Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Protesters angry about the hiring of the new University of Iowa president have disrupted a meeting of the school’s governing board to demand members’ resignations. Hundreds of professors, students and others packed into a ballroom in the student union during a meeting of the Board of Regents on Wednesday. They called for the resignation of board president Bruce Rastetter and the other regents. They also delivered a petition calling for incoming school president Bruce Harreld to step aside, and for a new search to be conducted.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jurors have told a federal judge they’re stuck in deliberations in the trial of two aides to Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign who are accused of making secret payments to a state lawmaker. The jury deliberated for several hours Wednesday in the Des Moines trial of Jesse Benton and Dimitri Kesari. They will resume deliberations Thursday morning.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials say the death of a 20-year-old Mason City man was an accident. Mason City police announced Wednesday that toxicology tests show William Whipple died August 26th from a mixed drug toxicity. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports Whipple was found unresponsive in a residence and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A taxidermist has been given 27 months in prison for purchasing and transporting black rhinoceros horns from Oregon to Iowa. Court records say James Hess of Maquoketa was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. He must also serve three years of supervised release after leaving prison.