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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., May 10th 2017

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May 10th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Corrections fired a prison captain after finding that he purchased ammunition for his and other employees’ personal use through its supplier at the tax-free government rate. D.J. Quinlan, a supervisor at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, was fired Feb. 17 after spending nine months on paid leave during a disciplinary investigation. He’s appealing his firing even as an inquiry by the Division of Criminal Investigation remains open.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has extended an order that blocks part of a new law requiring women in Iowa to wait 72 hours before they can get an abortion. The high court said in a ruling filed Tuesday that a temporary injunction approved Friday shall remain in effect until a district court takes further action regarding a lawsuit brought on by the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa is seeking to delay the upcoming trial in a discrimination lawsuit filed by fired women’s field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum. Assistant attorney general George Carroll filed a motion Tuesday seeking to push back Griesbaum’s June 5 trial until a later date, saying the university “will not be able to present an adequate defense” in the 10-day period originally envisioned for the trial.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The city of Cedar Rapids will join Des Moines and Muscatine in appealing a recent judge’s ruling saying the Iowa Department of Transportation has the authority to order cities to remove automated traffic-enforcement cameras from highways and interstates. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the Cedar Rapids City County voted 7-1 Tuesday to appeal to ruling.