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Iowa early News Headlines: Fri., July 12th 2013

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July 12th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a detective shot a man after intervening in an apparent assault. Sergeant Jason Halifax says Detective Yanira Scarlett was driving yesterday morning when she noticed a man and woman fighting inside a car and confronted a male suspect. Thirty-seven-year-old Tyjuan Tucker is hospitalized and is facing charges of domestic assault and assault on a police officer.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo police say a woman whose body was found in the Cedar River was the victim of an accidental drowning. The body of 35-year-old Shanda Werkmeister of Waterloo was recovered from the river Tuesday. Captain Tim Pillack said yesterday that her death was ruled an accidental drowning after an autopsy was completed.

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Davis and Wapello counties are investigating fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan. The Ottumwa Courier reports police found numerous fliers outside homes and businesses yesterday morning in Agency and Eldon in Wapello County and in the Davis County city of Bloomfield. The fliers were in plastic bags weighted with rocks. Authorities say they may be been thrown from a vehicle.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after admitting he defrauded investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Ponzi scheme. Jeffrey Kinseth entered the guilty plea yesterday afternoon during an appearance in federal court in Cedar Rapids. He was released on bond. Kinseth’s attorney didn’t return a phone message seeking comment.