MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque man has been given 50 years in prison for killing a 59-year-old man at the victim’s home in Bellevue. Jackson County District Court records say 24-year-old Drew Mangler was sentenced Friday. He’d been convicted last month of second-degree murder. Prosecutors say he stabbed to death Richard Remakel during a break-in.

Officers found Remakel’s body after being called to a house in Bellevue on Dec. 25, 2016. An autopsy showed Remakel had been stabbed at least 32 times in his upper body, neck and head. He was believed to be dead for several days before police found him.

Court documents say Mangler was developed as a suspect following witness accounts to police. Investigators say they found a shoe with Remakel’s blood on it during a search of Mangler’s house.

FOREST CITY, Iowa (AP) _ Winnebago Industries Inc. (WGO) on Monday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $21.6 million. The Forest City, Iowa-based company said it had profit of 68 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, were 60 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 56 cents per share.

The recreational vehicle maker posted revenue of $432.7 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $425.6 million. Winnebago shares have increased 20 percent since the beginning of the year. The stock has declined 21 percent in the last 12 months.

DOUGLAS, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are seeking an Iowa man suspected of shooting to death two people at their home in southeast Nebraska — the parents of his former live-in girlfriend.
Otoe County Court records say 36-year-old Brindar Jangir is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

An affidavit in support of an arrest warrant says Jangir used a stolen shotgun to kill Randal and Annette Grimes on Saturday morning in the village of Douglas. Their bodies were discovered by a sheriff’s deputy who was checking on an aborted call to 911.

The affidavit says Randal and Annette Grimes were the parents of a woman Jangir was living with in Sioux City, Iowa, until she moved out March 12. The affidavit says she told officers Jangir threatened to kill her and her parents if she ever left him.

(Radio Iowa) — With more than half the state under a disaster declaration due to flooding, many Iowans don’t need a reminder about how wicked Mother Nature can be. Still, residents who could use a refresher course on the dangers of springtime in Iowa should take note this is Severe Weather Awareness Week. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff at the National Weather Service, says a different topic is covered daily. “Anything from severe thunderstorms to understanding where to get warning information, family preparedness, flooding, tornado safety,” Hagenhoff says. “It’s just to get people thinking about springtime weather, since it is coming our way, making sure people have plans in place.”

Last year, 69 tornadoes touched down in Iowa, with one day standing apart. “Definitely that July 19th event is the one that sticks out,” she says. “That’s the day we had the most tornadoes in one day. Twenty-one of our tornadoes from last season were all in that July 19th event. Certainly, the memorable tornadoes were through the Pella, Marshalltown and Bondurant areas.”  As part of this week’s educational events, Hagenhoff says a statewide tornado drill is set for Wednesday morning.

“We’ll have a test tornado watch that will go out at 10 AM and then at 10:15, we will issue a test tornado warning,” Hagenhoff says. “We recommend people take it seriously and act as they would for a normal tornado warning, taking the appropriate actions so that we can practice our severe weather protocols.” Learn more about severe weather at www.weather.gov.

A traffic stop at around 11:15-p.m. Sunday, resulted in an arrest for alcohol and drug charges. Red Oak Police report 40-year old Laura Marie Tepoel, of Red Oak, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, Possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. Tepoel was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.