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Iowa early News Headlines: Monday, Feb. 13th 2017

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February 13th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo Police shot and wounded a gunman who took over a convenience store over the weekend. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the incident happened Sunday afternoon at a Kwik Star convenience store. A man with a gun entered the store around 2:45 p.m. and ordered everyone out. Police surrounded the store. When the suspect exited the store, he fired his gun, and officers returned fire.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say they are investigating the shooting death of a man in a case that initially appeared to be a traffic crash. Police responded Saturday night to a report of a car that had struck a utility pole, injuring the driver. Officers who arrived found the driver’s injuries didn’t seem caused by the crash, and after he was taken to a hospital it was determined he’d been shot. The man, identified as 33-year-old Des Moines resident Adriel Ward, died early Sunday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top elections official, who is pushing for a voter identification law, has only been informed of 10 votes that were potentially improper out of nearly 1.6 million cast statewide in the November election. A summary shows Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office learned of a few cases of double votes and votes cast by ineligible felons on Election Day. A review shows most of the instances were mistakes rather than fraud, and may not have been stopped by an identification requirement.

TOLEDO, Iowa (AP) — Toledo residents can’t agree on what the state should do with the 27-acre former Iowa Juvenile Home that Gov. Terry Branstad ordered closed in 2014. The Courier reports that Matrix Design Group has presented three options for developing the 16 buildings and surrounding land. The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board hired the company to determine how to develop the space.