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June 13th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

MILFORD, Iowa (AP) — The mayor and a City Council member in the northwest Iowa city of Milford have resigned because of disagreements with members elected last fall. The Sioux City Journal reports council member Rick Kilts acknowledged he and Mayor Don Lamb quit Wednesday night.

MURRAY, Iowa (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources has announced a boil advisory for part of the town of Murray, in south-central Iowa. The advisory was issued for the northern part of the city after a water main break on Wednesday. The advisory applies to portions of the city north of Fifth Street. Repairs were made yesterday morning and the system was being flushed. The boil advisory will remain in place until two sets of bacteria samples have been taken, and both show the water is safe.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Police say a Council Bluffs man who went missing died in an accidental New Year’s Eve fire in southwest Iowa. The Daily Nonpareil in Council Bluffs reports that 26-year-old Travis Bach disappeared around the time of the house fire near an Iowa Highway 370 bridge in Mills County.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Roughly 3,000 classic cars and hot rods will cruise through eastern Iowa as part of a tour. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that the cars were to spend Thursday night in Bettendorf. Today they’ll pass through Maquoketa, Bellevue and Dubuque on their way to Wisconsin.