Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

NORA SPRINGS, Iowa (AP) — The owner of a northern Iowa strip club says he’s not worried about efforts to change the city’s zoning and close his business because he considers it a “theater of performing arts.” Dale Peterson, who recently opened the Pole Barn Theater in downtown Nora Springs, told the Globe Gazette the city’s plan to change zoning for adult entertainment won’t stop him. The City Council will discuss the matter Thursday.

ELK RUN HEIGHTS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a northeast Iowa man has died after he dropped his handgun and was struck by a bullet. Deputies were dispatched to an Elk Run Heights home around 12:30 a.m. Friday and found someone giving CPR to 45-year-old Martin Lawrence. The Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office says he was taken to a Waterloo hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a Waterloo man. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that a Black Hawk County jury handed over the guilty verdict Friday afternoon for 26-year-old James Robert Ernst the Second.

DECORAH, Iowa (AP) — Two doctors who testified for the prosecution at a man’s first-degree murder trial reached slightly different conclusions about how his wife died in her Boone home. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Doctor Michelle Catellier conducted an autopsy on Emily Fazzino’s body, and Doctor Brad Randall reviewed the results. Both doctors testified Friday in a Winneshiek County court.