IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The mother of a 10-year-old eastern Iowa girl whose abduction prompted an Amber Alert last month has pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor child endangerment charges. Forty-four-year-old Shelly Johns entered a guilty plea April 21. Criminal complaints allege Johns burned her daughter in the face with a cigarette, smacked and kicked her and pulled her hair. Police also claim she kept drugs inside the house where she lived with the girl and used them in her presence. Her husband, 48-year-old Kenneth Johns, is accused of abducting the girl from a Solon home in early March.

CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) — A former Cherokee teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student has been arrested following a two-year investigation. Police arrested 32-year-old Chad Osler, of Manchester, on Monday and charged him with two counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee and one count of lascivious conduct with a minor. Kristen Rickey, superintendent of West Delaware Community School District where Osler is currently employed, says Osler has been placed on paid administrative leave. Cherokee Community School District Superintendent John Chalstrom says Osler resigned in 2013. He was previously the district’s physical education teacher.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two men have been rescued after their rubber raft became stuck on a river dam in Mason City. Police, firefighters and medics were dispatched to the Winnebago River dam around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Authorities say 26-year-old Rusty Thorngren and 45-year-old Marc Ciska were cited for public intoxication

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Staffers in the Iowa Legislature are starting some of the tasks associated with adjourning the session, even though lawmakers are not close to concluding the budget process. Friday will mark the last day for lawmakers to receive daily expense payments, as well as the final day of work for many clerks and pages in the part-time Legislature. But lawmakers in the Democratic-majority Senate and Republican-controlled House have not reached a compromise deal on the state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say more than $40,000 in equipment has been stolen from a Waterloo welding supply company. A Superior Welding employee discovered $40,000 to $50,000 worth of equipment missing. Items stolen include cutting tools, helmets, copper and more. No arrests have been made in the case, which remains under investigation.