OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — A judge says a 14-year-old Osage boy suspected of killing his mother will be classified as a youthful offender. The judge yesterday waived the boy’s case to district court under the youthful offender status. The boy was 13 when he allegedly shot his mother to death in March.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Coralville woman charged in a house fire that killed a 14-year-old relative wants her trial moved out of Johnson County. Fifty-year-old Lillie Williams is charged in the September 2011 fire that killed Raymone Bryant. A hearing is set for tomorrow.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against a 33-year-old man in the shooting death of a woman in Sioux City. Fernando Jaimes-Martinez is accused of firing a gun into a crowd and killing 27-year-old Karla Gonzalez last month. Police say a large fight erupted outside Jaimes-Martinez’s house, and he allegedly fired a gun into a group of people retreating from the home.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A 24-year-old man is accused of choking a patient who was in an Iowa City hospital bed. Officials say Lucas Cooper of Grundy Center was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly choked a patient at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Cooper is being held in the Johnson County jail on $15,000 bond.