Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A train derailment shook several homes in rural eastern Iowa Sunday but the toppled cars avoided the buildings and no injuries were reported. Kerry Rogers told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald it was scary when his house shook and a tree was uprooted during the derailment Sunday morning. Canadian Pacific spokesman Andy Cummings says 26 of the 99 empty cars in the train derailed around 6 a.m. Sunday. The incident happened several miles southeast of Dubuque.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As lawmakers rush to pass a bill to remove funding for Planned Parenthood, some health clinics that could see an increase in patients say they haven’t heard anything about a state-run family planning program that could take effect within months. The GOP-backed legislation flew through the Senate on Thursday and now moves to the House. The bill hinges on rejecting millions in federal Medicaid dollars in order to eliminate state funding for Planned Parenthood.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are trying to find the owner of a dog that two fishermen pulled from the icy Cedar River in Waterloo. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that fishermen Chad and Jason Conkling played a key role in the rescue because they were getting ready to launch their boat nearby when the dog was spotted struggling in the current. The brothers pulled the dog from the water before firefighters could launch a boat.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Black Hawk County officials may try to save a defective Cedar Valley Nature Trail bridge in La Porte City that they were planning to tear down. The Courier reports that Board of Supervisors members have agreed to include $77,000 in next year’s conservation board budget for engineering work on long-term repairs to the span over Wolf Creek. About a dozen cyclists asked the board to save the bridge.