(Radio Iowa) – A bill in the Iowa House would require students to prove they are U-S citizens or are “lawfully present” in the U-S in order to quality for in-state tuition at the state’s public universities and community colleges. Hector Salamanca Arroyo, of Waterloo, says he qualified for in-state tuition to attend DMACC in 2011 before he received deferred-action status under DACA. He told a House subcommittee Monday that without in-state tuition, college would have been unaffordable.

“Education is supposed to be the mechanism that levels the playing field,” he says, “and if an Iowa student is trying to continue their education, we shouldn’t punish them by putting higher education out of reach.” The only supportive comments on the bill came from G-O-P lawmakers on the House panel who said Iowans should not support the tuition of immigrants who are not legally authorized to be in the U-S.

The bill now goes to the full House Judiciary committee.

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) – Summit Carbon Solutions has reached an agreement to nearly double the number of ethanol facilities that will connect to its proposed carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa, the company announced Monday. The agreement with POET — which says it is the world’s largest biofuel producer — would add 17 ethanol plants to the proposed system in Iowa and South Dakota. A dozen of those are in Iowa, which gives Summit a total of 25 in the state. Those sites would extend Summit’s footprint into at least seven new counties in Iowa, but the precise routes of those extensions are not yet clear.

The company could not immediately provide an estimate of how many additional miles of pipe will be required. The new locations are near Arthur, Ashton, Coon Rapids, Corning, Emmetsburg, Fairbank, Gowrie, Hanlontown, Iowa Falls, Jewell, Menlo and Shell Rock. Summit’s first hazardous liquid pipeline permit request — which has reached the final stage of the Iowa Utilities Board regulatory process — includes about 690 miles of pipe and 12 ethanol producers. Summit filed for a second permit for a 31-mile extension to another ethanol plant last year.

2023 map of the original proposed Summit CO2 pipelines

The latest announcement is a direct result of Navigator CO2’s abandonment of a similar pipeline proposal about three months ago. POET had an agreement with Navigator to connect to its system. Summit’s system would connect to ethanol plants in five states and transport their captured carbon dioxide to North Dakota for underground storage. The ethanol plants would then produce fuel that is classified as “low carbon,” enabling the producers to sell into new markets and to be eligible for generous federal tax credits.

The Iowa Utilities Board is now considering whether to grant Summit a permit and what conditions it might have. The board has not indicated when it will issue its decision.

DES MOINES, Iowa [KCCI] – Barry Manilow is planning one final stop in Des Moines. KCCI reports the 80-year-old singer will perform at Wells Fargo Arena for “The Last Des Moines Concert,” part of his summer tour through the Midwest. The concert is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 1. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, via Hy-VeeTix.

GRAND JUNCTION, Iowa ([KCCI] – A Grand Junction woman’s handmade quilt fetched $1,000 in a silent auction Monday night, that raised more than $6,000 for the families of victims in the Perry school shooting.  Ellen McElroy stitched the quilt just months after losing her own son, Arnold Thomas, better known as “Tommy,” who was nine-years old when he was struck by a truck in 1981. Tommy died two days later. The auction winner, Tyler Pieper, said he’ll donate the money and Ellen gets to keep her quilt.

McElroy had submitted her quilt to benefit the family of Ahmir Jolliff — the sixth-grader who was shot and killed at Perry High School on Jan. 4th, and Valentina Mion, a student who was shot in the head.

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston report two people were arrested on separate drug charges, Monday. 42-year-old Brandon Ashley Howe, of Creston, was arrested at 408 S Vine. Howe was taken into custody at around 2:30-p.m., on a Union County Warrant charging him with three counts of Gathering where controlled substances (Other than marijuana) are unlawfully used. Howe was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

And, at around 7:47-p.m., Monday, Creston Police arrested 45-year-old Carrie Nawacy Pendegraft, of Creston, arrested at the intersection Highway 25 and Townline. Pendegraft was charged with Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd Offense/non-Marijuana, Possession Firearm or Offensive Weapon by Felon, Keeping a Premises or Vehicle for Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was taken to the Union County Jail, and later released on a $12,300 cash or surety bond.