Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

UNDATED (AP) — Joe Biden is making clear to voters that he is defending the national health care law known as “Obamacare.” The Democratic presidential candidate says he’s opposing anyone who wants to scrap the health care law. Instead, Biden says Obamacare should be the foundation for changes, including a government insurance plan known as the public option to existing exchanges that sell private insurance. Biden is set to discuss health care on Monday at a forum in Iowa.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Floyd County fair will move forward this week despite damage to several buildings from a tornado that passed through the area earlier this year. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the fair is ready to begin as planned on Wednesday, and only a few modifications are needed because of the storm damage. A tornado destroyed five buildings on the fairgrounds in May and damaged several others.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old boy died after being thrown from an off-road vehicle he was riding in that rolled over. The Des Moines Register reports that the Jackson County Sheriff’s office is investigating the Saturday afternoon crash in a rural area outside Bellevue, Iowa, that happened during a gathering of off-road vehicles.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Emergency response planners will gather in Omaha next month to work on improving the way they plan for disasters. The Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring the conference from Aug. 8-10 for the region that includes Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old boy died after being thrown from an off-road vehicle he was riding in that rolled over. The Des Moines Register reports that the Jackson County Sheriff’s office is investigating the Saturday afternoon crash in a rural area outside Bellevue, Iowa, that happened during a gathering of off-road vehicles.

Authorities say the boy from Clinton, Iowa, was riding in a Chevrolet Suburban driven by a 15-year-old when the crash happened. The 12-year-old was ejected from the vehicle and pinned underneath it. Three other occupants of the vehicle were not hurt.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Emergency response planners will gather in Omaha next month to work on improving the way they plan for disasters.

The Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring the conference from Aug. 8-10 for the region that includes Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.

The conference will feature a tabletop exercise for participants to work through the emergency response process.

More details about the conference are available online .

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Floyd County fair will move forward this week despite damage to several buildings from a tornado that passed through the area earlier this year.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the fair is ready to begin as planned on Wednesday, and only a few modifications are needed because of the storm damage. A tornado destroyed five buildings on the fairgrounds in May and damaged several others, but the main livestock and grandstand buildings remained intact.

Fair Board President Amy Staudt says organizers and volunteers have been working hard to get ready. Some of the buildings that were destroyed housed chicken and rabbits, so those animals will only come to the fair for the day to compete and then go home.

Tents are also being used to help fill some gaps.

ANAMOSA – Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) said Sunday, prison inmate Wayne Eugene Sinclair was pronounced dead due to apparent suicide at around 6:35 a.m., Saturday, July 13, 2019.  Sinclair was 52 years old at the time of his death.

Sinclair had been incarcerated at the Anamosa State Penitentiary for the crime of Attempted Murder and other crimes from Warren County. His incarceration began on November 9, 1999.

The department releases all inmates suspected to have committed suicide to the State Medical Examiner, and conducts an investigation. When the death of an incarcerated person occurs, the department makes every attempt to notify registered victims.

Sheriff’s Deputies in Adams County arrested a Corning woman Saturday afternoon. 19-year old Lacey Goodnight was arrested at around 2-p.m., for Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. Authorities say an investigation determined Goodnight intentionally kicked-in a door to a residence at 2021 Quincy Avenue, in Corning.

Her alleged actions caused damage to the door and door frame. Bond was set at $300.

Members of the CAM School Board will meet 6:30-p.m. Monday, in a regular session. In addition to their regular, administrative subjects to cover, the Board will discuss and/or act on:

• The Boyd-Jones Facility Study
• A School Resource Office (SRO) Agreement
• The setting of lunch prices/student fees
• Handbooks
• Facility Projects
• Consideration of a change or changes to regular board meeting dates.
• and the Instructional Support Levy (ISL).

A public hearing will be held Monday, during a regular meeting of the Exira-EHK School Board. The hearing is with regard to a Resolution to Expend Funds from [the] District Flexibility Account.

In other business, the Board will discuss and take action on: Approving the aforementioned Resolution; A Resolution to Adopt Return to Play protocol; Approving an Emergency Operations Plan; A Wrestling Sharing Agreement with Audubon; Approving the sharing of a Transportation Director Agreement with IKM-Manning; the Appointments of Tami Jacobsen as Board Secretary, and Karli North as Treasurer/School Business Official.

The Exira-EHK School Board meeting takes place 6-p.m. Monday in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building.