Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Officials say that since a new recycling program began in August in Davenport and Bettendorf, the amount of recyclables collected has increased more than 70 percent from the same three-month period last year. The Quad-City Times reports that officials are crediting a switch to the “Go All In” program that allows more types of plastic and paper containers to be recycled. Also, the system no longer requires sorting of recycled materials _ it all goes in one cart.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A jury has acquitted a Haitian immigrant of kidnapping and sex abuse of an underage girl. The Daily Nonpareil reports that Fednol St. Cyr was found not guilty of the count Friday evening. Prosecutors had said St. Cyr ordered the girl into his truck on April 5, refused to let her get out and sexually assaulted her. But Cyr’s attorney painted the girl as a troubled teen whose testimony was inconsistent

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Fort Dodge man has been found guilty of vehicular homicide for a fatal April 4 crash. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports that Leon Shivers was convicted Thursday of vehicular homicide while operating a motor vehicle intoxicated. Police say he caused the death of 82-year-old John McCartney, of Fort Dodge.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A barred owl has been released back into the wild after a monthlong stay at the Raptor Advocacy Rehabilitation and Education Center, or RARE, in Iowa City. The Hawk Eye reports that the large owl was taken to the center on Sept. 21 after Sam Warner of Burlington saw the raptor sitting on the pavement alongside U.S. 61. On Oct. 22, after being nursed back to health, the owl was released at Starr’s Cave Nature Center.