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Mayors of Des Moines suburbs say they will drop DART if the City of Des Moines doesn't change the funding model soon. An attorney for Willard Miller, the Fairfield teen who pleaded guilty to killing a teacher in 2021, is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to reconsider his sentence. And researchers are looking for ways to lower the emissions of beef production.

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled three Libertarian congressional candidates can not be on Iowa's General Election ballot. A former north central Iowa police chief has entered an Alford Plea in a case involving using a stun gun during parties. And a new program in central Iowa is trying to increase Blanding's turtles.

The Iowa Supreme Court says it plans to make a ruling over the removal of three Libertarian candidates before Iowa General Election ballots have to be printed Wednesday night. A group of Iowa Republican lawmakers say they plan to sue the Iowa Utilities Commission for approving a carbon pipeline project. And community support might keep a homeless shelter open in Sioux City.

Arguments in front of the Iowa Supreme Court are set today over three Libertarian congressional candidates who were removed from the Iowa ballot. A petition opposing the rezoning of a piece of farmland in Sioux City is gathering support. And a genetically-modified baker's yeast might be the future of bacteria treatment in ethanol production.

A district court judge upheld a decision to keep three Libertarian congressional candidates off of Iowa's General Election Ballot. Protesters called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war at a fundraiser for U.S. Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks. And there's a new vaccine to prevent a tick-borne disease in cattle.

The Dallas County Attorney says she does not plan to release a report detailing the findings of an investigation into the Perry High School shootings. Attorneys argued in court yesterday three Libertarian congressional candidates should be put back on the Iowa General Election ballot. And a homeless shelter in Sioux City is closing its doors on October 1st.

Governor Reynolds says she'll take some time to pick her new lieutenant governor. The Iowa GOP says it'll focus on voter turnout and absentee voting ahead of the General Election. And a new treehouse village with adaptive play equipment opened this week in Boone County.

Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg has resigned and will start a new job in October. A district judge says the state can't certify November ballots until a case involving Libertarian candidates is resolved. And Mpox has been detected in an Iowa correctional facility.

Libertarians are asking a district court to delay the Iowa Secretary of State from certifying which candidates will be on the November ballot. Attorney General Brenna Bird is drafting a constitutional amendment after an Iowa Supreme Court ruling over children testifying in court. And a new report shows growing disparities between rural and urban healthcare access.

Iowa Democrats say the state’s Area Education Agencies have 429 fewer employees than last year, after lawmakers made changes to the system’s funding and structure. Classes are set to begin in Rock Valley, after two months of repair and preparation following severe flooding in June. And, a landfill in northeast Iowa is recycling the methane it produces into natural gas.