Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As predicted, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it plans to keep water releases into the lower Missouri River elevated, as runoff continues to keep upstream reservoirs full. The Corps said in a news release Tuesday that water releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border will remain at current levels, which _ at 70,000 cubic feet per second _ are more than double the average amount for this time of year.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state has settled a complaint with a Cedar Rapids woman and her son who threatened to file an excessive force lawsuit over a May 2018 incident in which officers in pursuit of a suspect entered a home and restrained several people. The State Appeal Board on Tuesday approved a $100,000 settlement with Shashona Wright, the mother of Lamonte O’Neal, after they threatened to file a federal lawsuit claiming O’Neal was injured. The state denies injuries occurred.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — A religious activist accused of burning four LGBTQ children’s books that he checked out of a library in Iowa has been convicted of criminal mischief and fined. Sioux County Attorney Thomas Kunstle says 63-year-old Paul Robert Dorr, of Ocheyedan, was found guilty of the misdemeanor Tuesday and ordered to pay $125 in fines and court costs. Dorr posted a video to Facebook in October in which he denounced the Orange City library and threw the books into a burning barrel.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least six Democratic presidential candidates are set to attend a forum in Iowa this Saturday organized by gun control advocates in the wake of two mass shootings that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio. The forum is sponsored by the groups Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action. It will be held in Des Moines while many Democratic White House hopefuls are in Iowa to campaign.