SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally stabbing his roommate in Sioux City. Woodbury County District Court records show 39-year-old Elmi Said was sentenced Friday. He’d been charged with second-degree murder for the Oct. 28, 2018, slaying of 40-year-old Guled Nur. The jury convicted him of a lesser charge: voluntary manslaughter.

Prosecutors say Said stabbed and kicked Nur after an altercation broke out at their apartment. Said is also known as Abdiqadar Sharif.

(Radio Iowa) — Associated Milk Producers Inc., or A-M-P-I, plans to shut down its factory in Arlington, Iowa, that produces nonfat dry milk. Company leaders say the decision stems from the continued decline in dairy farm numbers and milk production in the region. The 49 Arlington employees have been informed. AMPI is working with them to provide access to resources, training and opportunities to apply for available jobs at AMPI facilities.

Milk previously processed at AMPI’s Arlington location will now be routed to other plants in the surrounding area, including AMPI’s Blair, Wisconsin, cheese plant. AMPI will continue to meet customer needs for dependable supplies of high-quality dairy products from its other manufacturing plants. AMPI leadership is exploring options for the facilities’ future.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Another suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of man in north Des Moines. Police say 20-year-old Calvonta Stallings was arrested Sunday after a robbery in Davenport. The Polk County charges include first-degree murder and robbery in the slaying of 23-year-old Rashid Ibrahim. Ibrahim was found by officers sent to investigate reports of a shooting. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Stallings is the fifth person arrested in connection with Oct. 10 shooting of Ibrahim.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Marion man has been imprisoned for defrauding a homeowners association out of nearly $125,000. The Gazette reports that 55-year-old Wayne Jones Jr. was given 18 months at his sentencing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. He’d pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

Prosecutors say that while Jones was treasurer of Pheasant Ridge Homeowners Association in Marion from November 2011 through August 2016, he funneled the money from the association’s account to another account that he used for personal expenses. Prosecutors also say Jones admitted setting up fraudulent treasurer reports each year so he could hide his crime.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office has issued a report on recent arrests. At around 9:05-p.m. Sunday, 64-year old Deborah Ann O’Hara, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Public Intoxication. Her bond was set at $300. At around 4:20-a.m. Sunday, 32-year old Joshua Kenneth Wolcott was arrested following a traffic stop on I-80 in Council Bluffs, after his vehicle was observed all over the road and had cut through the median and into oncoming traffic. Wolcott was charged with Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender, and OWI/3rd or subsequent offense.

At around 1-a.m. Saturday, a traffic stop for speeding in Neola, resulted in the arrest of 29-year old Zachery Robert Masker, for OWI/1st offense. At around 8-p.m. Friday, 72-year old James Bernard Zimmerman was arrested for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender. Friday afternoon, a man being held in the Pott. County Jail for Attempt to Commit Murder, was served with warrants for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. 41-year old Jerome Maurice Daniels, SR., was being held in the Jail on a $25,000 bond associated with the Attempted Murder charge.

Friday morning, 24-year old Anthony Micheal McCoy, of Avoca, was arrested on a valid Pott. County warrant for Driving While Barred. And, 41-year old Tony James Miller, Jr., of Missouri Valley, was arrested Friday morning at the Pott. County Courthouse, for Burglary in the 3rd Degree/non-vehicle related. His bond was set at $5,000.

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There are a few races set for Tuesday’s City/School Elections in Guthrie County. In the City of Bagley, four candidates are running for three City Council seats: Emily Chapman-Oleson; Jon Shaffer, and incumbents Jennifer Ingles, and Nick Lestina. Bagley residents will also vote on a Public Measure granting the Xenia Rural Water District a non-exclusive franchise to acquire, construct, install and maintain, among other rights, a water transmission distribution system.

In Bayard, four people are running for two seats on the City Council: Arnold Kesselring; Colin Monahan; LeeRoy Wagner, and incumbent Jack Stone. Bayard voters will also determine the fate of a Public Measure amending the Bayard Library Board of Trustees to four members from within the City, two members outside the town, and one other member in either location.

In Guthrie Center, there are five candidates for three City Council seats: Fidel Hernandez; William T. Wagner IV; Caleb Wulf, along with incumbents Ian Steensen and Garold Thomas. There is also a loan/bond issue not to exceed $800,000, for a municipal bathouse project for the Guthrie Center Swimming Pool facility.

Voters in Jamaica have four candidates for three City Council seats to choose from: Incumbents Shannon Behnken and Troy Miller, as well as Larry Jacobson, and Doug O’Brien. Coon Rapids-Bayard School District Patrons have six candidates to choose from for four seats on the School Board: Jeff Andersen; Jessica Chrystal; Teresa Gelhaus; and incumbents – Timothy Owen Lee; Jason Rosenbeck, and Kyler South.

Panorama School District patrons have two people to choose from to fill one Vacancy seat: Kellie Jean Flanery, and incumbent Lila Lutz. There are also two people running for one District 5 Director’s seat on the Panorama School Board: Damon Crandall, and Lucas Wendl.

A reminder: the polls are open from 7-a.m. Until 8-p.m.

The Creston Police Department reports six recent arrests. A little after 1-a.m. Sunday, 59-year old Randall Burkhead, of Lorimor, was arrested in Creston for OWI/1st offense. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond. At around 3-a.m. Saturday, 24-year old Nathanial Dewitt-Patterson, of Creston, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense – Marijuana. At 6-a.m. Saturday, 23-year old Canyan Dukleth, of Creston, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was later released from the Union County Law Enforcement Center (LEC), on a Promise to Appear in Court.

And, there were three arrests in Creston last Friday: 28-year old Trevor Kinkade, of Creston, was arrested late Friday night, for Assault Causing Bodily Injury or Mental Illness. He was later released on $1,000 bond;  53-year old Peggy Hampton, of Murray, was arrested at around 8-p.m. Friday, for Theft in the 5th Degree. Earlier that same afternoon, 33-year old Holly Perkins, of Creston, was also arrested for Theft in the 5th. Both women were released on a Promise to Appear.

Authorities said also, a Creston woman residing in the 500 block of N. Pine, reported Saturday that sometime late Friday afternoon through mid-day Saturday, someone got into her vehicle while it was parked behind her home, and took a container of loose change and some random paperwork. The loss was estimated at $100.

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A reminder today from Cass County Democratic Party Chair Sherry Toelle: The Cass County Democratic Party is sponsoring a Winter Clothing Drive to help secure warm clothes, winter night clothes, and blankets for residents who may not have the resources needed to purchase necessary winter clothing. Toelle asks that people “please bring new or ‘clean, gently used’ items to drop boxes across the county, now through November 15, 2019. Donations will be distributed through the clothes closets and schools throughout the county. Children’s clothing—coats, hats, gloves/mittens, boots, even socks and underwear—are especially needed as are larger sized adult clothing.”

Toelle says “We had a similar event two years ago. The response was overwhelming. We hope that people will be willing to match that response [this year].”

Drop-off sites for good, clean winter clothing (such as caps/gloves & coats) include:

Anita: Rolling Hills Bank, Library, Rusty Razor.

Atlantic: YMCA, Rolling Hills Bank, Private home at 10 E. 13th St.

Cumberland: Telephone Company, City Hall, Library, Houghton State Bank.

Griswold: Rolling Hills Bank, Telephone Company, Library, Houghton State Bank

Lewis: Library

Massena: Economy Food Mart, FN Bank