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Story County Sheriff: Woman Nets $50,000 in Donations with Fake Cancer Ruse
An Iowa Falls woman accepted more than $50 grand raised at a Story County benefit for an illness she didn't really have, Sheriff says.

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An Iowa Falls woman accepted more than $50 grand raised at a Story County benefit for an illness she didn't really have, Sheriff says.

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