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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., Oct. 28th 2015

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October 28th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of students, parents and other concerned Sioux City residents have protested Donald Trump’s appearance at a northwestern Iowa high school. Organizer Ismael Valadez says Trump’s harsh statements on immigration and characterization of Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals in his June announcement speech should have led school officials to bar him from speaking at West High School. Sioux City Schools officials say the event is not school-sponsored.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A kinder, humbler Donald Trump has emerged at a rally in Sioux City. Unseated as the front-runner in Iowa polls, the billionaire businessman and Republican presidential contender took a less brash approach to Tuesday evening’s event. He urged those gathered to get his poll numbers up ahead of February’s caucuses.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man who killed himself after firing shots at two locations in eastern Iowa was involved in a domestic dispute with his estranged wife. Bettendorf police spokeswoman Lauran Haldeman said Tuesday that 40-year-old Robert Mayes the Second of Coal Valley, Illinois was looking for his wife when he fired shots Monday inside a Davenport building that houses a law firm.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker has announced a hearing to investigate allegations of inappropriate content at a conference earlier this year on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Representative Bobby Kaufmann said Tuesday that members of the House Government Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on November 18th.