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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., Oct. 4th 2014

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October 4th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City police say a suspect is in custody after the shooting of an officer earlier in the day. Lieutenant Mark Kirkpatrick says officers responding to a reported disturbance at a residence encountered a man Friday around 5:00 p.m. who fired at handgun at them. Kirkpatrick says 37-year-old Officer Jill Ohm was shot in the chin and was hospitalized. KTIV-TV says Kirkpatrick described Ohm’s condition as “OK” but would give no further details.

DEDHAM, Maine (AP) — Police say the former mayor of Des Moines was drunk and speeding when he caused a Dedham, Maine car crash that killed himself and two others in August. Maine state troopers report that Richard Olson and a man and his passenger in a pickup truck were killed instantly.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Bettendorf man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for wire fraud. The Quad-City Times reports that 66-year-old Thomas Richard Jager was sentenced Thursday in Des Jager had earlier pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud as part of a federal investigation centering on him and his mortgage servicing company.

DAYTON, Iowa (AP) — An elderly grand marshal severely injured in a fall from a buggy in 2012’s Dayton Rodeo parade is suing the rodeo organization — a group he help found. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports that Allen Porter, now 96, was the grand marshal of the parade when he fell from a horse-drawn buggy.