DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A plan to extend a tax break provided last year to the Iowa Speedway at Newton has moved forward in the Iowa House. The proposal received preliminary approval yesterday from a House Ways and Means subcommittee. It will now be subject to committee-level review. The racetrack in Newton receives a state sales tax rebate under current law, but the rebate is limited to sales occurring before January 1st, 2016.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Woodbury County in western Iowa has approved repair plans for part of a two-lane highway that will eventually be widened. The county board agreed Tuesday to grade part of U.S. Highway 20 in 2016. The Sioux City Journal reports the paving process will close the road west of Correctionville, and is part of a bigger plan to widen a 12-mile section of the two-lane roadway.

ROCKFORD, Iowa (AP) — The old Rockford dam on the Shell Rock River has been removed. The Mason City Globe Gazette says the project had started at the end of January. Officials had discussed removing the dam for more than a decade.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Jarnell Stokes dominated inside as Tennessee rallied for a 78-65 victory over Iowa on Wednesday night in the NCAA’s First Four. Iowa managed only one free throw during overtime in Ohio, ending a stressful day for coach Fran McCaffery. The coach started the day in Iowa with his teenage son Patrick, who had surgery to remove a thyroid tumor.