Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Court documents say a Marshalltown man accused of killing another man put fingers, teeth and patches of tattooed skin in bags set for curbside garbage delivery. Unsealed search warrants made public Tuesday say 30-year-old Jeremy Gartin carried five trash bags out of his Marshalltown home on October 1st. That’s the same day 59-year-old David Warnell was found dead inside with a gun wound to the head.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Animal control officers in Des Moines used a tranquilizer to capture a Boer goat that had dived into traffic and was on the run for hours. The Des Moines Register reports officers chased the goat around the dealership before using a tranquilizer to stop her. Authorities are now looking for the goat’s owner.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A Muscatine woman has been given a gold medal and a title from a Chinese group. The Muscatine Journal says Sarah Lande has been dubbed a “friendship ambassador” by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. Lande is an old acquaintance of Chinese President Xi Jinping. She and her husband, Roger, hosted Xi for a dinner when he visited Iowa in 1985.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — A state group has approved a $78,000 grant to partially fund an amphitheater in a Waverly park. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Vision Iowa’s Enhancement Community Attraction and Tourism program has awarded the grant for the amphitheater in the northeast Iowa city’s Kohlmann Park.