Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:35 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An elections worker with the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office says a petition seeking to add a conservative candidate for attorney general to the November ballot appears to have fallen short of the 1,500 signatures needed. Elections assistant Wes Hicok says the group turned in pages of signatures ahead of the 5 p.m. Saturday deadline, with a formal review of the paperwork taking place Monday. The effort aimed to put attorney Patrick Anderson, of Des Moines, on the ballot.

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (AP) — A Pleasant Hill man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing his girlfriend’s father. The Des Moines Register reports that 27-year-old Ricky St. John was sentenced Friday. In a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the November death of 46-year-old Timothy Neal. St. John had been charged with first-degree murder in the case.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The wife of a former Democratic Iowa congressman has died just eight days after her husband. A spokesman for the family says Darlene “Dody” Boswell died early Saturday morning at a Des Moines hospital following a prolonged illness. She was 82. Her husband, former Rep. Leonard Boswell died Aug. 17. A joint funeral service for the couple was held Saturday. Dody Boswell taught elementary school for 37 years.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Burlington business owners say they’ve seen lighter traffic, but plenty of support, in the wake of a fire in the downtown shopping district. Doreen Roy owns two businesses in the city. Roy tells The Hawk Eye that she’s cautiously optimistic after a blaze destroyed two historic buildings downtown at the Tama Complex earlier this month. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Roy says there’s fewer shoppers downtown but she’s had locals check in on her businesses.