Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The largest food bank in the Iowa City area is asking for donations after seeing record demand for July. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the Johnson County Crisis Center Food Bank in Iowa City logged 4,400 uses in July, a record high. Food bank director Sarah Benson Witry says summer usually brings only moderate demand for food.
BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa skydiver has died in an accident near Brooklyn, about 60 miles east of Des Moines. Officials say the skydiver was in a plane that took off around 5:30 p.m. Friday when his parachute accidentally deployed, pulling him from the plane. The man’s body was found in a field near Brooklyn. Officials have not released the man’s name, but the Des Moines Register reports he is from Brooklyn.
GARNER, Iowa (AP) — After a 40-year hiatus, movies are again being shown at the Avery Theatre in the north-central Iowa town of Garner. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that Friday was the official opening of the restored art deco movie theater, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A spokeswoman for the Iowa Department of Public Safety says she’s leaving after more than six years with the agency. DPS information specialist Jessica Lown said Friday that she has taken a job with a Des Moines marketing firm ZLR Ignition, and her last day with the state will be Wednesday.