Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (AP) — An Omaha, Nebraska soybean processing company plans to build a $90 million vegetable oil refinery in western Iowa. The Sioux City Journal reports that Ag Processing Incorporated plans to build the refinery at its complex near Sergeant Bluff, creating at least 20 new jobs. The information comes from documents by Ag Processing seeking nearly $1 million in Iowa loans and tax breaks released by the state Wednesday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Some business owners are uneasy about a planned temporary homeless shelter in Iowa City aimed at keeping people warm during the winter. Owner Jim Rogers of Jim’s Instrument Manufacturing tells KWWL-TV the short-term housing solution, which will be open only in January and February, could draw more criminal activity to the area. He says there’s already a homeless shelter in the area.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former manager at an Iowa-based halal food supplier is expected to plead guilty as part of a federal criminal investigation into the company’s exporting and marketing practices. The conspiracy charges filed yesterday against 50-year-old Philip Payne are the latest involving the Midamar Corporation of Cedar Rapids.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Black Hawk County jury has found a former Waterloo man guilty of molesting a young girl. The Waterloo-Cedar Fall Courier reports that 38-year-old Mexican citizen Ivan Fernando Fierro was convicted Friday of second-degree sexual abuse.