Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad says he has decided to present the Iowa Award to Kenneth Quinn, the president of the World Food Prize Foundation. The Iowa Award is the state’s highest citizen honor. Quinn, a former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia took the job heading the World Food Prize Foundation in 2000. Branstad will present the award to Quinn on May 30th at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates.

GARNER, Iowa (AP) — Two school districts in northern Iowa are one step closer to uniting under one district. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports a plan to merge Ventura Community Schools and Garner-Hayfield Community School District won unanimous support Wednesday from a board of directors for the Iowa Area Education Agencies. The issue is now eligible for a public vote in September.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport-based Lee Enterprises, publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Rapid City Journal and 44 other newspapers, says it posted a $1.5 million profit in its fiscal second-quarter, reversing a loss in the same period a year ago. The Iowa-based publisher’s profit for the quarter ending March 30th was 3 cents per share and compares with a loss of $6 million a year ago.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man has been accused of driving a lawn mower in the middle of a Des Moines street while intoxicated. Police tell the Des Moines Register 46-year-old Billy Eugene Williams was spotted driving a Cub Cadet lawn mower Wednesday afternoon.