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Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, May 28th 2016

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May 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been charged after Sioux City police say he shot a water pipe in a hotel room, flooding two floors. Sgt. Scott Hatting says 30-year-old Brett Anderson was inside a Super 8 Hotel room Friday when he accidentally fired his gun. Hatting says a water pipe was struck, causing water to flood the first and second floors. No injuries were reported. The Sioux City Journal reports Anderson was arrested and charged with reckless use of a firearm.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa spokeswoman says authorities are investigating an explosion and fire that left one person dead. UI spokeswoman Jeneane Beck says university police and Iowa City firefighters responded to a report of an explosion about 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Hawkeye Drive Apartments. Beck says police are investigating a single fatality. Authorities aren’t releasing the name of the victim.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says Iowa residents may fish without a license next weekend. The department announced their free fishing weekend will run June 3-5. Although purchasing a license won’t be required, all over fishing regulations will still be in place. Joe Larscheid, chief of the Iowa DNR’s Fisheries Bureau, says he hopes this initiative inspires anglers to purchase an annual fishing license.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa officials say a goat that escaped a research lab and was on the loose in Iowa City for 10 days has been euthanized. The goat, nicknamed “William the Goat,” was put down on March 22, which is protocol in the research study the animal was used for. Officials say the euthanasia was not connected to the escape.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The possibility of an American Indian burial site in Iowa may require relocation of a crude oil pipeline route which would delay the beginning of construction in Iowa, the only one of four states where work hasn’t begun. The Dakota Access pipeline passes through the Big Sioux Wildlife Management area where an American Indian tribe says it has a burial site. The pipeline also goes through the Dakotas and Illinois.