CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility is planning to convert the largest boiler and turbine unit at Prairie Creek Generating Station in Cedar Rapids from coal to natural gas in 2017. The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the conversion is designed to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions at the power plant.

DES MOINES (IRN) – A New York-based psychic outfit has agreed to refund thousands of dollars that Iowans paid to be rescued from a “lackluster, unnoticed existence.” The Des Moines Register reports that Joseph Meisels and his International Astrology Foundation bilked 78 Iowans with letters promising to help the lonesome and unlucky. The Iowa attorney general’s office sued, and the organization will refund nearly $14,000 to Iowans.

DES MOINES (IRN) – A 44-year-old Iowa woman convicted of murdering a man when was she was 17 will have to stay in prison. KCCI-TV reports a Story County judge changed Yvette Louisell’s life sentence to a 25 year sentence, which would have allowed her to leave prison, but Friday the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that ruling was a mistake. Her supporters will continue to work for her release, saying she is no threat to society.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – Two men have been arrested in Dubuque after a suspected road rage incident Thursday. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports Jeremy S. Martin, 36, of Dubuque and Donald R. Sexton, 53, of Kentucky, were arrested for disorderly conduct. A charge is pending for another person who fled. The incident began when a “rolling disturbance” spilled out into the street and the men started fighting.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Marshalltown man who was found with meth hidden in his prosthetic leg will remain in jail until his trial for federal drug charges. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Jason Gauthier, 40, and six others were charged earlier this month for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.