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Iowa early News Headlines: Fri., Dec. 4th 2015

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December 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republican Party of Iowa says it has confirmed all of its precinct locations for next year’s presidential caucuses. The party announced Thursday that caucuses will take place in 1,681 locations throughout the state on February 1st.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A petition signed by hundreds of people could spur Davenport’s outgoing mayor to veto an overhaul of the city’s bus service. The Quad-City Times reports Mayor Bill Gluba says the petition with 410 signatures indicates that “low-income riders are being ignored.” Gluba, who lost re-election and is in his last month as mayor, says he’ll decide this week whether to veto the plan.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A gas main break clogged streets in downtown Des Moines Thursday afternoon as police and firefighters block traffic while utility workers scramble to fix the problem. KCCI-TV reports the break made firefighters close stretches of Grand and Locust streets between Third and Fifth avenues about 4 p.m.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The leader of a national Muslim-American organization has invited Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come to Jersey City and meet with Muslims there. Last month Trump claimed he saw television reports of “thousands of people” in Jersey City cheering as the Twin Towers fell on September 11th, 2001. The city has a significant population of Muslim immigrants. Governor Chris Christie and other New Jersey officials say the celebrations described by Trump never happened in their state.