Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Nathan Bekke has accepted a job within Lee Enterprises at the company’s corporate headquarters in Davenport, Iowa. The 45-year-old Bekke will be vice president of consumer sales and marketing for the media company. Lee Enterprises owns 46 daily newspapers, and provides digital products and produces nearly 300 specialty publications in 22 states.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines lawyer has been appointed to head a division of state government that oversees worker’s compensation disputes in Iowa. Joe Cortese, a contributor to the Republican Party and its candidates including Gov. Terry Branstad, will begin work as Workers’ Compensation Commissioner on Feb. 16. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Officials in eastern Iowa’s Linn County are warning residents about phone call scammers pretending to be an officer and demanding them to pay a fine for missed jury duty. Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner says several people called Monday to report calls from a man saying he is Lt. Greg Allen with the sheriff’s office. Gardner says the scammer tries to collect money by saying someone has missed jury duty, ordering the purchase of a money order and threatening arrest if the fine isn’t paid.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad is hoping to reduce domestic abuse in Iowa through proposed legislation that would toughen penalties and oversight. Branstad says he supports a bill that would increase prison time for people repeatedly convicted of domestic abuse assault. It would also increase oversight of domestic abuse offenders by permitting the use of electronic monitoring in some cases.