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Iowa early News Headlines: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019

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October 17th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Farmers and biofuel industry officials are reacting angrily to a rule released by the Environmental Protection Agency that they say doesn’t uphold a promise President Donald Trump made to fulfill the intent of an ethanol law Congress passed. The EPA on Tuesday released a rule requiring oil refineries to replace the ethanol gallons lost through exemptions granted to small oil refineries. Farmers say it doesn’t do enough.

BAGLEY, Iowa (AP) — Blood may be thicker than water, but it’ll still flood your basement. Nick Lestina found this out the hard way two weeks ago when he discovered 5 inches of blood, fat and other animal tissue flooding his basement in Bagley, Iowa. He told the Des Moines Register that he hasn’t been able to clean it up because it’s still seeping into his home. The waste is coming from a neighboring meat locker, where blood and tissue from slaughtered animals was washed down a drain.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Federal officials in Iowa say two men have been sentenced to prison in a child pornography case. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 39-year-old Brian Lee Rhodes was sentenced to 30 years in prison on each of three counts of coercion and enticement of a minor and 20 years in prison for distribution of child pornography. Also sentenced Wednesday was 46-year-old Jeremy Eugene Jameson, who received nearly three years for access with intent to view child pornography.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge in Lincoln has sentenced a former Santee Community Schools superintendent and Iowa resident to two years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds. Federal prosecutors say 63-year-old Paul Sellon, of Hamburg, was sentenced Wednesday and ordered to pay $314,121 in restitution. Prosecutors say he demanded a kickback of federal grant money he awarded to an educational consulting business.