DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A manual recount this week will determine which two candidates move on from Davenport’s primary in the mayor’s race. The Quad-City Times reports the third-place finisher in the mayor’s race, Dan Portes, requested the recount after he finished just eight votes behind Alderwoman Rita Rawson. Alderman Mike Matson won the primary with 33 percent of the vote, but officials will recheck roughly 6,500 ballots to determine who his opponent will be in November. The recount will begin Monday morning, but the process could take roughly 40 hours to complete.

Sheriff’s officials in Taylor County received word at around 2-a.m. today (Sunday), vandalism had occurred at the Footworks Dance Studio, located at 408 Main Street, in Bedford. Authorities say they area ware that there were several extra patrons to the Locker Room Saturday evening (October 12th), and there is a high likelihood of someone having information to assist the sheriff’s office.

Anyone who may have information regarding the incident is asked to call the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office administrative line at (712) 523 2929 or email dispatch@taylorcountyiowa.org. They thank you for your assistance in this investigation.

Police in Red Oak say they were informed at around 11-p.m. Saturday, that a party where alcohol was being served and minors were present, was being held in the 400 block of Market Street. Officers who went to the residence cited 18-year old Savannah Jo Fink, of Red Oak, for Minor in Possession/1st Offense. Police also cited and released four juveniles to their parents.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:00 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have confirmed that human remains found at a homeless camp near downtown Des Moines was the result of a homicide. Station KCCI reports that police confirmed the homicide investigation Friday. Police received a tip Tuesday that led investigators to a wooded area behind an abandoned manufacturing plant, where the remains were found. Police have not yet shared other details of how the person died or identified the remains.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Fort Dodge police have identified a man shot to death in the north-central Iowa city. The Messenger reports the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Friday. Officers and paramedics found the man, later identified as 28-year-old Mohammed Yaqoub of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at a home and were unable to revive him. Police say they have arrested a 16-year-old boy and are looking for a 19-year-old suspect.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The trial for a former farmhand charged with first-degree murder in the abduction and killing of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has again been delayed. The Daily Iowan reports that 25-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will now face trial beginning Feb. 4 in Woodbury County. His trial had been set for Nov. 12. Rivera is accused in the stabbing death of Tibbetts, who disappeared while out for a run July 18, 2018, in Brooklyn, Iowa.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man has won the first $100,000 top prize in a new Iowa Lottery game. The Iowa Lottery says Wayne Oswood won the big prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “Holiday Dazzle” scratch game. He claimed his prize Friday at the lottery’s regional office in Mason City. Holiday Dazzle is a $10 scratch game featuring seven top prizes of $100,000

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Fort Dodge police have identified a man shot to death in the north-central Iowa city. The Messenger reports the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Friday, when police were called to the scene on the west side of the city for reports of a shooting.

Officers and paramedics found the man, later identified as 28-year-old Mohammed Yaqoub of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at a home and were unable to revive him. Police Capt. Ryan Gruenberg says Yaqoub had been shot several times.

Police say they have arrested a 16-year-old boy and are looking for a 19-year-old man in connection to the shooting death.

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Fort Dodge police say a man has been shot to death on the north-central Iowa city. The Messenger reports the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Friday, when police were called to the scene on the west side of the city for reports of a shooting.

Officers and paramedics found the man unresponsive at a home and were unable to revive him. Police Capt. Ryan Gruenberg says the man had been shot several times. Police have not released the victim’s name pending notification of all his family members.

No arrests had been reported by early afternoon Saturday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have confirmed that human remains found at a homeless camp near downtown Des Moines was the result of a homicide. Station KCCI reports that police confirmed the homicide investigation Friday.

Police received a tip Tuesday that led investigators to a wooded area behind an abandoned manufacturing plant, where the remains were found. At the time, Sgt. Paul Parizek said the body had been “cleverly concealed.”

Police have not yet shared other details of how the person died or identified the remains. Police says the body was likely in the area for a few months.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man has won the first $100,000 top prize in a new Iowa Lottery game. The Iowa Lottery says Wayne Oswood won the big prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “Holiday Dazzle” scratch game. He claimed his prize Friday at the lottery’s regional office in Mason City. Holiday Dazzle is a $10 scratch game featuring seven top prizes of $100,000 and overall odds of 1 in 2.80.

Nonwinning holiday scratch tickets can be entered into the lottery’s Ho Ho Dough Play it Again promotion from now through Jan. 7. The promotion includes $200,000 in cash prizes. Tickets can be entered online or through the LotteryPlus mobile app.

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — The trial for a former farmhand charged with first-degree murder in the abduction and killing of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has again been delayed. The Daily Iowan reports that 25-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera will now face trial beginning Feb. 4 in Woodbury County. His trial had been set for Nov. 12, but was pushed back to give expert witnesses more time to review new evidence.

Rivera is accused of killing Tibbetts, who disappeared while out for a run July 18, 2018, in Brooklyn, Iowa. Investigators recovered her body a month later in a cornfield. Officials say she was stabbed to death. Rivera, a Mexican national, also is accused of being in the country illegally. He worked at a dairy farm a few miles from where Tibbetts disappeared.

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