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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., July 20th 2013

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July 20th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard (DOO’-gahrd) and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad joined tribal leaders and Game, Fish and Parks officials yesterday to dedicate South Dakota’s first state park in 40 years. South Dakota owns about 600 acres of land at the park, while Iowa owns several hundred acres as well.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa judge has ruled that the majority of a closed-door meeting last year about a former Des Moines superintendent’s behavior was justified, but a redacted portion must be released to a former school board member. Yesterday’s ruling by Polk County Judge Karen Romano says most of the 80-minute meeting on May 10th, 2012 about superintendent Nancy Sebring properly followed an Iowa code that allows for such a private meeting.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a 15-year-old girl is among several people involved in a prostitution sting in eastern Iowa. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department says the two-day, multi-agency sting involved two women making separate appointments with a law enforcement officer through a prostitution website. The women arrived in the eastern Iowa city of Hills on Wednesday with other women who were instructed to perform sex acts.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Des Moines police say a 1-year-old boy was severely injured after falling 50 feet off an apartment balcony. The Des Moines Register reports the boy fell from the balcony Thursday evening at an apartment west of downtown. The child was hospitalized in critical condition Friday.