NEOLA, Iowa (AP) — A small western Iowa city will need help with emergency services from neighboring communities after 12 members of its volunteer fire department resigned. A consultant for the city of Neola says the firefighters quit and four remain. Clint Fichter says Neola will be covered temporarily by fire departments in Minden and Underwood. Fichter says he expects the city to hire new firefighters over several months.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats want to have a “tele-caucus” at the same time people across the state gather for the leadoff presidential caucus on February 1. Their idea is to expand access by allowing out-of-state military members and Iowa residents living abroad to join by calling in or using Skype.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines city hall workers will soon relocate to temporary quarters and they will be there until 2018. City leaders have approved a nearly $1 million budget for the move as they prepare for a $5 million overhaul of the building.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge has sentenced a man who was shot by Cedar Rapids police officers. Kyle Orth will serve two 90-day stretches with a 30-day break in-between and three years of probation. Orth was shot in March after police say he aimed his vehicle at officers who’d been chasing him.