Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

ONAWA, Iowa (AP) — A northwest Iowa man has pleaded not guilty in the death of his grandmother. The Sioux City Journal reports 21-year-old Eliot Stowe pleaded not guilty Monday in Monona County District Court. He is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 66-year-old Cheryl Stowe, whose body was found June 27 wrapped in a rug in an area near her home in the tiny community of Castana.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An independent review found that Rep. Rod Blum likely violated a host of ethics rules in his private business dealings. The Office of Congressional Ethics opened the review into Blum, a Republican from Iowa, following an investigation by The Associated Press earlier this year. Its report found “substantial reason to believe” that Blum failed to disclose his ownership of Tin Moon Corp., used House resources to promote the business, and allowed the company to use deceptive marketing practices.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is seeking to enforce a $14,700 judgment against a businessman accused of making racial slurs to belittle black employees. Bruce Smith of West Des Moines and his company, AAA Allied Building Services, have been ordered to pay lost wages and damages to an employee who says he quit after enduring the harassment. The commission has filed a case against Smith in district court seeking to collect the damages, a rare enforcement action for the agency.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A jury in southeast Iowa has found a man not guilty of vehicular homicide in the death of his wife, whose body was found next to a burning car in a harvested cornfield. The Hawk Eye reports a Des Moines County jury Monday found 58-year-old Bradley Wischmeier not guilty of vehicular homicide while intoxicated, a charged that could have resulted in up to 25 years in prison. The jury found him guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The charges followed the death of Lisa Wischmeier.