Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
OSCEOLA, Iowa (AP) — Children were taken to two hospitals after their school bus toppled off a slick gravel road outside Osceola. Clarke Community School District Superintendent Steve Seid says eight to 10 elementary and middle school students were in the bus when it slid off the road and overturned Wednesday afternoon near Squaw Creek. Seid told The Des Moines Register the children appear to have only minor injuries but were taken to hospitals in Osceola and Des Moines as a precaution.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a 10-year-old boy who died last week after crashing his bicycle into a tree. The Quad City-Times reports that Raydell Maurice Hurt Jr., of Davenport, died in the Friday accident. A preliminary investigation indicates that the boy was riding his bicycle down a hill in the cemetery when he lost control and hit the tree.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A third man convicted in the 2011 robbery and fatal shooting of a northwest Iowa resident has been sent to prison. Federal prosecutors say Courtland Clark, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in custody. He’d pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery and to a weapons offense.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has decided to let an attorney who took more than $99,000 from a client resume practicing law. The Des Moines Register reports that the justices ruled unanimously to reinstate Michael Reilly’s law license. The court ruling released Friday said Reilly had worked hard to overcome a gambling addiction that led to the theft. Several western Iowa lawyers had written letters vouching for his character.