Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Wal-Mart says it will increase wages for roughly 15,400 Iowa workers. The company announced that workers who were hired before Jan. 1 at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club locations in Iowa will be paid at least $10 an hour. Employees will see the increase on their paychecks beginning Thursday.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Officials have identified the woman who was killed in a Council Bluffs house fire. The Council Bluffs Fire Department identified 67-year-old Stella Neighbors as the woman who was found dead Friday after fire crews responded to her burning home.

DECORAH, Iowa (AP) — Jurors began deliberating whether to convict a former Boone man of murder in the death of his wife. The jury started going through evidence and testimony after lawyers presented their closing arguments in a Winneshiek County court. Alexander Fazzino is charged with first-degree murder in the January 2012 death of Emily Fazzino. First responders found her on the bathroom floor of the couple’s home.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Public documents show an Iowa state trooper has resigned after being arrested following a drunken, late-night disturbance in which he repeatedly pounded on a female neighbor’s door. After his arrest, Cedar Rapids-based trooper Patrick Steinbach received special treatment at the Iowa County Jail, where the booking officer did not take his mug shot or require him to wear a jumpsuit.