DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The former office manager of the Iowa City Area Development Group has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for a 13-year theft scheme in which she misspent more than a half-million dollars. The U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release that 48-year-old Sheri Jelinek of North Liberty, Iowa, was also ordered to make full restitution to the nonprofit and its insurance company.

The nonprofit, which promotes workforce and economic development, is funded by local businesses. Jelinek pleaded guilty last year to seven counts of wire fraud. Prosecutors say she made more than $460,000 in improper or personal charges on the organization’s credit cards.

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WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has disciplined again a former Iowa prosecutor for professional conduct violations. The state’s highest court suspended on Friday Jesse Marten’s law license for 30 days. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Marten was the top prosecutor for Floyd County before his removal in 2010 for violating ethics rules.

The latest ruling is the second disciplinary matter against him. The Iowa Supreme Court said it was most troubled by his willingness to provide knowingly inaccurate tax returns for his clients to give their bank in support of loan applications.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — MidAmerica Energy has contacted Iowa environmental regulators to alert them of a sheen noticed on Mosquito Creek that appeared to be coming from a storm water drain at the Walter Scott Plant. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said in a news release Friday that booms and absorbent material were immediately deployed.

An unknown amount of the unidentified substance entered Mosquito Creek. The company has a contractor at the site cleaning out the storm drain and stopping any further release. No impact was observed on the Missouri River and no dead fish were observed in Mosquito Creek.

(Radio Iowa) – A man is in custody, charged with murder following a stabbing early this (Friday) morning in Sioux City. Sioux City Police Chief Rex Mueller says at about 1 a.m. officers responded to a reported assault at home. “Upon arrival, officers found a 37-year-old male and 43-year-old female who had sustained multiple stab wounds,” the chief says. “Both were transported to Mercy Medical Center by ambulance.” The man died. The chief says the woman suffered serious injuries.

Police arrested 54-year-old Michael Anthony Landrum of Sioux City as he was walking three blocks away from the home where the victims had been found an hour before. Sioux City Detective Ryan Denny says Landrum and the victims knew one another. “It’s not random,” he says. “…Drugs and alcohol were a factor.” Landrum is charged with willful injury and first degree murder.

It’s the second murder in Sioux City this year.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — State officials have granted Iowa City schools a two-week extension to teach all of its classes online as the district seeks to avoid the spread of the coronavirus among students and staff. The state granted the request on Wednesday — the same day it received the request from the Iowa City Community Schools District, one of the largest in the state.

School districts must request a waiver from the state in order to pursue two weeks of online-only classes and must show the positivity rate in their county is at least 15%. Iowa City schools officials said Wednesday that Johnson County’s 14-day positivity rate had reached 20.4% as of Wednesday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa police officer has resigned after being charged with distribution, receipt, and accessing of child pornography. Television station KCRG reports that 34-year-old Jared Daily resigned Friday from the Belle Plaine Police Department. His federal indictment was unsealed on Sept. 3. It alleges that Daily knowingly distributed, received and accessed child pornography on a cell phone between January and June of this year. If convicted, Daily faces a mandatory 5-year prison sentence and up to 60 years. He could also be ordered to pay nearly $1 million in fines and special assessments. Daily’s trial is set for Nov. 2.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A south-central Iowa woman who pleaded guilty last year to killing her boyfriend’s 7-month-old son has been released from prison on parole. Television station KCCI reports that 23-year-old Tori Bittner, of Indianola, was released Wednesday from prison on parole. She pleaded guilty last September to child endangerment resulting in serious injury and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, with credit for time served.

As part of her plea, Bittner admitted to fatally shaking 7-month-old Cody Seals in 2016. Indianola police found the baby unresponsive in an apartment, and the infant died the next day. Bittner was the girlfriend of the baby’s father at the time.

The Atlantic Municipal Airport is the site this Sunday (Sept. 13th), for “Run what ya brung” drag races. All types of racing vehicles are welcome. The fee for drivers is 20-dollars, while the fee for spectators is just five-dollars. Jamie Joyce is one of the organizer’s for Sunday’s 4th Annual event. He says the event has a strong following, and draws people from a wide area.

One of the attractions is a very loud, top alcohol-fueled, 3,000-horsepower dragster.

There will not be any bleachers on the site for spectators, due to social distancing, but you are welcome to bring your lawn chairs to the Mahle parking lot. There, you’ll be picked-up by a SWITA shuttle bus and transported to the airport.

There’s also going to be a Harley Davidson motorcycle that participates in the Summit Racing NHRA circuit, where the racer has been the points leader for two-years in a row. Food vendors will be on-site.

Photo from the Heads Up Drag Racing Facebook page

Gates open at 8-a.m. Race participants are required to pass a Tech Inspection that begins at 9-a.m. All the drivers will park on the airport grounds. Races get underway at 10-a.m., until run until 3-p.m.

For more information, call or text 712-249-6896, or 249-4552.