AP Wire News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:30:09 GMT Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:30:09 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/31bc1850-www.kgan.com.shtml WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) -- Canadian military and civilian planes continue to search the mountains of southwest Yukon for a plane with an Iowa couple missing on a flight from Alaska to Whitehorse. AP News www.kgan.com-31bc1850 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/38bc14fe-www.kgan.com.shtml LATIMER, Iowa (AP) -- One person is dead after a small plane crashed in northern Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-38bc14fe http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37bc1475-www.kgan.com.shtml LATIMER, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities are at the scene of a small plane crash in northern Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-37bc1475 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/32bc139f-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa State Fair is clarifying its concept of a butter sculpture of Michael Jackson. AP News www.kgan.com-32bc139f http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/24bc12db-www.kgan.com.shtml SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A Sioux City councilman says he plans to appeal a police department ruling that his dog is vicious. AP News www.kgan.com-24bc12db http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34bc125a-www.kgan.com.shtml OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) -- A former child therapist from Iowa serving a five-year sentence on child pornography charges has died as he was being transported between prisons. AP News www.kgan.com-34bc125a http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3bbc1193-www.kgan.com.shtml DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- A Blue Grass woman has been sentenced to two years probation and six months home confinement for stealing money from a federal fund that assists coal miners with black lung disease and their dependent survivors. AP News www.kgan.com-3bbc1193 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/23bc1171-www.kgan.com.shtml AMES, Iowa (AP) -- A state inspector says a safety device was damaged on an Ames elevator where an Illinois man fell to his death. AP News www.kgan.com-23bc1171 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3bbc10d6-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Public Radio has bought out, laid off or reassigned five employees and will leave four other positions unfilled in an effort to cut costs. AP News www.kgan.com-3bbc10d6 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/26bc0640-www.kgan.com.shtml DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Dubuque residents know it's that time of year again. AP News www.kgan.com-26bc0640 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2cbc05ae-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities say a teenager has admitted his role in a robbery that led to the beating of Cedar Rapids Police Officer Tim Davis. AP News www.kgan.com-2cbc05ae http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2abc021e-www.kgan.com.shtml DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) -- An attorney for a man charged with sexually assaulting and killing a 3-year-old Nebraska girl is trying to keep his client from facing the death penalty. AP News www.kgan.com-2abc021e http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/32bc00fa-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Gov. Chet Culver and Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald are touting a new report giving Iowa the top rating granted by the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's. AP News www.kgan.com-32bc00fa http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/38bc00da-www.kgan.com.shtml ADEL, Iowa (AP) -- A former Dallas County jailer has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a female prisoner at the county's jail. AP News www.kgan.com-38bc00da http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2bbbfcf6-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A Des Moines man convicted in the slayings of his common-law wife and a neighbor has been found dead in his prison cell. AP News www.kgan.com-2bbbfcf6 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/28bbfcc8-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Blank Park Zoo has a few new additions this holiday weekend -- make that about 150 new additions. AP News www.kgan.com-28bbfcc8 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/26bbfc8e-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned an operating-while-intoxicated conviction because a defendant's urine sample was given involuntarily. AP News www.kgan.com-26bbfc8e http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/29bbfc02-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Court of Appeals has reversed an animal neglect conviction for a Fort Madison man who killed a puppy with a samurai sword. AP News www.kgan.com-29bbfc02 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2abbfa3c-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Thousands of Honda Gold Wing motorcycles are expected to snake through Des Moines next year as a national club brings its convention to the city. AP News www.kgan.com-2abbfa3c http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/38bbf9b6-www.kgan.com.shtml PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- Aplington-Parkersburg High School officials plan to move the school's weight room to a private residence after a fatal shooting last week. AP News www.kgan.com-38bbf9b6 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3cbbf996-www.kgan.com.shtml AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa State researchers who designed speed suits for Olympic swimmers are turning their attention to firefighters. AP News www.kgan.com-3cbbf996 http://www.kgan.com/