(Radio Iowa) – An advisory board Governor Reynolds assembled in mid-June is making 56 recommendations for jump-starting Iowa’s economic recovery from the pandemic. The board’s top recommendation is for the state to take steps to make child care more affordable and accessible. The group ranks universal broadband access and increasing the supply of affordable housing as other top priorities. The board, which had its final meeting this (Tuesday) morning, was led by Ben McLean, the C-E-O of Ruan Transportation Management Systems in Des Moines.

Governor Kim Reynolds says the group’s report will serve as the foundation for her 2021 legislative agenda.

Nick Bowdish, President and C-E-O of Elite Octane in Atlantic, was one of 13 business executives to serve on the panel.

The advisory board approved its list of recommendations today (Tuesday). Its final report will be drafted by the end of the month.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska woman has pleaded guilty to a reduced murder charge in the 2018 stabbing death of another woman in northwest Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports that 22-year-old Melissa Camargo-Flores, of Dakota City, Nebraska, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder in the death of 24-year-old Kenia Alvarez-Flores in Sioux City on April 8, 2018. Camargo-Flores had faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of life in prison before the plea deal.

Camargo-Flores admitted stabbing Alvarez-Flores. Prosecutors say she had been romantically involved with the victim’s boyfriend. Camargo-Flores now faces up to 50 years in prison when she’s sentenced on Oct. 29.

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The Harlan Police Department is trying to locate Kevin Clark. The man left home without his medication. Additional information was not immediately available.  If you see a man matching the picture shown, or know where he is, please call the Harlan Police Department at 712-755-5151.

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A man from Red Oak complained of pain and possible injury, Monday, after he was hit by an SUV while attempting to cross the street. Red Oak Police say a 2018 Chevy Equinox driven by 67-year old Charla Ann Schmid, of Red Oak, was stopped at the controlled intersection of Alix Avenue  and N. Broadway, and was in the process of turning left onto N. Broadway, when her vehicle struck 58-year old Kenneth Murray Houser, who was on the west side of the intersection before he began to cross the street. The accident happened at around 1:10-p.m.

Schmid told police she looked both ways and did not see any cars coming, prior to pulling away from the intersection. Her SUV knocked Houser to the ground during the incident. He was transported to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital by Red Oak Rescue, to be checked out. No citations were issued.

(Radio Iowa) – More details are being released about a deadly house explosion in north-central Iowa over the weekend. Franklin County authorities say they were called to the 500 block of 250th Street southeast of Meservey shortly after 3:35 Saturday afternoon. On arrival, rescuers were able to take one unnamed person from the house that had severe injuries and life-flight them to Unity Point Hospital in Des Moines.

Authorities later found the body of 71-year-old Janice Doane who died from injuries sustained in the accident. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the incident.