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Iowa early News Headlines: Tue., 11/28/17

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November 28th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CST

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — An official and relatives have identified two people whose bodies were found in a fire-damaged building in western Iowa. The bodies were found Thursday after firefighters extinguished a fire in a Missouri Valley business that also contained an apartment. On Monday, relatives told the Daily Nonpareil newspaper the bodies were 44-year-old Stacy Larsen and 44-year-old Chad Stevens. John Kraemer, director of forensic operations with the Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office, confirmed their identities.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Alec Baldwin is rallying Iowa Democrats with a mixture of his Donald Trump impression and advice of a serious, party activist headlining a party fundraiser in Des Moines. The actor, who won an Emmy for his portrayal of Trump on “Saturday Night Live”, is entertaining 2,000 party faithful, first posing as a professor of the defunct Trump University, offering courses such as “political science fiction.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit alleging officials at an Iowa school for juvenile offenders are failing to provide adequate mental health care. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Des Moines by Disability Rights Iowa and the national watchdog organization Children’s Rights. The groups allege that officials at the Boys State Training School administer “dangerous” psychotropic medications without adequate oversight and consent.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Medicaid program will provide some patients with coverage under an old state-run system rather than the current privatized setup involving insurance companies. The Des Moines Register reported Monday the Iowa Department of Human Services will resume direct oversight of benefits for roughly 10,000 Medicaid members who tried to switch coverage to the private insurance company Amerigroup. Amerigroup said recently it wasn’t adding new patients.