Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Ames’ plantings in beds and containers not only keep downtown looking lush, they also feed the hungry. For a second year, Ames Main Street has substituted edible landscaping _ including potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant, cucumbers and okra _ for the flowers it used to plant. On Friday, volunteers harvested more than 200 pounds of sweet potatoes from 25 planters along the street.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A 27-year-old woman has died after a rollover crash on an all-terrain vehicle in eastern Iowa over the weekend. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports the crash happened early Sunday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential prospect Cory Booker is planning to headline a state Democratic banquet in Iowa next month, raising the New Jersey senator’s profile on the heels of his spotlight role in Supreme Court confirmation hearings. A statement from the Iowa Democratic Party says Booker is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Oct. 6 event in Des Moines. Booker would be the first among the party’s better-known national figures to visit the leadoff primary state this year.

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (AP) — Court documents say a 12-year-old Iowa boy pointed a gun at his teacher’s face and pulled the trigger, but the safety was on. The Courier reports that court documents say the boy entered a North Scott Junior High classroom on Aug. 31 with a .22-caliber handgun. The boy is charged with attempted murder.