garwin is a town of about 500 people in tama county. service's former secretary, improperly made payments to her husband, steve boege, who was the service's president. the state audit also found personal purchases at walmart and a tama florist. the boeges resigned in february after garwin's mayor requested a state audit. a plea agreement calls for a retired national park service employee to serve probation and to publicly apologize to native american tribes for stealing ancient remains of their ancestors. thomas munson, the former superintenden t of the effigy mounds national monument north of macgregor, is expected to plead guilty to embezzlement next week. the plea agreement recommends that he pay 108-thousand dollars to cover the cost of the government's investigation. in the plea deal, he admits he took two boxes of prehistoric human remains in 1990 from the national monument. heath officials in iowa say flu levels are relatively low throughout the so far this flu season, roughly 20 people have been hospitalized in iowa. two people

this isn't the first time the garwin community has experienced the brunt of mismanaged money. in an un-related incident reported last year -- the former city's secretary -- anna lori laytham was charged with first-degree theft -- after more than 560-thousand dollars in payments were made to leytham's credit card companies from the city's bank account. at this point -- leytham is being held in the tama county jail -- but the boeges have not been i tried calling, emailing and even knocking on the boeges' door -- but have not heard back at this time. we've got you covered live in the newsroom -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. according to the garwin mayor -- the city council will likely decide how to resolve the matter during their next meeting on monday. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the single digits overnight. the the 20s. the next chance

garwin is a town of about 500 people in tama county. the audit shows karen boege, the ambulance service's former secretary, improperly made payments to her husband, steve boege, who was the service's president. the state audit also found personal purchases at walmart and a tama florist. the boeges resigned in february after garwin's mayor requesd a state audit. more than 500 people across the state have reported having shigella this year. shigella is a bacterial disease that spreads from person to person, typically lasting four to seven days. symptoms include diarrhea, fever, nausea, and abdominal cramps. heath officials in iowa say flu levels are relatively low throughout the state, compared to recent years. so far this flu season, roughly 20 people have been hospitalized, and two people have died. officials at the state hygienic lab in coralville say this flu season could be milder for a number of reasons. one is the milder winter. cold weather forces people indoors, where the virus can thrive. the state epidemiologist told a local of

garwin is a town of about 500 people in tama county. the audit shows karen boege, the ambulance service's former secretary, made payments to her husband, steve boege, who was the service's president. the state audit also found personal purchases at walmart and a tama florist. the boeges resigned in february after garwin's mayor requested a state audit. more than 500 people across the state have reported having shigella this year. and at least half of those cases were in linn county. shigella is a bacterial disease that spreads from person to person, typically lasting four to seven days. symptoms include diarrhea, fever, nausea, and abdominal cramps. heath officials in iowa say flu levels are relatively low throughout the state, compared to recent years. so far this flu season, roughly 20 people have been hospitalized, and two people have died. officials at the state hygienic lab in coralville say this flu season could be milder for a number of reasons. one is the milder winter. cold weather forces people indoors, where the virus can thr

state audits say more than $13,000 that should have been used for garwin's city ambulance service was used for personal expenses. todd: the state auditor's report found the improper spending included cash taken by the ambulance service's former secretary kerry and boege and her husband steve boege, the former president of the ambulance service. both resigned back in february. stacey: pella police file new charges against a serial golf course bandit. 26-year-old scott johnson of newton charged with burglary, criminal mischief, and theft for a break-in at bos landen golf club. iowa golf course break-ins. in fact, kcci reported back in july that the jasper county sheriff arrested johnson on charges he broke into the fore seasons golf course with another man. coming up tonight at 10:00, ryan smith shows us video from this latest break-in. funeral services today for an iowa native killed in afghanistan. sergeant joseph lemm died december 21st. a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden motorcycle into his patrol. five other soldiers were also killed. lemm grew up in the eastern iowa town o

garwin is also the area where eight people died overnight and five of them were on the highway and fivem were traveling down interstate 30 when the tornado crossed the interstate right in front of them and they were swept off the road and smashed under the pavement below an underpass and were all killed. that's where the majority of deaths occurred. two more deaths occurred in the town of copeville which is about ten miles from here. two people were in a gas station/feed store. they were killed. and an infant was killed in the town of cedar ridge, texas. so a devastating tornado outbreak in texas and 11 storms, two of them and some of the most powerful on record here. >> nbc's charles hadlock live in texas on the latest of the tornadoes that touched down. stay with msnbc as we continue to follow this breaking story. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy thos