CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 26 for a 20-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a Cedar Rapids resident during a drug robbery. Linn County court records say Darius Alexander has pleaded not guilty to murder, robbery and conspiracy charges. He’s accused of killing 18-year-old Christopher Arteberry Jr. on Sept. 30, 2016, during an attempt to steal marijuana from Arteberry. Police say Arteberry was stabbed in the parking lot of a Cedar Rapids apartment complex and later found inside an apartment.

A criminal complaint says Emily Young was driving Alexander that day. The 22-year-old has since pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact, and her sentencing is set for Dec. 19.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors will receive three quarterly reports during their meeting 8:30-a.m. Wednesday, in Atlantic. Reports are scheduled to be presented by County Conservation Director Micah Lee, County VA Director Mitch Holmes, and Weed Commissioner Dennis Vogl. The Board will also receive regular reports as available, from the County Attorney, Engineer and Mental Health/General Relief Coordinator, and, they’ll act on two Resolutions to assign county held tax sale certificates to the City of Atlantic, and enter into an agreement to abate the taxes on two parcels, if the City acquires ownership of those parcels.

The Cass County Board of Supervisor’s meeting is in their Board Room at the Courthouse, in Atlantic.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting one man and wounding another teenager has been acquitted by a jury in Cedar Rapids. The jury found Kenyauta Vesey-Keith not guilty Friday of first-degree murder, attempted murder and other crimes. Prosecutors say the March 2016 shooting was proceeded by a Cedar Rapids street fight involving more than a dozen people. They said Vesey-Keith retrieved a gun from a vehicle and fired several times, hitting 21-year-old Brandon Johnson , who died, and a 16-year-old boy.

His lawyers say Vesey-Keith was acting in self-defense. He was 16 at the time.

(Radio Iowa) — The first woman to serve as state auditor faces a well-funded challenger who’s been involved in some high-profile criminal investigations. Republican Mary Mosiman was appointed state auditor in 2013. She won her first full term in office in 2014 and is seeking re-election this November. Mosiman has emphasized her credentials as a certified public accountant, or C-P-A.

Democrat Rob Sand is a lawyer who worked in the attorney general’s office for a decade and led the prosecution of Eddie Tipton, the man who rigged lottery drawings. Sand also worked on cases in the state film tax credit scandal. Sand says he’d bring a law enforcement perspective to the auditor’s office investigations of misspent tax dollars.

The two have been quarreling about whether the state auditor’s office would be able to conduct routine annual “financial statement” audits for cities, counties and school districts if the auditor is not a C-P-A. The two offered their polar opposite interpretations of state law on this subject during an appearance on Iowa Public Television’s Iowa Press program. The head of the state agency that issued an auditing license to the state auditor’s office has not confirmed when the license was issued and has declined to weigh in on the controversy. The state constitution says a state auditor shall be elected by qualified voters every four years and “shall perform such duties as may be provided by law.”

The Libertarian Party’s 2018 nominee for state auditor is Fred Perryman, a sales manager from Cedar Falls.