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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., March 23rd 2016

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March 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

EARLHAM, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an employee was killed after a blast at a Madison County quarry. Madison County Sheriff Jason Barnes said in a news release that it appeared that debris struck 42-year-old Tracy Hockmeier, of Winterset, “following a routine blast” at the Martin Marietta Earlham Quarry Tuesday night.

LENOX — Three people suffered critical injuries in a single-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday afternoon in Taylor County. The Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened at around 4:12-p.m. on 130th Street near Yellowstone Avenue, south of Lenox. The vehicle was traveling west on 130th Street when it went out of control on the gravel, and rolled. Three occupants of the vehicle were ejected, one was trapped. Three accident victims were transported to area hospitals by helicopter, one was transported by ambulance. Their names were being withheld until completion of the accident investigation and notification of family.

CHARLES CITY — Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources said late Tuesday night that a fisherman died Tuesday evening after falling from his boat on the Cedar River, in Charles City. The victim, whose name was being withheld pending notification of relatives, had his small boat anchored just above a low-head dam on the Cedar River located in northern Iowa, when he apparently fell out and went over the dam shortly after 7-p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Nevada-based Internet training company has agreed to refund Iowa customers and stop selling its services in the state after a customer complained about the program’s effectiveness. The Consumer Protection Division alleges Brookwater Ventures LLC violated Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act. The division started an investigation in February after a Des Moines woman said the company convinced her to sign a $3,500 contract for an online marketing training program. The woman complained she was unable to earn any income using the company’s online sales techniques.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Supporters of legislation that would expand access to medical marijuana in Iowa say lawmakers are running out of time this session to pass the bill. A group known as Iowans 4 Medical Cannabis held a rally outside the Capitol in support of a marijuana bill introduced earlier this session. They called out leaders in the Republican-controlled House, which currently has control of the measure.

WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they’re investigating a murder-suicide in Fayette County. The county sheriff’s office says deputies were dispatched a little before 9 p.m. Monday to investigate a report of gunshots at a West Union apartment complex. Deputies found the body of 27-year-old Morgan Kaye on the ground outside the complex. Fayette County Sheriff Marty Fisher said she was killed by a single gunshot. The sheriff’s office said a man seen leaving the scene in a pickup was found shot to death in the truck about 16 miles north along Iowa Highway 150, south of Calmar. Officers identified him as 27-year-old Anthony Hebert.