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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, 8/28/16

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August 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:57 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa officials have revamped the university’s 6-year-old sidewalk chalk policy months after an anti-abortion group’s sidewalk art caused a flap. The school already had a policy requiring chalked messages to advertise upcoming public events hosted by a recognized student organization. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that under the new policy, student organizations must limit messages an event title, time, location and name of the organization.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A retired Catholic priest in western Iowa has been charged with five counts of invasion of privacy over an alleged incident at a high school track meet in April. The Des Moines Register says a news release Friday from the Diocese of Des Moines announced that the Rev. Paul Monahan had been suspended on July 8 after the diocese learned of the investigation. Monahan was charged by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office, which has not released details of the April incident.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 39-year-old inmate who escaped from work release while serving a murder sentence has been captured. Officials listed John Mohr as escaped from the state work release facility in Davenport on Friday when he didn’t return to the facility from his job as scheduled. The Iowa Corrections Department said in a news release Saturday that Mohr had been apprehended and was in custody in the Scott County Jail.

OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — A Hampton man has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his girlfriend. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that a Mitchell County jury found 61-year-old Ronald Rand guilty on Friday after three hours of deliberation. Rand had pleaded not guilty to the charge earlier this year in the Dec. 13 shotgun death of 51-year-old Michelle Key in Rand’s home.