FOREST CITY, IA (IRN) – An Albert Lea man has pled not guilty to accusations he had sex with a 13-year-old girl in Lake Mills, according to KIMT-TV. 27-year-old Jamie John Kujak is charged with three counts of 3rd degree sex abuse and one count of lascivious acts with a child. He says he’s not guilty.

LANSING, IA (IRN) – A northeast Iowa town will lose dozens of jobs with the closing of a button factory, according to KCCI-TV. Workers were told Wednesday that the Blumenthal Lansing Company facility in Lansing would be closing in phases that will be completed by mid-July. Lansing Mayor Mike Brennan says the company employs about 70 people. He says he was told the company was closing because better access to major highways was needed.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – The parents of a 3-year-old Dubuque boy who shot himself in the face have pled guilty in federal court, according to KWWL-TV. Twenty-five-year-old Raven Harris and 29-year-old Willie Horsley Sr. each were charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The little boy, Jeremiah Horsley, was playing with the .45-caliber handgun when it went off. His parents have pled not guilty to charges of child endangerment and other charges.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Sentencing has been scheduled for June 7 for a 19-year-old convicted in the slaying of an Illinois man in Des Moines. The Des Moines Register reports that Keith Collins was found guilty of first-degree murder. He was convicted in the 2014 shooting death of 24-year-old Aaron McHenry, of Rockford, Illinois. Police say the shooting likely involved a drug deal.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The man who committed the double murder at the Drake Diner in 1992 could be released from prison on parole, according to WHO-TV. Joseph “Jo-Jo” White gunned down two people in the diner in front of dozens of patrons. White was 17-years-old when he was sentenced to life behind bars, but a 2012 Supreme Court ruling banned mandatory life-without-parole sentences for anyone under the age of 18. White’s re-sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 17.

AMES, IA (IRN) – Iowa State University police are searching for five men who burglarized an Ames apartment Thursday afternoon. KCCI–TV reports five men entered the apartment, held a gun on the occupants, and told them to get on the ground. The thieves then stole cash and a phone before fleeing.

DAVENPORT, IA (IRN) – Davenport police are looking for a white Mercedes Benz after a bicyclist was hurt in a hit and run crash, according to WQAD-TV. Police say a 56-year-old man was riding a bike and was hurt in the hit and run. He was taken to a nearby hospital before being transferred to Iowa City where he was treated for serious injuries. Police say the vehicle will have passenger side damage.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa man is worried about his job, his freedom and his future. KWWL-TV reports T.J. Cassidy was shot in the neck and spine when he was 18, and it left him mostly paralyzed from the neck down. He lives on his own in Iowa City and has a job, but he recently received an email from his former in-home care agency saying they will no longer be able to continue caring for him because the privatization of Medicaid in Iowa has lowered reimbursement rates and led to a shortage of staff.