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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., Feb. 1st 2014

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February 1st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press….

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A top manager at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says he was asked to resign from his job. Chuck Corell, head of the conservation and recreation division, tells the Des Moines Register he was asked to submit his resignation Wednesday by Bruce Trautman, the agency’s deputy director. DNR confirmed Friday it had received resignations from Corell and Cindy Axne, head of the management services division.

MARION, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Linn County are looking for a man they say posed as a law enforcement officer and robbed a woman. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says the robbery Thursday night involved a driver on Highway 13 near Marion.

LECLAIRE, Iowa (AP) — The photographers who line up at a Mississippi River lock to snap images of eagles are getting help from a man with a giant slingshot that flings dead fish into the open water. Ken Kester, who built the contraption, calls it a “fish launcher.” Kester sets up the slingshot at Lock and Dam 14 in Le Claire, Iowa. He tells the Quad-City Times it can toss fish a couple hundred feet into the channel, where the water is calmer and eagles feel comfortable snatching up the meals.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Number 23 Oklahoma Sooners are on the road today at Number 16 Iowa State in Big 12 basketball. OU and ISU are scheduled to tip off at 3 p.m. in Ames.