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Iowa early News Headlines: Wed., June 1st 2016

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June 1st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:40 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have identified the 60-year-old man whose body was recovered from the Des Moines River last week. Authorities say Leonard Dawson’s body was pulled from the river Thursday afternoon near the Southeast 14th Street bridge in Des Moines. Police say Dawson was reported missing by his family earlier this month. Authorities have not released an official cause of death but they say there were no obvious signs of injury

LA MOTTE, Iowa (AP) — No injuries were reported after a Dubuque school bus hit an agricultural sprayer. The bus drove onto private farm property near La Motte in an attempt to turn around Tuesday morning and hit the boom of a sprayer. The sprayer broke the front windshield of the bus and also hit a side window. The sprayer broke the front windshield of the bus and also hit a side window. Students on the bus were not injured.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Although rain has slowed progress in some regions of the country, farmers planting corn remain ahead of schedule. Nationally, 94 percent of the crop is planted, two percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Most students at Iowa’s three public universities would pay $300 more in the upcoming school year under a plan to increase tuition. The 4.4 percent increase for undergraduate in-state students would replace a tuition freeze approved by the Board of Regents and make up for a stingy budget approved by lawmakers.