AP Wire News en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:09 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:09 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2af0869a-www.kgan.com.shtml Authorities say a woman suspected of drunken driving drove her car off an interstate overpass in West Des Moines before rolling down an embankment. AP News www.kgan.com-2af0869a http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3af08641-www.kgan.com.shtml Authorities are investigating the shooting of three people at an apartment complex in Cedar Rapids. AP News www.kgan.com-3af08641 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/25f08502-www.kgan.com.shtml An online petition is calling for the mayor of Sioux City to resign over his role in replacing the Argosy riverboat casino with a Hard Rock-branded facility. AP News www.kgan.com-25f08502 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/38f08500-www.kgan.com.shtml An Iowa police chief says a dozen investigators are looking into whether the suspect in Monday's kidnapping of two girls is connected to last year's slaying of two cousins who vanished 90 miles away. AP News www.kgan.com-38f08500 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/28f08496-www.kgan.com.shtml The trial of an Ottumwa man charged in the stabbing death of another man has been pushed back again. AP News www.kgan.com-28f08496 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3bf0847f-www.kgan.com.shtml The Mississippi River town of Vicksburg is holding several events this week to mark the 150th anniversary of its siege during the Civil War. AP News www.kgan.com-3bf0847f http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2bf0845d-www.kgan.com.shtml A compromise plan to cut commercial property taxes in the state has won approval from the state legislature. AP News www.kgan.com-2bf0845d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3df083f1-www.kgan.com.shtml The Iowa Legislature has approved a deal to accept federal funding to provide health care coverage to low-income residents. AP News www.kgan.com-3df083f1 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/24f08394-www.kgan.com.shtml Police have arrested a Waterloo man accused of firing a handgun into the air because he was upset that his girlfriend was wearing short shorts. AP News www.kgan.com-24f08394 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/22f082b4-www.kgan.com.shtml Two southwestern Iowa residents have been arrested, accused of shooting four dogs to death. AP News www.kgan.com-22f082b4 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2ef08239-www.kgan.com.shtml An elderly northwestern Iowa man has died in a tractor accident. AP News www.kgan.com-2ef08239 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/23f0805f-www.kgan.com.shtml The small city of Britt in northern Iowa has hired a local police officer as its new police chief. AP News www.kgan.com-23f0805f http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/21f0803f-www.kgan.com.shtml A severe storm that brought high winds earlier this week is being blamed for a barn collapse at Nora Springs that killed five head of cattle. AP News www.kgan.com-21f0803f http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3cf07dbc-www.kgan.com.shtml An eastern Iowa startup that tries to help businesses find cheaper Internet service has been awarded $100,000 in state assistance to help develop the company. AP News www.kgan.com-3cf07dbc http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/31f07dbd-www.kgan.com.shtml A Davenport couple has been accused of having way too many white bass. AP News www.kgan.com-31f07dbd http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/39f07dbc-www.kgan.com.shtml West Des Moines Water Works has promoted its engineering project manager to general manager. AP News www.kgan.com-39f07dbc http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2ff07d3d-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA LEGISLATURE AP News www.kgan.com-2ff07d3d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/39f07b22-www.kgan.com.shtml The Iowa Senate adjourned the 2013 legislative session late Wednesday night, but the House is set to return Thursday for more votes. AP News www.kgan.com-39f07b22 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ff07aff-www.kgan.com.shtml The Iowa Senate has approved a deal to accept federal funding to provide health care coverage to low-income residents. AP News www.kgan.com-3ff07aff http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/28f07a3b-www.kgan.com.shtml State lawmakers are supporting a measure that includes a number of one-time spending items, ranging from raising the state contribution toward law enforcement pensions to money for food banks. AP News www.kgan.com-28f07a3b http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3df077a9-www.kgan.com.shtml Authorities say a 911 dispatcher used a cellphone signal to find a crash victim in central Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-3df077a9 http://www.kgan.com/