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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., May 13th 2014

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May 13th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stabbing another teenager at a Fort Dodge Senior High homecoming dance last year. Eighteen-year-old Max Bly was sentenced in connection to the Oct. 5 stabbing of 18-year-old Luca Fiala. Both teenagers were 17 at the time of the incident.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque mental health counselor’s license has been placed under probation following allegations of dependent adult abuse. A settlement agreement with the Iowa Board of Behavioral Science says 68-year-old Lowell R. Routley’s license is under probation for two years. Court documents say between November 2010 and October 2012, Routley withdrew funds for personal use from the special-needs trust fund of a patient for whom he was a trustee.

PANORA, Iowa (AP) — Preliminary data shows an EF-2 tornado touched down in central Iowa during severe weather that hit swaths of the state. The National Weather Service says a line of thunderstorms produced at least one tornado Sunday night that hit the community surrounding Lake Panorama in Panora. The tornado reached 115 mph and was first recorded south of Guthrie Center before it traveled more than 16 miles northeast. No injuries were reported.

LOGAN, Iowa (AP) — An anonymous donor has offered to help with renovation costs for a museum in western Iowa. The donor offered $30,000 to offset renovation costs at the Museum of Religious Arts in Logan. Facilities needing attention include a wooden deck and fish pond in the museum’s Biblical Garden.