AP Wire News en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:40:06 GMT Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:40:06 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3f128583-www.kgan.com.shtml MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Former Mason City Mayor Roger Bang has pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a boat while intoxicated. AP News www.kgan.com-3f128583 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/27128547-www.kgan.com.shtml CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A judge has suspended a 10-year prison sentence of a Charles City man accused of locking his two toddlers in their bedrooms for up to 14 hours a day for two years. AP News www.kgan.com-27128547 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/24128525-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities say a 46-year-old man training to become a deputy died after collapsing during a training run. AP News www.kgan.com-24128525 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/331284f3-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An administrative law judge is expected to rule by early October if a new dress code by Waterloo Community Schools violates state law. AP News www.kgan.com-331284f3 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/26128478-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities say a private contractor working on a renovation project at the University of Iowa has died after being injured in an accident on campus. AP News www.kgan.com-26128478 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/20128466-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft report that calls for a better, if limited, flood-protection system in Cedar Rapids. AP News www.kgan.com-20128466 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3d127632-www.kgan.com.shtml MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) -- A drug sweep in central Iowa has resulted in several arrests in the Marshall County area. AP News www.kgan.com-3d127632 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2a127406-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa City police say tips from the public have led to charges against three teenagers in spray-paint vandalism at the public library last April. AP News www.kgan.com-2a127406 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/25127363-www.kgan.com.shtml MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The director of Mason City's public library says some library books were mistakenly tossed into a trash bin. AP News www.kgan.com-25127363 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/38127284-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The summer of 2010 was a rainy one for Iowa, but the summer of 1993 remains Iowa's wettest on record. AP News www.kgan.com-38127284 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3e127045-www.kgan.com.shtml BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) -- A funeral director believes Des Moines County officials are misinterpreting an old state law requiring bodies to be offered to medical schools. AP News www.kgan.com-3e127045 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3a126fda-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A former Edgewood city water tester has been sentenced to two years probation for faking drinking water test reports. AP News www.kgan.com-3a126fda http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2a126f9d-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A former Edgewood city water tester has been sentenced to two years probation for faking drinking water test reports. AP News www.kgan.com-2a126f9d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37126e75-www.kgan.com.shtml OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- More than a third of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states surveyed for a regional business index expect a recession in 2011. AP News www.kgan.com-37126e75 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37126df5-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will headline the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson Jackson Dinner next month, the party's biggest annual fundraising event. AP News www.kgan.com-37126df5 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/36126dda-www.kgan.com.shtml WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa National Guard troops training in Mississippi are in for a taste of home. AP News www.kgan.com-36126dda http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/22126d77-www.kgan.com.shtml SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A Sioux City family of five has escaped what could have been a deadly explosion at their home. AP News www.kgan.com-22126d77 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/20126d1d-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has beat a deadline and extended funding to demolish flood-damaged homes in Cedar Rapids. AP News www.kgan.com-20126d1d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2c126cfc-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a convenience store clerk in Cedar Rapids in May. AP News www.kgan.com-2c126cfc http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3b1266ab-www.kgan.com.shtml DETROIT (AP) -- This is the first year in 160 that Michigan won't have a state fair. AP News www.kgan.com-3b1266ab http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/29125f3a-www.kgan.com.shtml AKRON, Iowa (AP) -- A South Dakota man is dead after a tree fell on him while he was clearing brush in northwestern Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-29125f3a http://www.kgan.com/