Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has filed yet another lawsuit against a major media organization, claiming he was defamed in a magazine story about his family’s Iowa dairy farm. Rep. Devin Nunes of California is seeking $77.5 million in the lawsuit filed Monday against Esquire publisher Hearst Magazines and former reporter Ryan Lizza, now a correspondent for Politico. Nunes filed similar lawsuits against Twitter and newspaper publisher The McClatchy Co. earlier this year.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa is investigating after racist graffiti was found scrawled on a library wall at the school. The graffiti included a crude outline of the state of Iowa inside a rough outline of Africa. The word “Nigeria” _ misspelled to include a racial slur _ was written above the drawing. Someone posted a photo of it Wednesday on Twitter, and the university responded with its own tweet. The university called it a “hateful message” that “does not reflect the values of our institution.”

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a central Iowa pastor was robbed and beaten to death outside his church. Police say officers sent to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge on Wednesday evening found the Rev. Allen Henderson lying unresponsive outside of the building. He was pronounced dead at a hospital of injuries indicating he had been assaulted. Police later arrested a 36-year-old man and say he acknowledged that he had fought a man at the church and taken his phone.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After an unusually rainy September, the amount of water flowing down the lower Missouri River this year is likely to match the 2011 record. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it now expects 61 million acre feet of water to flow down the Missouri River this year.