Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa (AP) – A trooper has been convicted of speeding while transporting Governor Terry Branstad. Steven Lawrence opted not to challenge the $181.50 ticket in Hamilton County for driving 84 mph in a 65-mph zone on Highway 20 in April. The case had created controversy for Branstad.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The renovation of a downtown Des Moines building means about 100 low-income people will have to move and three businesses must relocate. The planned $16.5 million renovation of the Randolph Hotel promises to add new housing and business space in the city’s bustling Court Avenue district. But it also will create difficulty for the low-income people who live in the nine-story hotel built in 1911. Many rent by the week or the month. Developer Sherman Associates will present a relocation plan for residents.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Department of Public Safety says an inmate at the Woodbury County Jail has died by strangulation. Thirty-two-year-old Thomas Huisman was found unresponsive in his cell this weekend and couldn’t be revived. The death was classified as a suicide.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Republican Party of Iowa has set Sept. 4 as the date to nominate a candidate to fill a vacant Iowa House seat. Iowa House District 33’s seat is vacant due to Representative Kevin McCarthy’s resignation. Democrats earlier said they also will nominate their candidate that day.