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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, March 10th, 2019

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March 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:20 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Iowa’s largest city are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a parking lot. Des Moines police say the death is being investigated as a homicide. The man’s name and details of his death have not been released. Police said in a news release that officers were called to the lot around 1:15 a.m. Saturday for a report of a person down. Arriving officers found the body of 25-year-old Darryn Boles Brooks, of Des Moines.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Administrative Services says it was investigating seven complaints _ six of them sexual harassment complaints _ within state government as of mid-January. That information was given to the Des Moines Register late Friday afternoon in a fully disclosed Jan. 25 letter from the head of the agency. The letter had previously been released, but was heavily redacted. Additional information about the sexual harassment complaints was not provided in the letter.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — It’s time to spring forward again, as the country makes the switch to daylight-saving time. Like those in almost all other states, residents in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri will trade an hour of sleep starting Sunday morning for an extra hour of sunlight in the evening.