CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man who caused his baby son’s brain injury has been given five years in prison. Linn County District Court records say 20-year-old Matthew Judd, of Marion, was sentenced Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. He’d pleaded guilty to child endangerment causing injury after prosecutors lowered the charge.

The Gazette reports that prosecutors say Judd squeezed and bruised one of the 2-month-old’s legs in July last year and, on the same day, set the boy on the floor too fast, causing the baby’s head to hit the floor.

The child’s mother says he’s partially recovered but still is undergoing therapy for the brain injury.

The Creston Police Department reports two men were arrested Tuesday on separate Union County warrants. 55-year old James Aydelotte, of Creston, was arrested at around 9:50-a.m. on warrant for: Harassment in the 1st Degree, and Disorderly Conduct by loud or raucous noise/Disorderly Conduct by use of an abusive epithet and/or threatening gesture. He was also charged with Allowing an animal to run at large. Aydelotte was cited and released at the scene on a Promise to Appear in Court on the latter charge.

And, at around 6:15-p.m., Tuesday, Creston Police arrested 44-year old John Neely, of Creston, on Union County warrants for: Failure to serve jail sentence on an original charge of Driving While Barred, and, Failure to Appear on a Child Support matter. Neely was being held in the Union County Jail until the balance of his sentence is served, on the first warrant, and on a $2,000 bond for the second warrant.

(7-a.m. News)

(Radio Iowa) — A central Iowa trucking company has gotten a state grant to train a small group of Iowans to be truck drivers or for the high-tech career of tracking trucks. Melissa Brooker Zollman is head of human resources for T-M-C Transportation, the largest, privately-owned trucking company in the nation. “In addition, we’re employee-owned,” she says. “…One of our greatest challenges is truly to find, attract and recruit skilled talent.”

The company is using the state grant to work with Youth Emergency Shelter Services to recruit four Story County students for internships next summer. The students will work in the company’s training facility in Ames for potential jobs in Information Technology or Logistics. “Those are two of our fastest growing departments at TMC,” she says, “and I think given the programming in the community and the schools, YSS has the ability to truly engage and recruit students and adult learners from under-represented and/or low income households.”

The company and Youth Emergency Shelter Services in Story County also will recruit and enroll six young adults who are at least 23 years old in truck driving school. “The participants will receive advanced pay each week as well as paid living assistance while they’re completing that program,” Brooker Zollman says. “Upon successful completion of the eight-week training program, participants will receive their (Commercial Drivers License) certification from the Iowa Department of Transportation and continued employment with TMC.”

The Des Moines-based trucking company is among 13 firms getting state grants from the Iowa Employer Innovation Fund. All the companies promise to spend their own funds along with the state grants on projects that boost the number of Iowans who get an advanced degree or some sort of professional certificate after they graduate from high school.

DES MOINES – A State Historical Museum of Iowa traveling display, the “World War I Honor Roll,” that features thousands of names and corresponding photographs of Iowans lost during World War I will be on exhibit Sept. 5-Dec. 2 at the Corning Center for the Fine Arts in Corning (706 Davis Ave,). Hours are from 10-a.m. to 4-p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, closed Monday and Sunday. Admission is free and open to the public.

In 1920, the State Historical Society of Iowa collected photographs from Iowa families who lost loved ones during the war. It sent out another call for photographs in 2017 to shore up its official records during the war’s 100th anniversary. The display is the result of that research – and a tribute to a generation of Iowans who sacrificed their lives to the cause of freedom.

The list of Iowan casualties includes Merle Hay of Glidden, who was among the first Americans to die during the war, and Wayman Minor of Centerville, who was among the last. The first U.S. servicewoman to die during active duty in the war was Marion Crandall of Cedar Rapids, who also lived in Davenport. The display will open in conjunction with a special art installation piece of more than 3, 576 poppies resembling “In Flanders Fields” that will be installed around the Veteran’s Memorial in Central Park. The specific number of poppies represents each of the fallen soldiers during World War I. A special tribute for this art exhibition and poppy installation art will be held at 2 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the Corning Opera House to commemorate Veteran’s Day. “These Fallen Friends” remembrance program will include a special tribute to all veterans in attendance.

In addition, the Corning Center for the Fine Arts will host a special exhibition by Michael Wilson Sept. 1-Dec. 1. The exhibition’s collection of 12 paintings commemorates the World War One Centenary. Eleven of the paintings speak specifically to the hour, day and month of the Armistice. The “plus one” painting of “Swords, Pens and Plowshares” is a historical genre piece that alludes to the upcoming Second World War. Inspired by vivid descriptions of battle found in his uncle’s World War I diary, Wilson created 12 paintings for this special art exhibition. Wilson adopts the aesthetics of early 20th century photography by painting in sepia tones to suggest the photographic technology of the World War I era.

Learn more about the display and Iowa’s World War I casualties at iowaculture.gov/honorroll

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman died after her minivan crashed during a police chase in south-central Iowa. Knoxville Police Chief Dan Losada said in a news release Tuesday that one of his officers tried to pull over 40-year old Erin Ruth Weers, of Marshalltown for speeding Tuesday afternoon in front of Knoxville Middle School. Losada says Weers accelerated away and eventually turned north on Iowa Highway 14.

The chief says the chase speeds exceeded 90 mph before the minivan ran into a roadside ditch north of Knoxville, hit an obstacle and then went airborne before crashing and catching fire. He says officers used extinguishers to put out the blaze. Weers, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.

(Radio Iowa) — Wells Enterprises of Le Mars say it will purchase an ice cream manufacturer located in Henderson, Nevada that will expand its manufacturing capacity and give it a presence in the western United States. The sale is expected to be completed in September. Two-hundred-50 employees of the Henderson facility will join Wells. Wells Enterprises is the number two ice cream manufacturer in the U-S with its signature Blue Bunny brand along with its private label and co-pack business.

The company is headquartered and has two manufacturing plants in Le Mars. It also has a manufacturing plant in Dunkirk, New York and a one in Lakewood, New Jersey.