AP Wire News en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 03:30:11 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 03:30:11 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34f09a0d-www.kgan.com.shtml The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says about 49,000 gallons of ethanol leaked from railroad tanker cars after a derailment east of Charles City. AP News www.kgan.com-34f09a0d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2bf099c3-www.kgan.com.shtml An Iowa City police officer and maintenance workers saved six ducklings that fell into the storm sewer. AP News www.kgan.com-2bf099c3 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/25f0998f-www.kgan.com.shtml Waterloo officials are still calculating the damage to city buildings and vehicles from an April hailstorm. AP News www.kgan.com-25f0998f http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/32f0994b-www.kgan.com.shtml A Polk County jury has convicted a Mississippi man of first-degree murder in the death of a Des Moines woman whose body was found in her apartment. AP News www.kgan.com-32f0994b http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37f098f1-www.kgan.com.shtml A World War II veteran has received his high school diploma, albeit 72 years late. AP News www.kgan.com-37f098f1 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2bf0986e-www.kgan.com.shtml A former Waterloo teacher has been found guilty of engaging in inappropriate behavior with a student. AP News www.kgan.com-2bf0986e http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ff097f6-www.kgan.com.shtml Authorities say a suspicious package that required explosives teams to investigate was actually a cooler with food. AP News www.kgan.com-3ff097f6 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37f0970b-www.kgan.com.shtml Investigators and volunteers have expanded their search for a missing Iowa girl. AP News www.kgan.com-37f0970b http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/39f09684-www.kgan.com.shtml Gov. Terry Branstad has signed eight bills into law, including one that creates a less-adversarial approach to investigating reports of child abuse. AP News www.kgan.com-39f09684 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2bf0967d-www.kgan.com.shtml An official says weekend storms will cost Mitchell County about $1.1 million to repair damaged roads, culverts and bridges, and the total cost could go far higher. AP News www.kgan.com-2bf0967d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37f095c9-www.kgan.com.shtml Sen. Tom Harkin will donate his papers to Drake University after plans to give them to a namesake institute at Iowa State University fell apart earlier this year. AP News www.kgan.com-37f095c9 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/22f095ba-www.kgan.com.shtml Police searching for a missing 15-year-old girl are looking in a new area where investigators believe the man suspected of kidnapping her may have driven. AP News www.kgan.com-22f095ba http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/30f093f8-www.kgan.com.shtml The grain dealer license for Verified Grains Inc. in Kanawha has been suspended. AP News www.kgan.com-30f093f8 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/20f092e7-www.kgan.com.shtml Federal agents have arrested the manager of a Pleasant Hill restaurant on charges of distribution of child pornography. AP News www.kgan.com-20f092e7 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/36f092b8-www.kgan.com.shtml Two people have been arrested and charged in the burglary of a central Iowa police officer's home, during which the officer's gun was stolen. AP News www.kgan.com-36f092b8 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/23f0926c-www.kgan.com.shtml A Davenport man has been charged with vehicular homicide, eight months after a crash that killed a 23-year-old man. AP News www.kgan.com-23f0926c http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2cf08f69-www.kgan.com.shtml Law enforcement officials and volunteers are continuing to search for a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was kidnapped, even though the chances of finding her alive have diminished. AP News www.kgan.com-2cf08f69 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2ff08f64-www.kgan.com.shtml Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey says growers are hopeful for a bountiful crop of spring produce that could begin showing up at farmers markets soon. AP News www.kgan.com-2ff08f64 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3cf08f64-www.kgan.com.shtml The Cedar Rapids Fire Department is cautioning boaters to stay off the Cedar River for part of this weekend due to high water. AP News www.kgan.com-3cf08f64 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/23f089c4-www.kgan.com.shtml Iowa officials say three ethanol cars have been removed from the Little Cedar River following a train derailment east of Charles City. AP News www.kgan.com-23f089c4 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/32f08944-www.kgan.com.shtml A 12-year-old Iowa girl says she and a friend were kidnapped after being lured into a stranger's truck while walking home from school. AP News www.kgan.com-32f08944 http://www.kgan.com/