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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, June 17th 2016

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June 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

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

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison under a federal “three strikes” law after he was convicted of robbing a Muscatine bank. Thomas Alexander Davis III was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Davenport.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A Dubuque police officer has been ticketed after causing a minor two-vehicle crash. The Telegraph Herald reports that 32-year-old Officer Ann Dauderman was cited Wednesday with failure to maintain control of her squad vehicle. According to a crash report, Dauderman was westbound in her squad car just before 2 a.m. Wednesday when she turned and collided with a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old Dubuque man.

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — A proposal to build a psychiatric hospital in the Quad Cities has been paused for the third time by a state board’s inability to gather its members for a meeting. The Des Moines Register reports that the $14 million project in Bettendorf would add 72 psychiatric beds to Iowa. But developers haven’t been able to have a hearing with the full Iowa Health Facilities Council, the body that allows such projects to move forward.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A 33-year-old Davenport woman is being held in the Scott County Jail after police say she sexually abused a 13-year-old boy. The Quad-City Times reports that the woman is being held on $10,000 bail. She’s been charged with third-degree sexual abuse and lascivious acts with a child. Each charge is a felony and punishable by up to 10 years in prison.