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Iowa early News Headlines: Sun., May 11th 2014

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May 11th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — A memorial service has been set for a Grimes man fatally shot on Thursday. A memorial service will be held Monday for Justin Clay Michael at Convenant Presbyterian Church in West Des Moines. The 30-year-old Michael was found mortally wounded in a Grimes home Thursday afternoon.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque man charged with felony sexual assault has been found guilty of a reduced count of misdemeanor sexual assault. A jury on Thursday found 24-year-old Stefan Todorovich guilty of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. Prosecutors say the 44-year-old victim reported the assault last June, saying Todorovich — her co-worker — had held her down at a friend’s house and sexually assaulted her.

SAGEVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Nearly three years after floodwaters swamped their homes, residents of Valley Hill Trailer Park have received federal flood aid, and demolition of homes is set to begin soon. Mobile home owners were reimbursed this spring for each trailer’s pre-flood value, which averaged $15,000 per trailer. That’s in addition to up to $22,500 in relocation assistance.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa police are investigating after finding a Herky statue vandalized Friday. The “Reflections of U” Herky had its fiberglass legs shattered below the knees, leaving only steel rebar attaching the statue to its one-ton concrete base on the north end of the school’s Pentacrest. Herky, the hawk, is the mascot of the Iowa Hawkeyes.