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Iowa early News Headlines: Thursday, April 4th 2019

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April 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

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

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The governors of three Midwest states ravaged by March flooding say they will pushing for more control over management of the Missouri River that borders their states. Management of the dams and levees along the river falls to officials of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, who met with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson for much of Wednesday afternoon in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Republican senator is expressing irritation at what he calls “idiotic” comments by President Donald Trump about wind energy. Trump on Tuesday said noise from wind turbines causes cancer. Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters Wednesday the comments “were first of all idiotic and it doesn’t show much respect for Chuck Grassley as the grandfather of the wind energy tax credit.” Grassley was instrumental in approving a federal tax credit 26 years ago that has spurred wind energy development.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says former Justice Daryl Hecht has died as he battled skin cancer. The court’s spokesman Steve Davis says Hecht died early Wednesday at his home in Sloan. He was 66. Hecht, who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack in 2006, resigned from the court in December while receiving treatment for melanoma in Sioux City and at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. In a statement, the Iowa Judicial Branch described Hecht as a kind, thoughtful jurist with a passion for the law.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a man in the 2017 shooting death in a Cedar Rapids alley. Cedar Rapids police said in a news release Wednesday that 19-year-old James Phillips has been charged with first-degree murder, theft, conspiracy and going armed with intent in the Nov. 21, 2017, death of 34-year-old Leland Harris. Police say Harris’ body was found the day after his death in an alley.