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Early Morning Headlines 8-22-2013

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August 22nd, 2013 by admin

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

BEDFORD, Iowa (AP) – A Bedford woman quietly told a dispatcher that her husband shot an escaped inmate who broke into their home. Carolyn Mauderly placed the 911 call after Rodney Long had broken into the couple’s home Monday night and held them against their will for several hours.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the termination of a former Fort Madison police officer who had an affair with the police chief’s wife. The court ruled that William Bowker’s affair with the woman, who was a reserve officer, violated departmental rules. Bowker was seeking a reversal of a district court’s ruling.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A state ethics board will not remove its executive director from an investigation into whether the National Organization for Marriage violated Iowa law. A complaint filed in June alleges NOM did not disclose donors or all of its contributions when funding campaigns against Iowa Supreme Court justices up for retention in 2010 and 2012.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Rock Falls man has been given more prison time for leasing the same piece of farmland to several individuals. Raymond Schaefer pleaded guilty to a third-degree theft charge and was sentenced to two years in state prison. Schaefer will serve the sentence concurrently with a federal prison sentence.