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(MCT) — Prosecutors are counting on a witness’s conversation with Dennis Duane Richards to get a first-degree murder conviction.

MORAVIA (MCT) — The man authorities accuse of having sex with a 14-year-old female in exchange for drugs has been ordered not to contact the girl.

DES MOINES — Nomination materials for the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame have been released by the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service. Nominations must be submitted online by January 8, 2010.

GRUNDY CENTER (MCT) — Law enforcement’s first question to Michelle Kehoe days after one of her sons was discovered dead and another injured was met with another question: “How are my boys?”