Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Months of tension over the potential construction of an oil pipeline across Iowa has come to a head at a public hearing in Boone, where people who both oppose and support the project testified about their opinions. Dozens of people crammed into a building Thursday at the Boone County Fairgrounds to speak to the Iowa Utilities Board. Some expressed reservations about the project’s environmental impact, while others spoke of the financial boost.

SHELL ROCK, Iowa (AP) — A farm equipment manufacturer has confirmed layoffs at its Shell Rock plant in northeastern Iowa. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that a spokesman for Kalida, Ohio-based Unverferth Manufacturing Co. says the layoffs will begin November 30th. Jerry Ecklund would not say Wednesday how many people are being laid off nor how many people work at the plant, which makes grain wagons and crop sprayers.

ONAWA, Iowa (AP) — Carly Fiorina says she bears no “ill will” to Hillary Rodham Clinton for not saying more to a man who told her he wants to strangle the Republican presidential candidate. During an event for the Democratic presidential front runner Tuesday, Clinton laughed along with the audience and said, “I wouldn’t mess with you.”

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says Democrats aren’t the enemy, and he’s focused on fixing a broken Washington. The former Florida governor campaigned in Michigan on Thursday, telling Republican activists in Grand Rapids that he’s a conservative with a “servant’s heart.”

Cass County Democratic Party Chair Sherry Toelle said Thursday night, Tim Ennis, of Corning, was unanimously nominated to challenge Republican Tom Moore, of Griswold, during a Special Election set for Dec. 8th, to determine who will replace Representative Jack Drake, in House District 21.

Tim Ennis (Dem.) candidate for House District 21.

A special convention was held in Massena Thursday to determine the Democratic nominee. Ennis was the only candidate to announce his intentions to run for the seat. Republicans held their nominating convention Tuesday night.

The special election for House District 21 was called after Drake, a Republican from Griswold, died in October. Drake had served in the Iowa House for 22-years.
The District includes all of Adams and Union Counties as well as parts of Cass and Pottawattamie Counties.