MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled in February for a Dubuque man accused of killing a Bellevue man. Jackson County District Court records say the trial starting date is Feb. 4 for 23-year-old Drew Mangler. In June he pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of 59-year-old James Remakel. Police found Remakel’s body after being called to a house in Bellevue on Dec. 25, 2016. An autopsy showed Remakel had been stabbed 33 times in his upper body, neck and head. He was believed to have been dead for several days before police found him.

Court documents say Mangler was developed as a suspect following witness accounts to police. Investigators say they found a shoe with Remakel’s blood on it during a search of Mangler’s house.

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Police in Red Oak report two people were arrested on felony Burglary charges Monday afternoon. 35-year old Kyle Anthony Zeigler and 43-year old Amy Pearl Hunter, both of Red Oak, were taken into custody at around 1:55-p.m. on Class-C Felony charges of Burglary in the 2nd Degree. They were arrested in the area of E. Hammond Street and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where Zeigler and Hunter were being held on $10,000 bond, each.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa jury has found a man accused of murder guilty of a lesser offense: voluntary manslaughter. Jurors took about three hours Monday to return their verdict on 21-year-old Braedon Bowers. He’d been charged with first-degree murder in the May 30, 2017, stabbing of 23-year-old Wraymond Todd in Mason City. Todd died five days later. Bowers, who didn’t testify during his six-day trial, is a Mason City resident.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Ankeny mother whose baby died after becoming wedged between a mattress and a wall has been given two years of probation. Court records say 33-year-old Michelle Atwell was fined $1,000 at her sentencing Monday in Des Moines and given a deferred judgment. A deferred judgment allows her conviction to be removed from court records if she completes her probation terms. Atwell had pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance for sale.

Police were called to the Ankeny home of Atwell and Matthew Cohara on Aug. 26, 2017, after the 7-month-old was found not breathing. Police say the baby became wedged and suffocated after Atwell left her on the bed for hours after feeding her. An autopsy found a cocaine byproduct in the baby’s system. Cohara was given a similar sentence.

(Radio Iowa) — The U-S-D-A on Monday revealed details of a trade relief package for farmers. For now, it amounts to $4.7 billion, with the possibility of more aid if exports continue to suffer. Iowa Soybean Association President Bill Shipley, who farms near Nodaway in Adams County, says the best they can hope for is some mitigating help to assist farmers in staving off red ink in their operations.”We can at least pay our expenses. That’s about all it will do is get us up to our break-even price,” Shipley says. “Everybody’s got a different break-even price, depending on yield and price. It’ll get us up to break-even, maybe. It’ll make our bankers feel a lot better.”

Soybean producers are set to receive $3.6 billion in direct aid. Many farm groups have responded with calls for “trade not aid.” Shipley says the farm economy and the impacts of the retaliatory tariffs is worrying Iowa lenders. “I’ve talked to several, I haven’t talked to my own, but I’ve talked to several others and they are concerned, deeply concerned, about the farm economy,” Shipley says. “If you can at least cover your expenses, it’ll make them feel better. It’ll make me feel better, too. I don’t want to be going backwards.”

Shipley hopes U-S and Chinese negotiators are making progress with their discussions about the current trade war and find some possible ways to resolve it. “They’re supposed to meet for six or seven days and at least they’re talking, that’s always positive,” Shipley says, “and that’s the best we can hope for.”  Shipley says trade issues are complicated and involve more than just agriculture so it could take some time to hammer out a positive agreement. On Monday, U-S Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said producers can begin to apply for the aid on September 4.

(Radio Iowa) — A murder trial of a Dallas County couple is being moved from central to northwest Iowa.  The trial of Marc and Misty Ray is scheduled to begin on February 4, 2019 in Woodbury County. A judge granted a change of venue request citing extensive media coverage of the case. Marc and Misty Ray were the adoptive parents of 16-year-old Sabrina Ray, who was found dead in the Perry home in May of 2017. An autopsy showed she was “severely malnourished” and weighed just 56 pounds at the time of her death.

In April, Sabrina Ray’s adoptive grandmother was sentenced to 20 years in prison for failing to seek medical attention for the dying girl. In February, her adoptive brother was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to kicking and seriously injuring Sabrina a few weeks before her death.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports one arrest took place last week. Deputies arrested 46-year old Wesley Earl Tolley, of Winterset, on Aug. 21st at around 1:45-p.m. Tolley was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or Subsequent offense – Methamphetamine, after a probable cause search of his vehicle was conducted.

During the search, Tolley admitted there were syringes underneath the driver’s seat, within a bag, which turned out to be true. Also included in the bag was a baggie containing methamphetamine, which field tested positive. Tolley was booked into the Adair County Jail, where his cash or surety bond was set at $1,000.

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

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Native American tribe is still planning to open a casino on the Iowa-Nebraska border despite a pending legal challenge from both states. The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska announced that the newly named Prairie Flower Casino will open in late October on tribal land in Carter Lake, Iowa. The project’s first phase will include 9,500 square feet of space, 200 slot-style games and a full-service bar and snack bar.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Civil rights organizations in Iowa are appealing to the Iowa Legislature and Gov. Kim Reynolds to do something about racial profiling after two young black men filed a lawsuit against Des Moines police for a traffic stop they say was unconstitutional. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says 30 states have laws prohibiting racial profiling, but Iowa is not one of them.

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The father of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts has thanked the Hispanic community for its support during the long search for his daughter. A Mexican farmworker suspected of being in the U.S. illegally has been charged in Tibbetts’ death. Speaking Sunday afternoon at a ceremony for his daughter, Rob Tibbetts said that in the weeks he was in the central Iowa community of Brooklyn to search for his daughter, he encountered Hispanics who were sensitive and kind.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Transamerica and several related entities have agreed to repay $97.6 million to investors who were misled as part of a settlement with regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission says investors were misled about the quantitative models that were used to manage their investments. The companies denied any wrongdoing.