Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a Mason City man who was shot by a railroad officer has been released from the hospital two months after the shooting. The Globe Gazette reports that 30-year-old Nathan Lee Olson was released Friday from MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center. State investigators say Union Pacific Special Agent Louis Miner stopped Olson for trespassing on UP property on Nov. 29 and shot Olson during an altercation.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa student from China who was expelled for serial academic misconduct has been reinstated after the school failed to use his written confessions against him in court. A judge says her order that reinstated business student Pengzhen Yin now appears unjust given that he admitted to plagiarizing the paper in question. But she says Iowa failed to provide Yin’s email confessions during his appeals and she wasn’t aware of them before ruling.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is planning a tour of the nation’s four early-voting states in the first full month of her presidential campaign. Harris’ schedule announced Tuesday includes two days each in South Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa and Nevada, states where support will be key to building momentum in a crowded 2020 Democratic field. The first-term senator from California says specifics will be released later.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa student who was expelled for repeated academic misconduct has been reinstated after the school failed to use his written confessions against him in court. A judge says her order that reinstated business student Pengzhen Yin now appears unjust given that he admitted to plagiarizing the paper in question after he was sanctioned for cheating twice previously. But she says the university failed to provide Yin’s emails admitting the plagiarism during his appeal and she wasn’t aware of them before ruling that Iowa lacked evidence of his misconduct.

In one email, Yin admitted to a top school official that, “In fact, I didn’t write the paper” that he had been expelled for plagiarizing. He had earlier claimed otherwise. Yin has re-enrolled following the December order by District Judge Karen Romano. He’s on track to graduate this spring while the university appeals. His attorney declined comment.

Officials with the Mills County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday (Today), that a traffic stop at around 11:30-p.m. Saturday in Glenwood, resulted in multiple charges. The Mills County K9 Unit conducted the traffic stop, and upon searching the vehicle, located nearly one-pound of methamphetamine and just over $7,800 in U-S currency.

The driver of the vehicle was arrested and transported to the Mills County Jail on numerous charges, including Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver. The name of the suspect was being withheld as of the latest report, due to a further investigation into the incident.

Members of the Griswold and Lenox School District Boards of Education will meet in a joint session 6-p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6th, in the Lenox High School Library. According to the agenda, the purpose of the joint meeting is to discuss the possibility of extending the current Superintendent sharing agreement, as well as the Superintendent’s individual contract.  During the meeting, following discussion with regard to both topics, the combined Boards may decide to enter into a closed session (as allowed under Iowa Code), “To (evaluate) the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance of discharge is being considered….and that person requests a closed hearing.”

Afterward, the joint Boards will reconvene in an open session to consider approval of the sharing agreement and Superintendent Contract.

Officials with the Harlan Police Department say two people were arrested on separate charges last Saturday. 24-year old Khadijah Meeks, of, Harlan, was arrested for Public Intoxication. And, 38-year old Dollie Bradley, of Manchester, was arrested in Harlan for criminal mischief in the 5th degree, and public intoxication. Both women were brought to the Shelby County Jail.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — One of the men charged in a southeast Iowa slaying has been sentenced to prison for 20 years. Des Moines County District Court records say 29-year-old Antoine Spann pleaded guilty Monday after making a deal with prosecutors. He’d been charged with first-degree murder. That charge was dropped, and Spann entered guilty pleas to murder conspiracy, aiding and abetting to commit willful injury, and criminal gang participation.

Spann’s trial was scheduled to begin March 12. His plea agreement says he must testify against any others charged in the slaying of 26-year-old Demarcus “Peanut” Chew. He was fatally shot in a car outside his mother’s Burlington home on Sept. 10, 2017. The court records say another Dalton, Illinois, man, Derrick Parker, also has been charged with murder and conspiracy.

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 74-year-old man who died at a burn center after a fire at his home in Ottumwa. The Ottumwa Fire Department identified him Monday as William Beall. The department says he died at 7:45 p.m. Sunday at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Burn Treatment Center.

Firefighters report finding a man later identified as Beall just outside the house’s front door when they arrived Sunday afternoon. He was taken to an Ottumwa hospital before being transferred to the burn center in Iowa City. The fire cause is being investigated. The house is considered a total loss.

The City Council in Atlantic will discuss the future of the Atlantic Senior Center during their meeting 5:30-p.m. Wednesday, at City Hall. As previously reported, the City’s Personnel and Finance Committee met Jan. 23rd to try and answer two questions: Is the City interested in selling the building located immediately south of City Hall? If so, should consideration be given to the Elks organization, which has expressed interest in purchasing the building “As is”?  One of the options the Committee discussed, was to sell the building, with protections given to the Senior’s group so they would not be kicked-out. The other was opposing the sale outright.

The Elks have offered to buy the Senior Center and make the necessary repairs to the roof, and share the facility with Senior Citizens during the day, as is currently the case. The fair market value of the building, as is, would be $59,000 to $63,000. If the City pays for the roof repair, that would up the value to between $86,000 and $88,000. The roof has been leaking since last August, and must be replaced. The cost of that project was estimated at $36,255. In addition to the roof factor, the City receives about $2,000 per year in revenue from the Senior Center. Operating costs range from $4,244 to $4,323. Officials say payback on the roof “Is not mathematically feasible from ongoing revenues. The Fund balance for the Senior Center Fund at the end of FY 2018, was $11,069. The City admits the building has not been  a high priority on physical updates, and while the structure itself is solid (minus the roof issue), it could use additional investment.

City Administrator John Lund said at the Committee meeting in January, that the City could retain ownership of the building and pay for the roof repair if the City Council activates a tax levy amounting to 13.5-cents per thousand dollars valuation. Accordingly, the City would lower the employee benefits levy by the same amount. Those funds ($30,000), combined with the remaining balance of the Senior Center Fund, would allow the roof to be repaired. And, the Council could allow the Elks to use the facility without charge in the evenings. It would no longer be rented out for other purposes. The option would still allow the Senior Center to be used from 10-a.m. to 3-p.m. as it is today. Some benefits of selling the building if the Council decides to do so, according to Lund, is that it would be brought onto the tax rolls, the City will receive compensation for the disposal of real estate, and the Elks have time to get approval from their hierarchy for the purchase.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council will receive a presentation from John Lund, with regard to the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget and 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The proposed budget for FY 2020 is $16,520,747, which is a decrease of $129,388 (-.78%), from the FY 2019 Revised estimate of $16,650,135. Lund will tell the Council that: the City’s combined property tax levy remains unchanged; The overall budget accomplishes key priorities of the Mayor and Council, however, it has resulted in a deficit in key funds that will require stricter fiscal policy in the following year’s budget in order to avoid a trend of deficit spending; and, that the City is now budgeting any excess cash growth beyond required minimum towards “inevitable liabilities in specialized funds, moving them away from operating budgets, and also to minimize future debt assumptions.

The budget also says there will be no increases for existing fees, and utility rates remain unchanged. He concludes by saying “Altogether, the FY 2020 Budget establishes a solid plan for the next decade of life in Atlantic. It positions our community to capitalize on its strengths, address its challenges and continue to build a community that is welcoming to families and business.”

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports just one arrest over the past week. On Saturday, 46-year old Bobby Glenn Agan III, of Stuart, was arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order. Agan was released the following day on a $300 bond.

Officials with the Glenwood Police Department said today (Tuesday), 35-year old Travis Long, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Monday, for Driving While Barred, and Violation of a No Contact Order. He was being held without bond on the latter charge until seen by a magistrate, and a $2,000 bond for the DWB charge.