WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 29, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa will be in Hamburg, Glenwood and Malvern for meetings with community leaders, emergency managers, small business owners, farmers, and other Iowans affected by flooding in the region. The topic of the meetings will be the devastating floods impacting southwest Iowa.

Details for each individual stop are below:

• Meeting with community leaders, emergency managers, business owners, residents: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. George C. Grape Community Hospital (Hamburg)
• Meeting with community leaders, emergency managers, business owners, residents: Noon – 1 p.m. Mills County Courthouse Second Floor Courtroom (Glenwood)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Town Meeting with USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig: 1:30 p.m. Mills County Fairgrounds Lakin Building (Malvern).

Prior to the meetings, Grassley will tour flood-impacted areas in Southwest Iowa during a fly-over with USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig.

Police in Glenwood report the arrest on Wednesday, of a woman on a Mills County warrant. 31-year old Corey Madsen, of Glenwood, was later released on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has expelled a student from China for repeated academic misconduct for a second time after the first effort collapsed in court. Court records show that business student Pengzhen Yin was notified of his expulsion earlier this month, just weeks before he is expected to graduate. Yin has asked a judge to put the expulsion on hold, arguing that it is based on the same cheating incidents for which he was already expelled and reinstated .

Judge Karen Romano ruled in December that the university lacked proof that Yin plagiarized a paper. That allegation had prompted his expulsion because it was his third alleged violation of the business school’s honor code. After that ruling, the lawyer for the Board of Regents asked Romano to reconsider newly obtained emails to university officials in which Yin admitted he didn’t write the paper in question.

Romano refused, saying the board was asking for a “do-over” after failing to bring forward critical evidence.

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying two deceased dogs north of Dawson, on March 16th. Authorities say they think someone from that area or north of that area tossed the dogs into the Racoon River. Officials say deputies were aiding the sandbagging efforts to prevent flooding in Dawson, when residents and volunteers noticed a pair of dogs floating in the Raccoon River.

The animals were both deceased when discovered. Upon further investigation, it was determined they did not die from natural causes. The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation into the incident by going door to door and asking locals if they recognized either dog. No one they talked to recognized the animals, and there were no reports of anyone missing a pair of dogs. It’s not clear if the crime occurred in Dallas County or in another jurisdiction.

The sheriff’s office posted the pictures on its Facebook page this week. If you recognize the dogs, call the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office at 515-993-4567.

A call about a disturbance in Shelby Wednesday evening resulted in the arrest of a man from Walnut. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 21-year old Austin Daniel Malloy was taken into custody a little after 5-p.m., after Malloy was seen trying to make entry into the Menard’s Distribution Center. Malloy was arrested for Criminal Mischief in the 2nd degree (for damages more than $1,000 but less than $10,000), Interference with Official Acts, Public Intoxication, and Violation of a No Contact Order. Malloy was transported to the Pott. County Jail and held on bonds amounting to $5,600.