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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., April 30th 2014

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April 30th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man accused of placing hidden video recording devices in a girls’ school bathroom has pleaded not guilty to charges. Twenty-nine-year-old Ian Dishon is charged with sexual exploitation of a child and producing child pornography. Isabel is a former coordinator for an after-school program at Hayes Elementary School in Davenport.

CLARION, Iowa (AP) — Officials in the northern Iowa city of Clarion say they’ve stopped the discharge of untreated wastewater into a nearby creek. The state Department of Natural Resources says Clarion officials replaced a pump Monday. The city’s wastewater treatment system began discharging Sunday after one of two pumps failed.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A scaled-back bill defining elder abuse for the first time in Iowa has been approved by the Senate and House. Both chambers gave unanimous support for the measure Tuesday after it came through a conference committee. It now goes to Gov. Terry Branstad. The bill provides a definition of elder abuse, identifies the elder population as anyone aged 60 or older, and creates a process for elders to obtain protective orders in instances of abuse.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A nearly $1.9 billion health and human services budget bill has been approved by the Legislature and sent to Gov. Terry Branstad without a provision to reopen the Iowa Juvenile Home, effectively ending Democrats’ attempts this session to reopen the facility closed by Branstad in January. Before its doors closed, the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo housed some of Iowa’s most troubled girls.