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Iowa News Headlines: Wed., June 14th 2017

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June 14th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

WILLIAMSON, Iowa – A road construction worker from Waterloo was killed in southern Iowa’s Lucas County, Tuesday afternoon, when she was struck by an SUV. The Iowa State Patrol says 48-year old Barbarella Ann Moore, who was working as a road construction flagger, died at around 3:30-p.m., when she was struck by a 2016 Chevy Equinox driven by 32-year old Brady Ryan Rasmus, of Chariton. The accident happened on Lucas County Road S-45, about 1/4 of a mile south of 570th Street.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University has sold former president Steven Leath’s airplane for $48,000 less than it paid three years ago. ISU said Tuesday that it’s sold the Cirrus for $450,000, despite Leath’s prediction that it would turn a profit. Leath pledged to unload the plane last year after an audit questioned dozens of flights he took for training.

NORTH ENGLISH, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a North English man in eastern Iowa over the weekend. The Iowa county Sheriff’s Office says in a news release Tuesday that Williamsburg Police Officer Blake Heller shot and killed 53-year-old Robin Blaylock on Saturday. The sheriff’s office says Heller serves as a part time officer for Williamsburg and the town of Marengo. He is also employed as a full time Iowa County Deputy Sheriff.

DEWITT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in eastern Iowa are investigating after two bodies were found inside a home in DeWitt. The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that deputies were sent to the home along Highway 30 for a welfare check after family members could not reach the two adults who lived there by phone. The sheriff’s office said deputies entered the home around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday and found the bodies of two adults inside.