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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., March 23rd 2013

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March 23rd, 2013 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad is ordering flags to fly at half-staff next week to honor an Iowa soldier killed in Afghanistan. Branstad has ordered all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to honor U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Steven Blass. The 27-year-old from Estherville in northwest Iowa died on March 11th when a helicopter crashed in Kandahar province.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A panel of budget experts says overall state revenue will come in slightly higher than expected for the current fiscal year. The Revenue Estimating Conference met yesterday to project state revenue numbers. The three-member panel includes the governor’s top budget adviser, the financial adviser to the Legislature and an independent member, Mason City economist David Underwood.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — An attorney for an eastern Iowa school superintendent accused of drunken driving wants evidence collected during his arrest to be inadmissible at trial. Robert Bembridge says neither a witness nor officer saw Jeff Corkery (KORK’-ur-ree) turn on his car or drive it when he was arrested in November. A Buchanan County judge has pushed Corkery’s trial to May.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Freshman Georges Niang matched a season high with 19 points and Iowa State dismantled Notre Dame 76-58 last night in Dayton, Ohio. The 10th-seeded Cyclones will play Number 2 seed Ohio State tomorrow in the NCAA tournament.