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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, July 15th 2018

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July 15th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:10 a.m. CDT

EVERLY, Iowa (AP) — Law enforcement officials in northwestern Iowa are investigating the death of a South Dakota woman whose body was found in a camper. The Sioux City Journal reports that Clay County sheriff’s deputies were called to a rural area near Everly late Thursday night for reports of an unresponsive woman. Arriving deputies found 30-year-old Casey Blaine Eleeson, of Huron, South Dakota, dead in the camper. Investigators say her dead is suspicious.

COLO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two men are recovering after being struck by lightning near a central Iowa golf course. Story County Sheriff’s deputies tell Des Moines television station KCCI that the men were in the Twin Anchors Golf Course parking lot near Colo on Friday afternoon when they were struck by lightning.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A project being funded by Microsoft and federal grants will provide free internet to the Valley Junction area of West Des Moines. The Des Moines Register reports that the three-year pilot project will provide free Wi-Fi to area students, businesses and residents. The project is expected to launch in October. As part of the project, T-Mobile will also be providing portable wireless devices known as Mi-Fis to about 200 low-income students from Hillside Elementary over the next two years.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa charity is seeking donations to provide new, fully-stocked backpacks to children in the foster care system. Families Helping Families of Iowa says donations are being collected through July 23 at places around Cedar Rapids. The backpacks will be handed out to around 400 children on Aug. 4 at the Families Helping Families office in Cedar Rapids.