CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – A Cedar Rapids nurse accused of taking painkillers from hospital patients’ intravenous lines and injecting herself has pleaded guilty. The Gazette reports that 33-year-old Kelly Postel, of Monticello, entered her pleas Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. Her sentencing hearing has yet to be scheduled. Prosecutors say Postel obtained an excess amount of fentanyl and morphine from the hospital pharmacy and administered patients’ prescribed amounts and then injected herself while at work with the leftover drugs. Authorities also say Postel took fentanyl from a patient by using a syringe to withdraw it from an intravenous line and injected herself while still at work.

Here are the latest, unofficial returns from Iowa by county in the Democratic caucuses for President. (TP=Total # of precincts; PR=Precincts reporting) 1,250 of 1,765 precincts – 71%

The Creston Police Department reports a woman being held in the Adams County Jail was served Tuesday with a Union County warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. 39-year old Jennifer Beard, of Creston, continues to be held in the Adams County Jail, in association with her arrest that followed the execution of a search warrant last Friday. She was assessed a $300 cash bond, on top of her previous charges and bond.

And, 27-year old Garrett R. Woodhull, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Polk County warrant. Woodhull was released to Polk County authorities the warrant for Failure to Appear for a Probation Violation Hearing – related to an original, OWI/1st offense charge.

OGALLALA, Neb (AP) –  A Kansas man charged with the Nebraska collision deaths of four Iowa motorcyclists has taken a plea deal. Jeser Cisneros-Hernandez, of Liberal, Kansas, pleaded no contest Tuesday in Ogallala to reckless and willful vehicular homicide. Prosecutors dropped three more counts and two other charges in return for his pleas. His sentencing is scheduled for April 3. Prosecutors have said Cisneros-Hernandez’s vehicle hit two motorcycles carrying two people each on July 1, 2017, near Ogallala, Two of them were Sheila and James Matheny, from Bedford, Iowa. The other motorcyclists were Michal and Jerolyn Weese, who lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

President Dem – Caucus (To view the latest individual County results, go to: https://results.thecaucuses.org/)

1,250 of 1,765 precincts – 71 percent

Pete Buttigieg 419 – 27 percent

Bernie Sanders 394 – 25 percent

Elizabeth Warren 287 – 18 percent

Joe Biden 241 – 15 percent

Amy Klobuchar 197 – 13 percent

Andrew Yang 16 – 1 percent

Tom Steyer 5 – 0 percent

Uncommitted 3 – 0 percent

Michael Bloomberg 0 – 0 percent

Tulsi Gabbard 0 – 0 percent

Michael Bennet 0 – 0 percent

John Delaney 0 – 0 percent

Deval Patrick 0 – 0 percent

Other 0 – 0 percent

(Radio Iowa) — The Isle of Capri Casino in Bettendorf was fined 10-thousand dollars Tuesday by the Racing and Gaming Commission after a mother helped her underage son get onto the gambling floor in September. The administrator of the I-R-G-C says the mother then tried to extort money from the casino for allowing an underage player into the casino. Casino General Manager, Nancy Ballenger, says they did their best to stop the boy from getting in. “In this case, we turned the minor away twice. It was only when the mother distracted our staff that he was able to gain access to the floor,” Ballenger says.

Ballenger says the mother, Daniell Skrogstad, was charged and convicted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She says this type of violation is a rarity. “The last time I stood before you with this type of incident was almost nine years ago. So, we’re really proud of our program and training that we offer to prohibit minors and to make sure that only those who allowed on the gaming floor gain access,” according to Ballenger. “That is why we were very concerned about this particular situation.” I-R-G-C commissioner Jeff Lamberti says the state needs to look at tough penalties for adults who try to help minors get into casinos. The Lakeside Casino in Osceola was fined 20-thousand dollars for allowing an underage male onto the gaming floor in August. General Manager, Dave Monroe, spoke to the commission. “We take this responsibility to keep minors off our casino floor very, very seriously and we put in place some of the toughest controls you can imagine,” Monroe says.

He says the security measures failed because they weren’t carried out. “We card everybody under the age of 40. You have to have a valid I-D even if we know you are 21 — if your I-D is not valid — we do not let you in,” Monroe says. “We card you again and again, so if you come back in we card you ever single time. Unfortunately, we had a situation where the training and everything we put in place was not honored.”  Monroe says they addressed the problem with employees. “I feel confident we have the proper controls in place. We’ve retrained all of our employees. We constantly have all of these conversations at our pre-shift meetings, and I don’t anticipate any further breakdowns,” Monroe says.

The I-R-G-C took the action during their meeting in Altoona.