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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Nov. 28th 2018

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November 28th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Trial for a woman charged in the death of a Fort Dodge woman has been moved from Webster County to Story County. The Des Moines Register reports that the move of 27-year-old Mackenzie Knigge’s trial was ordered Tuesday by a judge to counter pretrial publicity. The charge against her was also amended to aiding and abetting first-degree murder in the 2017 death of 26-year-old Jessica Gomez. Her trial is now set for June.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa hospital has notified around 1,900 patients about what may have been an inappropriate access of their medical records. Mercy Medical Center _ North Iowa in Mason City says in letters sent Monday that the records were accessed by an employee between July 2017 and this past July, but officials have been unable to determine whether the records were viewed for job-related purposes. A hospital spokeswoman says the now-former employee did not have access to financial information.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal investigators have issued their final report on a fiery 2017 derailment in northwest Iowa that was caused by a broken rail. The National Transportation Safety Board issued its final report Tuesday on the Union Pacific derailment that released 322,000 gallons of ethanol near Graettinger, Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — American farmers still working to get out their remaining soybeans after a weather-plagued harvest season are struggling to figure out what to do with a record crop now their traditionally dominant export market is largely closed. China, a leading soybean consumer, has all but stopped buying American soybeans in response to President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, and economists are warning some famers could be forced out of business by the export crisis.