Union County Jail and later released on $2,000 bond.

The Office of U-S Senator Joni Ernst, Thursday, announced the Republican from Red Oak will offer traveling office hours to residents of southwest Iowa the last half of this month and during September. Representatives from her office will serve as a resource to Iowans, to help them with problems they may be having, or answer questions they may have, with regard to: Social Security; Medicare; Veterans benefits or military affairs; Passports; Immigration issues, and other, federal programs.

Her staffers will be in: Monona, Crawford and Carroll Counties next week (Aug. 19th-20th); Dallas, Madison, Adair and Guthrie Counties, Aug. 31st; Sept. 1st in Union, Audubon, Ringgold, Shelby and Harrison Counties; Sept. 2nd in Adams, Montgomery, Cass and Pottawattamie Counties; and, Sept. 3rd in Taylor, Page, Fremont and Mills Counties.

The complete schedule for Ernst’s Traveling Office hours is listed below:

Wed., Aug. 19th: Onawa Public Library, 3:30-4:30-pm; Norelius Community Library in Denison, 6-7pm; Carroll County Courthouse – Meeting room, 7:30-8:30-pm.

Mon. Aug. 31st: Dallas County Courthouse (Adel) – 2nd floor Conference room, 9-to 10-am; Madison County Courthouse (Winterset) – 3rd floor Conference room, 11-am to Noon; Adair County Courthouse (Greenfield) – in the courtroom, from 1-until 2-pm; Guthrie County Courthouse (Guthrie Center) – Public Meeting Room, 3-4pm.

Tue., Sept. 1st: Union County Courthouse (Creston) – LEC Conference Room, 9-to 10-am; Audubon County Public Library, 11-am to Noon; Mount Ayr City Hall Council Chambers, 11-am until Noon; Harlan Public Library, 1-until 2-pm; and at the Missouri Valley Public Library, from 3-until 4-pm.

Wed., Sept. 2nd: Corning Public Library – 9:30 to 10:30-am; ISU Extension Office in Red Oak – Suite 2, 11:15-am to 12:15-pm; Atlantic Public Library, 1:30-to 2:30-pm; Avoca Public Library, 3:15 to 4:15-p.m.

Thu., Sept. 3rd: Bedford Public Library, 9-am to 10-am; Clarinda Public Library – Large Meeting Room, 10:45-11:45-am; Hamburg City Hall, 1-2pm; and at the Glenwood Senior Center, from 2:45-3:45-p.m.