Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court will hear cases in a Burlington school auditorium on Nov. 5. In one case a blind student is appealing a lower court decision that said sight is a requirement for studying to become a chiropractor at Palmer College of Chiropractic and having a sighted assistant was not an adequate solution. A second case involves a hunter who is challenging a state law that limits landowner hunting licenses only to Iowa residents.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition says 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will speak at its annual banquet in November. Palin served as governor of Alaska from 2006 through 2009. Since leaving office, she has been a best-selling author, public speaker and Fox News contributor. Utah Sen. Mike Lee is headlining the November program that’s being held in Des Moines on Nov. 9.

SPENCER, Iowa (AP) — Arrest warrants have been issued for an Iowa attorney once contracted by the State Public Defenders Office. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says the warrants for 60-year-old Ney McDaniel, of Spencer, are in connection to a July audit that questioned his billing practices. The audit identified more than $177,000 of improper disbursement to McDaniel. In one case, he claimed to have worked 24 hours or more in a single day during 80 days.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — A dozen organizations have received $100,000 each from the estate of a Marshalltown couple. The Marshalltown Times-Republican reports that recipients of funds from the estate of Verle and Ellen Hunt include the Animal Rescue League, First United Methodist Church, Iowa 4-H Foundation, Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America and the Iowa State University Foundation.