SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Another former employee has been given probation for using guests’ credit cards for a scam at a Sioux City hotel. Woodbury County court records say 36-year-old Sandra Lalumendre was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison, suspended, and five years of probation. She’d pleaded guilty to one felony count of theft. Prosecutors dropped a credit card fraud charge in return.

Court documents say that from May 14 through Sept. 8 last year, Lalumendre and Ethan Ehlers fraudulently overcharged guests’ credit cards at the Howard Johnson hotel in downtown Sioux City. They’d then force refunds and split the money. The documents say the total was more than $32,700.

Ehlers has been sentenced to three years of probation. The two have been ordered to jointly pay $10,000 in restitution to the hotel.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A proposal to spend an additional $3.5 million to build a Warren County courthouse and justice center has fallen short of approval. Officials say nearly 56% of voters supported the measure Tuesday, but it needed 60% of the votes to pass. Warren County Supervisor Aaron DeKock says the result disappointed him, but the project still will go back out to bid in January. Voters approved $29.9 million for the courthouse and justice center in August 2018. The project has been stalled since construction bids came back $7 million over budget. The old courthouse and jail have been torn down.

View the full results of the election from the IA Sec.of State’s website: https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/IA/Pottawattamie/98457/web/#/summary

Contested races only ; I = Incumbent; * = winner(s) of contested races

Council Bluffs:

City Council (Vote for 3)

Deb Bass                 2,000

Chad Hannan          3,174*

Roger Sandau         2,942*

Nate Watson          1,615

Sharon White         1,588

Joe Disalvo             2,950*

Neola:

Mayor (Vote for 1)

Karla Pogge               173*

Dawn M. Goodsell     111

City Council (Vote for 3)

Richard D. Schuning     138*

Jason Zaborowski         63

Jonathan McDonald     92

Joseph R. Munch          132

Ty Ungrad                     166*

Lori Eckrich                   203*

Oakland

City Council (Vote for 2)

Jeremy Perkins           147*

Tina Drahota              84

Kelly Towne                120

Coralee Bernard          89

Betsy Moniz              183*

City Council to Fill a Vacancy (Vote for 1)

Douglas Reed            194*

Courtne Turner          141

 

Underwood

City Council (Vote for 3)

Royce D. Forbush        88

Josh H. Madsen          134*

Robert W. Dose           94*

Ashleigh M. Robinson  98*

Walnut

City Council (Vote for 2)

Justen Tooley             64

Erich Cochran             92*

LaVonne Wood           62

Cheyenne Mertz         95*

Avoca

City Council (Vote for 2)

Lori Hansen              168

Fred G. Miller III        179*

Matt Gramkow         197*

City Council To Fill a Vacancy (Vote for 1)

Steve Kerr                 123

Charles J. Stolz          157*

Carson

City Council (Vote for 2)

Frankie Knudsen         71

Marlene Richardson    74*

Troy Graves                 90*

Crescent

City Council (Vote for 3)

Michelle Hargens         78*

Charles Hildreth           63*

Jack A. Powers              78*

Randall J. Adams           45

Hancock

City Council (Vote for 3)

Donald Ehlers              24

Vince Guyer                 30

Linda Wageman           36

City Council to Fill a Vacancy (Vote for 1)

Ray C. Evans                35

AHSTW School

Director District #2 (Vote for 1)

Kim Wise                    314*

Robert Bryant             224

Board of Director (Vote for 1)

Steven Kock               283*

Michelle Mertz           263

Treynor School Board (Vote for 3)

Gina Mieska               242

Keith Christensen       306*

Amy Bierbaum           139

B.J. Dreyer                   283*

Stephen Winchell        295*

Bob Beattie                 181

Riverside School

Director District #3 (Vote for 1)

Jamie Kadel                362*

Rodney Pendgraft       204

Underwood School Board of Directors (Vote for 3)

Nathan Burns              132

Brian Leaders               176

Nicole Snyder              168

Rick Larson                  223*

Teresa Mace                193*

Matt Brummett            216*

Tri Center School Board (Vote for 2)

Cecilia Thomas     107

Sara Arnold           201*

Katie Ausdemore  346*

Tami Harman        170

Council Bluffs School Board (Vote for 4)

Jill Shudak             3,265*

Dick Dallinger        1,488

Troy Arthur             2,284*

Chris LaFerla           2,276

David Coziahr         2,646*

Lewis Central School Board (Vote for 3)

Brian Stoufer         823*

Amie Adkins          899*

Daryl Weilage        724*

Travis Houseton    655

AHSTW School District/Director At-Large (elect 1)

Steven Kock     74*

Michelle Mertz 73

Harlan Community School District

Director/District 5 (elect 1) –

Allyson Bendorf     435

Joni Larsen (I)        716*

Public Measure SY (10-year PPEL renewal)

Yes – 728*

No – 415

Public Measure SZ (Instructional Support Levy/Income Surtax)

Yes – 710*

No – 426

City of Elk Horn Public Measure SX (Increase in Hotel/Motel tax from 5% to 7%)

Yes – 53*

No –  7

Tri-Center School District

Director At-Large (elect 2) –

Celcilia Thomas         0

Sara Arnold               2*

Katie Ausdemore (I)  4*

Tami Harman             0

City of Irwin

City Council (elect 2) At Large-

Jonna Willadsen         46*

Jim Kramer                  22 (tie)

Jessie Bates                 11

Richard Wiig                22 (tie)

Boyer Valley School District

Director/District 2 (elect 2) –

Steve Puck (I)              10*

Paul L. Klein (I)             8 (tie)

Jeffrey L. Miller            8 (tie)

Woodbine Community School District/ Director At-Large (elect 3) –

Kert A. Barnum (I)        0

Shawn Cogdill (I)         0

Teresa Coenen             0

Martin Murdock           0

City of Tennant Public Measure SA (AHSTW 10-year PPEL renewal) –

Yes –  93*

No –  73

City of Shelby

City Council (elect 3) –

Robert Morton             75

Christopher J. Evans     99*

Karen Schlueter            79*

Donavon Gail Dontje    77*

City of Defiance – Mayor (No candidate: 37 write-in votes

City of Defiance – At Large – select 2 (No candidates: 69 Write-in votes_

City of Kirkman – City Council At Large (3) (No candidates: 25 W/in votes

City of Panora – Mayor (No candidate: 24 W/in)

City of Panora – At Large (2) (No candidate: 46 W/in)

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail _ all but seven days of it suspended _ for torturing the family dog and making his children watch a video of the torture. The Buchanan County prosecutor’s office says in a news release that 42-year-old Jason O’Neil Johnson, of Independence, was sentenced Tuesday. He was found guilty by a jury in August of animal torture.

DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa woman charged in the hit-and-run fatal crash that killed a pedestrian in northeastern Nebraska is set to stand trial in the case. The Sioux City Journal reports that 19-year-old Maria Gonzalez-Diego, of Sioux City, waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday. She now faces arraignment Dec. 3 on charges of vehicular homicide and failure to stop at the scene of a fatality crash in the June 24 death of 62-year-old Antonia Lopez De Ramirez.

RUNNELLS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say six people, including children, have escaped a house fire in Runnells. Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Heath Osberg told KCCI the fire broke out Tuesday morning. Several agencies responded, and Osberg says one person was taken to a hospital. Others were treated for minor injuries, including smoke inhalation.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Members and employees of the governing board for Iowa’s public universities could soon be barred from gambling on the college teams they help oversee. A policy proposed by the Board of Regents would bar board members and staff from betting on games involving the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Iowa State Cyclones or the University of Northern Iowa Panthers. The board will consider adopting the policy at its meeting next week.