Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A trailer filled with construction supplies burst into flames in downtown Fort Dodge, causing smoke to fill the air around the city’s municipal building. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports the fire was reported just before noon Tuesday in a 16-foot-long trailer outside the municipal building. The trailer contained tools and supplies for workers rebuilding the structure’s front steps.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man has been found guilty of fatally stabbing a Davenport woman and injuring her husband in 2014. The Quad-City Times reports a jury in Scott County returned a guilty verdict Wednesday in the trial of 49-year-old Gary Fortune on charges including first-degree murder and attempted murder.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz says a Washington Post cartoon depicting his 5- and 7-year-old daughters as monkeys is inappropriate and that children of candidates should be off-limits in campaigns. Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Cruz said he has thick skin but the cartoon “ticks me off.” Cruz said he appreciates the newspaper withdrawing the cartoon.

UPPERCO, Md. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday morning he is moving toward a major shake-up of his struggling campaign, with less than six weeks to go until early voting begins in Iowa to select party nominees. Yet by Wednesday evening, he tried to steer away from that message, announcing that all is well in the Carson camp.