Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say 131 piglets and 10 sows were killed in a fire at a southeast Iowa hog confinement. The Hawk Eye in Burlington reports that the blaze at the Nelson Brothers Farm northeast of Mediapolis was caused by a shorted-out exhaust. Firefighters were called to the confinement around 2:45 p.m. Thursday and extinguished the blaze within minutes.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Iowa trucking industry officials say their business isn’t exactly smooth these days, but they don’t seem to be facing as many potholes. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that lower fuel prices have served as both a bane and a boon for the trucking business. Waterloo native Bob Costello, chief economist at the Arlington, Virginia-based American Trucking Association, says the industry also faces a driver shortage.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo’s city council is considering a policy that would allow public reprimands for members who leak information discussed in confidential closed sessions. The Courier reports that Ward 3 Councilman Pat Morrissey is asking his colleagues to adopt the policy he developed to deal with elected officials who talk about the discussions that take place during legally closed executive sessions.

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa prison inmate has died in a hospice care unit. The Iowa Department of Corrections says 65-year-old Dennis Duane Richards died Friday at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville. A prison spokesman says Richards died of natural causes related to throat cancer.