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Iowa early News Headlines: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

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August 28th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 1:40 a.m. CDT

TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A 62-year-old Iowa man has been charged with a misdemeanor after a June boat crash killed a Missouri man. Miller County Prosecutor Ben Winfrey charged Kelly Wise, of Atlantic, Iowa, on Monday with misdemeanor boating while intoxicated after a June crash on the Lake of the Ozarks killed 39-year-old Jason Russell, of Eugene, Missouri. Four other people were injured in the crash.

JEFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several Midwestern states are joining together to try to identify bottlenecks along the Missouri River that can cause waters to back up and worsen flooding in certain areas. Dru Buntin, the deputy director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, says the state is joining with Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska to submit a study proposal Tuesday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. That comes after two rounds of devastating flooding this year in the Midwest.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers are withdrawing a subpoena that sought the interview notes of an Iowa journalist who wrote a book about a lottery insider who rigged jackpots in several states. Perry Beeman received the subpoena last week from lawyers for Larry Dawson, an Iowa jackpot winner who contends that the rigging reduced his prize by millions of dollars. However, a lawyer for Dawson said Tuesday that he decided to withdraw the subpoena after speaking with Beeman.