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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., 4/10/18

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April 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Ottumwa man in prison for robbery and burglary who once threatened to kill former President Barack Obama and a judge has now been indicted again on charges of mailing a death threat to a federal judge. Matthew James Howard, who is serving 13 years in prison, received an additional three years in September 2013 for writing letters threatening to kill Obama and a judge earlier that year.

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (AP) — Teachers across the country are learning to pack wounds and apply tourniquets through a program started after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012. The aim of Stop the Bleed is to train educators in stopping blood loss so victims of school shootings can survive until help arrives. In five years, the program has trained some 125,000 people. Teachers say they can’t stop mass shootings, but they can be prepared to help their students if violence hits their school.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawmakers signed off on a bill Monday that will prevent Iowa students from being treated unfairly by school officials if their parents owe lunch money. Under the bill, Iowa schools would be prohibited from so-called “lunch shaming” tactics, including publicly identifying students whose parents owe money or throwing away meals that were already served. Schools would be allowed to accept private donations to pay off individual students’ debts. The bill goes to Gov. Kim Reynolds.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A clerk for an Iowa Republican senator has been fired after a “sexual harassment” complaint was lodged against him. Secretary of the Senate Charlie Smithson confirmed Monday that Jake Dagel was terminated April 3 as Sen. Waylon Brown’s clerk after a “credible complaint of sexual harassment” was made against Dagel on the same day. Smithson says Dagel acknowledged “the conduct in question.” Smithson didn’t provide additional information, only noting the behavior was against chamber policy.