DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A judge has upheld a Dubuque city commission’s ruling that a businessman racially discriminated against a former employee. Judge Michael Shubatt issued the decision last week in the case involving Leo Simon, owner of Simon Seeding & Sod, and Jermaine Stapleton, a black man. Stapleton filed a complaint with the Dubuque Human Rights Commission alleging Simon harassed and discriminated against him because of his race

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad says he wants the board that governs Iowa’s three public universities to consider a compromise pitched by student leaders that would lower some proposed tuition increases. Branstad told reporters Monday that student leaders at the University of Iowa offered a “reasonable compromise” to what has been discussed by the Iowa Board of Regents. The regents are scheduled to vote in July on any increases.

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man whose body was recovered from the Des Moines River. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the man was a 40-year-old who lived in Des Moines. His body was spotted early Saturday night and recovered from the river near Yellow Banks Park southeast of Pleasant Hill.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Corrections hired a new warden at a Fort Dodge prison without being told he had been arrested twice for drunken driving and had served time in jail. The Des Moines Register reports the board confirmed the hiring of 53-year-old Robert A. Johnson on May 6 without being told of the arrests for drunken driving in 1991 and 2008.