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Iowa early News Headlines: Thu., Aug. 16th 2012

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August 16th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a student pilot and a flight instructor suffered only minor injuries when they were forced to make an emergency landing in a corn field in northern Iowa. The Globe Gazette in Mason City reports the accident happened yesterday afternoon near Manly. Neither man required hospitalization.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo police say a baby was taken to a hospital after a patrol officer found the infant had been left alone in a parked car. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the 9-month-old child was found about noon yesterday when the officer saw the car parked on the wrong side of the street. The car wasn’t locked. Officers found the mother inside a nearby apartment building. The names of the mother and child weren’t immediately released.

WALL LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Kidnapping charges have been dropped against three northwest Iowa men after prosecutors failed to file the formal charges by a state-mandated deadline. Thomas Schroeder the Second and Bradley Jacobsen, both of Wall Lake, and Steve Schroeder of Odebolt, were arrested last month for allegedly kidnapping and beating a migrant worker, Rafael Trevino, on August 3rd, 2009.

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin-based Johnsonville Sausage is recalling some packages of turkey sausage with cheddar cheese because the product may include pieces of glove. The company is recalling select 13.5-ounce vacuum packages of Johnsonville “Turkey Sausage with Cheddar Cheese” with a “Best By” date of August 20th, 2012, and the establishment number “EST. P-34224.”