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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., May 2nd 2015

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May 2nd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have charged a second teenager with murder in the death of an Illinois man at a Des Moines home. Des Moines police yesterday charged a 16-year-old with first-degree murder and robbery in the November 2014 shooting death of 24-year-old Aaron Michael McHenry, a resident of Rockford, Illinois, who had been staying in Des Moines for several months. Police charged the 16-year-old, who lives in Des Moines, while he was in custody for a separate incident.

OTHO, Iowa (AP) — A Webster County man escaped a mobile home fire but was only able to carry out a hamper full of clothing. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports the Thursday afternoon fire in Otho spread from a debris pile to a mobile home where 56-year-old Jim Kikendall was inside paying video games. Besides the home, a vehicle also was destroyed.

SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say flames from a northwest Iowa yard waste fire spread to a barn after the man tending the fire went inside for supper. Firefighters were sent to the Sergeant Bluff property a little before 7 p.m. Thursday.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Western Community College will offer lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students a new community housing option this fall. The Daily Nonpareil reports that the college has set aside a cluster of about 40 suite-style apartments to create an optional community-style living environment for LGBT students, with a focus on transgender and intersex individuals.