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Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, 7/4/16

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July 4th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — Parents who lost 20-year-old daughter after she was hit by a car are disappointed in the sentence the driver faces. Darrel Harken says he hopes Iowa lawmakers will re-evaluate the penalties for car crashes that cause deaths unintentionally.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Roadside memorial for bicycle rider fatally struck by car last year mangled in car crash Friday. Authorities say a car struck the bicycle memorial and bent up its wheels in Des Moines.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Some intellectually-disabled people have sued Texas, accusing it of warehousing them in nursing homes without evaluating whether they could live in the community. It took more than 40 years for one man to finally get to choose a community home. A 29-year-old woman died after she was left in bed for about 165 hours a week. A federal judge says the suit can include more than 4,000 people.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers are needed to read with children once school starts this fall, and Des Moines Public Schools is going door to door to find them. The push comes as schools prepare for a state law that will require students who are below grade level reading proficiency to repeat third grade or attend an intensive summer reading program before moving on to fourth grade.