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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., Sept. 16 2014

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September 16th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A county in southern Iowa will get disaster assistance to respond to severe weather, Gov. Terry Branstad issued a disaster proclamation for Union County. The county suffered damage after severe storms and rain on Sept. 9. Under the declaration, the county can use state resources to recover from the storm.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man found dead at a Council Bluffs golf course pond. The body of Josey Janssen, 33, was found Friday at the Council Bluffs Country Club. The Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office and police said Janssen’s cause of death was accidental drowning.

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — A hearing has been scheduled for the man accused of killing a 5-year-old northern Iowa girl in 2005. The hearing is set Tuesday in Bremer County for Casey Frederiksen. He’s charged with first-degree murder in the June 2005 slaying of Evelyn Miller, whose body was found along the Cedar River. Frederiksen, 35, was charged in 2012 with the girl’s death. Authorities said Frederiksen was living with Evelyn’s mother in Floyd when the girl was killed.

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Tuesday hearing has been scheduled for the man accused of killing a 5-year-old northern Iowa girl in 2005. Casey Frederiksen is charged with first-degree murder in the June 2005 slaying of Evelyn Miller, whose body was found along the Cedar River. Frederiksen, 35, was charged in 2012 with the girl’s death. Authorities said Frederiksen was living with Evelyn’s mother in Floyd when the girl was killed.