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Iowa early News Headlines: Tuesday, 8/7/18

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August 7th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

WASHINGTON, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa father has been given nine years in prison for letting his 17-month-old daughter starve to death. Washington County District Court records say 37-year-old Anthony McCoy was sentenced Friday in Washington. His daughter Avery McCoy weighed just 11 pounds when she was found dead in November 2016. Her mother, Ambrashia “Amber” Chrzan, was sentenced last month to 50 years in prison.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two firefighters were injured battling a blaze that left a two-building complex partially collapsed in downtown Burlington. The fire was reported a little before 11 p.m. Saturday. Burlington Fire Chief Matt Trexel says the two firefighters were taken to a hospital. One was treated for a back injury and one for smoke inhalation. Trexel says both returned to the fire scene. The fire cause is being investigated.

WEST POINT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the body of a young woman found in southeast Iowa is not that of a missing University of Iowa student. The body was found early Sunday in rural Lee County. The area is about 87 miles southeast of where 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was last seen on July 18. Investigators said Monday that the body had been identified as that of another 20-year-old woman, Sadie Alvarado. A man has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in connection to her death.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the body of a small child was recovered from the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. It was pulled from the water Sunday night near Brown’s Island at Riverside Park in Muscatine. Authorities would not comment on whether the body was that of 2-year-old Hawk Newberry, who fell into the water July 24 from a dock at Schwiebert Riverfront Park in Rock Island, Illinois.