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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Jan. 28th 2015

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January 28th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

OSCEOLA, Iowa (AP) — Officials have identified two people who were found dead in a vehicle in Osceola. The Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner says the bodies found are those of 22-year-old Erick Reyna and 27-year-old Noe Flores Rascon. Autopsy results confirm their deaths as homicides. Authorities charged 38-year-old Richard Ryan Lamb Carson with two counts of first-degree murder. They also charged 47-year-old Lynn Ranean Sutton, 43-year-old Tracy Kay Johnson and 42-year-old Christopher Martin Elben with one count of accessory after the fact.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol says it didn’t reduce the speed on a citation given to a high-ranking officer. Capt. Ken Clary was cited for driving 92 in a 70-mph zone this month, following an investigation into a November off-duty incident in which he was pulled over and quickly let go by a trooper. Video doesn’t show the speed clocked on radar and no police report was filed. A patrol spokesman had said he didn’t know whether Clary’s speed was reduced on the citation, which can be done at an officer’s discretion. That’s significant because the penalty for driving 25 over the limit is a license suspension.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrats in the Senate say a bill aimed at curtailing wage theft in Iowa would require businesses to be more direct with workers about employment terms. Sen. Bill Dotzler, a Democrat from Waterloo, is co-sponsor of a bill that would require employers to share a written record of employment terms with an employee at the start of a job. The measure would also define penalty terms and expand protection for whistleblowers.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is out of the hospital but won’t have any more public appearances for the rest of the week. Branstad was rushed to the hospital Monday and treated for what his doctor says is a mild case of the flu and dehydration.