AP Wire News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:10:10 GMT Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:10:10 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34d345b0-www.kgan.com.shtml AMES, Iowa (AP) -- About 500 Iowa Department of Transportation workers will be among the state employees required to take furlough days. AP News www.kgan.com-34d345b0 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2cd34521-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Polk County Health Department is planning a swine flu vaccination clinic next week. AP News www.kgan.com-2cd34521 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/22d34420-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Two legislators are criticizing University of Iowa officials over plans to spent $130,000 to send 35 hospital workers to Orlando, Fla., for several days of training offered at a center connected with Disney World. AP News www.kgan.com-22d34420 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2ed342f5-www.kgan.com.shtml ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Republican Tim Pawlenty is off on his first trip to Iowa as a probable but not-yet-declared presidential candidate. AP News www.kgan.com-2ed342f5 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/39d34142-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Cedar Rapids police responding to what appeared at first to be a possible bank robbery threat say it turned out to be a case of a 13-year-old boy playing with a pellet gun. AP News www.kgan.com-39d34142 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/22d33e28-www.kgan.com.shtml DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- A Dubuque County jury has found 51-year-old Robert Krogmann of Manchester guilty on charges of attempted murder and willful injury. AP News www.kgan.com-22d33e28 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/32d33b9e-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting three more 2009 swine flu-related deaths in the state. AP News www.kgan.com-32d33b9e http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/25d33aa2-www.kgan.com.shtml JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says his prediction that a sweeping overhaul of the country's health care system would pass this year was off a bit, but he remains confident Congress will approve the landmark changes. AP News www.kgan.com-25d33aa2 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ed339bd-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley has dropped out of the race for governor, saying he'll focus on electing Republicans to the Legislature. AP News www.kgan.com-3ed339bd http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3fd337ea-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Attorney Matthew Whitaker says he has tendered his resignation to President Barack Obama. AP News www.kgan.com-3fd337ea http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3cd3377c-www.kgan.com.shtml WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- A Waterloo woman who allegedly left her children home alone while she visited a casino has been charged. AP News www.kgan.com-3cd3377c http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3cd33720-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A Cedar Rapids man has pleaded guilty to assault charges in connection with the beating of a police officer. AP News www.kgan.com-3cd33720 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/35d33718-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of 1,352 homes damaged in last year's floods. AP News www.kgan.com-35d33718 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34d336a9-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Charges have been filed against three men accused of beating a man who sleepwalks after they found him asleep in one of the men's apartment. AP News www.kgan.com-34d336a9 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37d33605-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A new trial has been ordered for a teenager convicted of first-degree murder in the 2006 shooting death of a Davenport woman. AP News www.kgan.com-37d33605 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/30d3346b-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa soldier who arrived at Fort Hood in Texas this week is among the soldiers wounded in a rampage that left 13 others dead. AP News www.kgan.com-30d3346b http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/30d333e5-www.kgan.com.shtml ATLANTIC, Iowa (AP) -- Officials say two staff members will be disciplined for their roles in an alleged illegal strip-search of several girls at Atlantic High School. AP News www.kgan.com-30d333e5 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/25d333aa-www.kgan.com.shtml LE MARS, Iowa (AP) -- A northwest Iowa man has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for the prescription drug overdose death of another man. AP News www.kgan.com-25d333aa http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34d33377-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- More wind power is coming to Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-34d33377 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2bd32b53-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says federal funding that will pay the bulk of the cost to buy out some 1,300 flood-damaged properties in Cedar Rapids is closer to being available. AP News www.kgan.com-2bd32b53 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/35d3257b-www.kgan.com.shtml SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The former manager of an Iowa kosher meatpacking plant says he never intentionally violated federal laws but admits he made some mistakes. AP News www.kgan.com-35d3257b http://www.kgan.com/