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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., April 18th 2015

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April 18th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa board has approved nearly $16 million in investments in three companies across the state. The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced the grants Friday for projects in Sioux City, West Des Moines and Knoxville. The board also approved an additional $19.8 million in tax refunds for Google Inc.’s Council Bluffs data center, bringing its total tax incentives to more than $36 million.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a van stolen from a Cedar Rapids nonprofit has been found in West Des Moines but no arrests have been made. The van was taken from the Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids Polk Unit. Police say someone broke into the building and stole electronics and the club van. Officers are working to identify a suspect.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The discovery of bird flu on an Iowa turkey farm has raised serious concerns that the poultry-killing virus could find its way into chicken barns in the state. Iowa is home to roughly 50 million chickens that lay nearly one in every five eggs consumed in the country. The H5N2 virus has not yet been detected in Iowa chicken barns.

GARNER, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa lawmaker has testified during his sexual abuse trial that he didn’t have sex with his wife in May at a nursing home in Garner. Henry Rayhons is accused of sexually abusing his wife after being told she was no longer mentally capable of consenting to sex due to dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. She died in August.