Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police officers shot and wounded a man at the end of a chase in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids police say the chase began shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday when officers noticed an orange BMW driving recklessly. The BMW drove the wrong way down a street and turned into an alley before crashing into a telephone pole. The two officers involved were not hurt.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The construction of a giant $2 billion fertilizer plant remains on schedule in northwest Iowa, but the project is nearing its busiest phase when roughly 2,200 workers will be employed on the job. The Sioux City Journal reports construction of the new CF Industries plant is entering its second year, but it remains on track for completion in 2016. Two dozen cranes are in use at the site this month.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The new set of standards for what is taught in Iowa science classrooms could prove divisive because of the sections on evolution and climate change. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports several members of the State Board of Education and some members of the public expressed concerns about those subjects.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Potential Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley says the country needs new perspectives, and he’s criticizing the prospects of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush seeking the White House. The former Maryland governor told ABC’s “This Week” Sunday that the presidency is “not some crown to be passed between two families.”

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The new set of standards for what is taught in Iowa science classrooms could prove divisive because of the sections on evolution and climate change. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports several members of the State Board of Education and some members of the public expressed concerns about those subjects.

Board members Michael Knedler and Mike May said at a meeting last week that they worry that including evolution and climate change could make it difficult to implement the standards statewide. A team of experts is reviewing a set of model science standards. They will make a recommendation to the state board later.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With many state workers poised to soon make monthly health care contributions for the first time, will Iowa lawmakers follow suit? Under a recent arbitration award, workers in the largest state employees’ union will have to start making a monthly contribution of at least $20 to their health benefits starting in January. This will be a shift for the majority of the 19,000 state workers represented by Local 61 the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Lawmakers in the part-time General Assembly can get plans that don’t require a monthly payment. Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen says he’d like to change that. But Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal was less forthcoming on whether he will consider such a change.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

GOOSE LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Officials in the eastern Iowa town of Goose Lake have declared the town’s water system safe and have lifted a boil order this weekend. A water main break Monday night led officials to issue the boil-water advisory.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police say no arrests have been made in a late-night shooting that injured one person. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that officers were called for a report of a shooting around 12:10 a.m. Friday. Police say five minutes later, 19-year-old Marquis Norris arrived at Covenant Medical Center with a gunshot wound.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A 20-year-old Dubuque man is behind bars, accused of trying to abduct an 11-year-old girl as she walked home from school. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that Robert Robbins was arrested Wednesday night after the girl reported that a man followed her as she walked home from school, grabbed her and forced her to a nearby shed. Robbins is being held at the Dubuque County jail on $50,000 cash bond. He could not be reached Saturday for comment.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Animal welfare officials in Iowa are searching for the person who dumped eight newborn kittens in a gas station dumpster in Mason City. The Globe Gazette reports that a gas station employee saw someone throw a black garbage bag Thursday into the trash bin outside of the business. The kittens were taken to the Mason City Stray Animal Shelter, where they died.

A fire that apparently started on a kitchen stove of an upstairs apartment in a downtown Stanton building resulted in one apartment being a total loss, with three others sustaining heavy water damage. According to reports, the blaze at 402 Broad Street began at around 3-p.m.

Crews from Villisca and Red Oak provided mutual aid in battling the flames for about three hours. No injuries were reported.