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Iowa early News Headlines: Mon., Aug. 3rd 2015

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August 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

Des Moines – The National Weather Service says a preliminary storm survey is set to take place today (Monday) in Adams County, with regard to the severe thunderstorms that passed through the area Sunday evening. At least four tornado events were reported in the county, with video and photographic evidence of some tornadoes on the ground. Damage was also reported to some rural buildings and other structures near Cromwell, at 120th and Urban Avenue.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa elected officials pride themselves on working in a politically divided government that still gets things done. But after a combative budget process, capped with several vetoes by Governor Terry Branstad, some are questioning how well the system is working. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal says relations between Branstad and lawmakers are near “an all-time low.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is airing the first television ads of her presidential race. The $2 million ad buys start on Tuesday and run in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa group that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights is turning its attention to a lesser-noticed segment of that population: the aging and elderly. The Register reports the group One Iowa hosted its first “Gay and Gray” Iowa Senior Summit on Saturday in Des Moines. Donna Red Wing, the group’s executive director, says she has heard from Iowa residents who fear they’ll live out their days in a senior housing facility where they’ll face discrimination.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say three Polk County sheriff’s deputies were injured while trying to arrest a Mississippi man in Des Moines. Authorities say the deputies were called to a BP gas station shortly before 7:30 a.m. Sunday on a report that two intoxicated males were harassing the store clerk.