Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two young black men have filed a lawsuit alleging that they were racially profiled by two white Des Moines police officers who pulled over their car for no apparent reason and handcuffed one of them while searching the vehicle without a warrant or probable cause. The lawsuit over the July 15 stop was filed Friday on behalf of 23-year-old Montray Little and 21-year-old Jared Clinton.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A top Republican fundraiser whose firm works for several prominent immigration hardliners is the partial owner of the land where the Mexican man accused of killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts lived rent-free. Nicole Schlinger is married to the president of the family farm that has acknowledged providing employment and housing to Tibbetts’ suspected killer for four years.
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — A candidate for Boone County attorney has filed a lawsuit against the Wapello and Boone county attorneys and others. The Ottumwa Courier reports Friday the suit filed by Republican lawyer Stephen Swanson, who now is running for Boone County attorney, was prompted by an Aug. 10 story by The Des Moines Register. The story said when Swanson worked as an assistant county attorney in Ottumwa, he lost his job because of missing court deadlines. Swanson disputes those claims and says he resigned.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say they’re giving a $344 million raise to two companies that manage the state’s Medicaid program. The state’s share is nearly $103 million, or a 7.5 percent increase. The federal government will cover the remainder. The Iowa Department of Human Services, which oversees the health care program for 680,000 poor and disabled Iowans, said Friday the additional funding is “a manageable increase.”