ANTHON, Iowa (AP) — The Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office says a suspected pipe bomb was found near a water tower in the western Iowa city of Anthon. The Sioux City Journal reports someone found the bomb Tuesday afternoon and brought it to Anthon City Hall. Sheriff’s office Maj. Greg Stallman says after the person brought the pipe bomb to City Hall, authorities established a perimeter around the building.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also were called. Stallman says authorities used a fire marshal’s device to move the explosive to a secluded area, where it was “disrupted.” Stallman says it sounded like a shotgun blast when the pipe bomb was detonated.

Authorities continue to investigate the matter. Anthon is about 25 miles east of Sioux City.

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The Omaha World-Herald reports the Monona County attorney is considering filing a petition to remove Auditor Brooke Kuhlmann from office. Kuhlmann was arrested earlier this year on methamphetamine-related charges. The Monona County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday said County Attorney Mike Jensen should consider Kuhlmann’s removal pursuant to state law, and it appears that’s what he will do.

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The Iowa Department of Public Safetey has said Kuhlmann was arrested in July after she contacted a drug dealer’s cellphone in an attempt to make a buy. The woman didn’t know the person with whom she was communicating was a state trooper and the phone he was using had been seized in a traffic stop. A quantity of methamphetamine was left for her in an arranged location. According to authorities, law enforcement officers watched her pick it up, and then Onawa police pulled her over.

Kuhlmann has pleaded not guilty to charges of methamphetamine possession, a serious misdemeanor, and possessing drug paraphernalia, a simple misdemeanor. Conviction would not automatically mean removal from office.

State code allows an elected official to be removed from office for such reasons as willful misconduct and maladministration. The county attorney would have to file a petition. A hearing would be held in district court, and ultimately a judge would decide.

A Shenandoah man charged in connection with the rape of a 15-year old girl has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, and was sentenced to serve a maximum of 17-years in prison. According to the Daily NonPareil, 45-year old Tony Lee Stogdill pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of a minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in an unlawful sex act. As part of a joint recommendation from the prosecution and defense, Stogdill was sentenced to 210 months in prison, plus 10 years of supervised release and an undetermined number of years registering as a sex offender. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa still has to accept terms of the agreement, which both parties in the Tony Stogdill case expect to happen.

His wife, Jennifer Stogdill, plead guilty to compounding a felony for her role in allowing Tony Stogdill to engage in sexual acts with an underage victim. For Jennifer Stogdill, the compounding a felony charge is an aggravated misdemeanor, with a maximum sentence of up to two years. Her deal stipulates that the court not give a deferred judgement or sentence in the case, with the intent to make sure the conviction be a part of her permanent court record.

The initial indictment of the Stogdills noted the couple willfully and knowingly transported one or more individuals under the age of 18, with the intent of engaging in sexual activity at their private residence, on family trips in interstate commerce and over-the-road trucking trips. The indictment also stated the Stogdills used alcohol and controlled substances on the minors in order to induce them into engaging in said sexual activities.

The indictment said Jennifer allegedly transported minors to Shenandoah, Imogene and Council Bluffs for the purpose of meeting Tony, and accompanying him on his trucking trips. According to court records, the incidents were to have begun in 1996 and continued until the present and involved one minor teen male and several females ranging in age from 7 to 16 years old.