Iowans are asked to wear red today (Friday), to help promote good heart health. Cardiovascular diseases and stroke are major causes of death in Iowa, while survivors, volunteers, health care providers and donors are building healthier lives. Lauren Livingston, spokeswoman for the Iowa chapter of the American Heart Association, says everyone will be wearing red, even some buildings.

Livingston says, “We’re encouraging everyone we know, all of the companies, sponsors and volunteers across the state, to wear red in numerous ways, wear red in their clothes, to post pictures of themselves wearing red on social media, having educational materials at their workplace, turning their buildings red with light.”

Events are planned in communities across Iowa, including luncheons, dances, Red Runs and Red Dress Dashes, while schools are getting kids involved with Hoops For Hearts and Jump-rope for Hearts. Learn more at: www.heart.org/iowa.

(Radio Iowa)

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A bill proposed by House Republicans would require local police and county sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration officials by disclosing when they have in custody immigrants living in the country without legal permission. The measure would prevent local governments from adopting policies or procedures that limit or restrict the enforcement of any federal immigration law.

EXETER, N.H. (AP) — Stung by his second-place finish in Iowa, Donald Trump is facing new pressure to prove he can translate his massive crowds and poll leads into election wins. On Thursday, he increased the day’s number of planned New Hampshire events from two to five — the most he’d ever advertised.

KEYSTONE, Iowa (AP) — Three people were killed in a four-vehicle crash in eastern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol says three people died and several others were injured Thursday morning after the driver of a minivan lost control of the vehicle on ice and another car crashed into it. The crashes occurred around 5:20 a.m. on an ice-covered section of Highway 30 near Keystone, west of Cedar Rapids.

MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa (AP) — A group of contractors has united to complete a custom-built home in Mediapolis after the original contractor died in a single-vehicle accident before finishing the project. The Burlington Hawk Eye reports that Darin Bush, co-owner of Schulte and Bush Contracting, died January 22nd in the accident near Sperry, about 13 miles north of Burlington.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrats in the Iowa Senate plan on passing a bill next week that would halt Gov. Terry Branstad’s plans to turn over management of the state’s Medicaid program to three private companies. The bill introduced in a subcommittee Wednesday directs the Iowa Department of Human Services to give a 30-day notice of contract termination to the three companies with which the state has contracted for private management of Medicaid.

It also directs the agency to continue previous efforts to improve patient outcomes, increase access to care and make the public management of Medicaid more efficient.

Senate leaders said Thursday they plan to pass the bill out of committees on Monday making it eligible for debate next Thursday. House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says the bill has no chance in the House.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A pollster warned the University of Iowa last year that its public standing was suffering from an image as a heavy-drinking school where sexual assault was too common. In a report obtained by The Associated Press, Washington-based pollster Chris Perkins tells university leaders that those perceptions mean the school “loses credibility as a serious academic institution.” He recommends specific messages for a communications strategy to combat the image.

The university has refused to release the December 2014 poll and others conducted by Perkins, who received the work under a no-bid contract. The AP obtained the report from a university employee who requested anonymity because the school didn’t authorize its disclosure. University spokeswoman Jeneane Beck said Wednesday the polling helped inform its communications and marketing strategies.