Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Representative Bruce Braley is pushing to protect a federal grant program aimed at testing schools and homes for cancer-causing radon. Braley, a Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate, distributed a letter to other lawmakers Wednesday in an effort to maintain the State Indoor Radon Grant Program.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Barge operators say persistent ice in the Mississippi River is delaying traffic along the water by about a month. The National Weather Service says the Mississippi still has ice in a stretch of river that extends from Minneapolis to Clinton in Iowa. The depth of the ice varies from 5 to 10 inches.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Council Bluffs are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in a creek. The Council Bluffs Police Department says a resident spotted the unidentified man yesterday afternoon in Mosquito Creek, below an area bridge. The Daily Nonpareil reports officials believe the man was in his late 40s or early 50s. An autopsy has been scheduled.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Fire crews in central Iowa are battling a blaze that has spread along a three-mile stretch near a highway. Deputy Rob Fisher with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office tells the Des Moines Register the fire began yesterday afternoon west of Interstate 35 near Indianola. It has spread over an area about three miles long and up to a half mile wide. No injuries were reported last night.