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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., March 6th 2013

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March 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Transportation officials are reminding Iowa drivers to be careful of patchy, slick roads in the wake of a late-winter storm. The state Department of Transportation says most roads in northern and eastern Iowa are covered in snow and ice. They recommend drivers reduce speed and avoid using their vehicle’s cruise control.

ELDORA, Iowa (AP) — A teenager shot by an Iowa sheriff after authorities say the boy refused to drop a weapon has been arrested in connection with the November incident. The state Department of Public Safety says the 17-year-old boy from Marshalltown was charged yesterday with one count of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and one count of assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa are investigating how a deputy accidentally fired her handgun. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the female reserve deputy fired her county-issued handgun inside patrol headquarters Monday night. The deputy injured her left hand and was taken to a local hospital. She has been released.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio prison officials have moved a condemned killer from death row to the state death house ahead of today’s scheduled s execution. Inmate Frederick Treesh was sentenced to die for the 1994 shooting death of a security guard following a multistate crime rampage that crossed Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.