Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a man after a nearly four-hour standoff at an apartment complex in eastern Des Moines. Des Moines Police say officers responding to reports of gunfire shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday found the suspect on a second-floor balcony. The man fired at police and two officers returned fire before he retreated inside an apartment. The man was arrested without incident nearly four hours after police arrived. He was alone in the apartment. No injuries were immediately reported

NEW PROVIDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A 26-year-old man is facing several animal neglect charges after authorities found several malnourished and dead goats on his property in north-central Iowa. The Hardin County Sheriff’s department found two dead goats and a malnourished goat in an outdoor shed without bedding or food when they visited the man’s property on Oct. 30. A veterinarian determined that the malnourished goat needed to be euthanized because of its condition. Authorities also found three dead goats on the property.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg is leaning hard on his seven-month deployment as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan as a powerful credential, but the Democratic presidential candidate is walking a narrow path between giving his wartime service its due and overstating it. As his support grows, Buttigieg can expect greater scrutiny of his military record in a political climate where military service is far from sacred. He’s careful to not call himself a combat veteran even as he notes the danger he faced.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The number of Democrats running for president is growing as Election Day approaches. And on the ground in the states that matter most this primary season, voters have a clear message: Stop. Late entries into the race have exposed a fresh divide in a party already plagued by divisions. On one side are establishment leaders who are concerned about the direction of the race and welcome new candidates. On the other are voters in key states who say they’re satisfied with their options.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a man after a nearly four-hour standoff at an apartment complex in eastern Des Moines. Des Moines Police say officers responding to reports of gunfire at an apartment in the 35-hundred block of E. Douglas Avenue, shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday, found the suspect, 25-year old Troy Donald Ramero Ruggles, on a second-floor balcony. The man fired at police and two officers returned fire before he retreated inside an apartment.

Ruggles was arrested without incident at around 9-a.m., or nearly four hours after police arrived. He was alone in the apartment. No injuries were immediately reported in the incident. Ruggles was charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, and two counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

NEW PROVIDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A 26-year-old man is facing animal neglect charges after authorities found several malnourished and dead goats on his property in north-central Iowa. The Hardin County Sheriff’s department found two dead goats and a malnourished goat in an outdoor shed without bedding or food when they visited the man’s property on Oct. 30. A veterinarian determined that the malnourished goat needed to be euthanized because of its condition.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that authorities also found three dead goats on the property that had been dead for more than a week. The man has been charged with three counts of animal neglect and three counts of failing to dispose of dead animals.

A couple of area school district Boards of Education will hold separate meetings Monday evening. The Griswold School Board meeting will gather at 5:30-p.m. in their Board Room. Old business on their agenda includes a regular update from KPE Architects and Estes Construction, with regard to district facilities project.

New business/action items include: Considering the approval of resignations with consideration given to Contract Enforcement; A Stormwater Practices Proposal; Approval of a Budget Guarantee Resolution; and information with regard to the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress, results.

In Elk Horn, the Exira-EHK School Board meets at 6-p.m. Monday, in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building. Under Old Business, the Board will discuss and/or take action on approving Personnel Hires, Transfers, Resignations and related matters. The Old Board will then adjourn, to be followed by an organizational meeting of newly elected and returning School Board members.

During the Organizational Meeting, new members will be sworn-in, and Officers will be elected and given the Oath Office. Regular administrative matters will follow.

Members of the City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors will meet 5:15-p.m. Monday, in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. During their session, the Board will discuss changes to the City’s Code of Ordinances with regard to the Board’s Powers and Duties, the first reading of which will take place during the Atlantic City Council meeting Wednesday evening.

They’ll also receive updates from Parks & Rec Director Bryant Rasmussen, with regard to: The Schildberg Recreation Area; Portable toilets; the closing of roads at Sunnyside Park; the Ice Skating Rink; a FEMA update, and a report on the T-Bone Trail Head Gazebo.

New Gazebo installed on the southwest corner of the Atlantic Sports Complex, as part of a T-Bone Trail attraction. (Ric Hanson/photo)

Rasmussen is also expected to inform the Board that: Fall decorations are set-up at the entry signs to the City; Prairie Seeds were harvested from the AMU Well Fields; and speak with regard to other department matters.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:15 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa health officials say two people in the state have died from complications of the flu in recent weeks. The Iowa Department of Public Health says the deaths occurred in a woman between the ages of 61 and 80 in central Iowa and in a woman older than 81 in northwest Iowa. Officials say both women had underlying conditions or other contributing factors in their deaths.

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified a worker killed in an industrial accident at a biofuels plant in central Iowa. Police tell television station WOI that Carlos Mauricio Partillo Montufar was pinned under equipment Thursday at Verbio North America’s Biorefinery in Nevada, which is about 40 miles north of Des Moines. Rescue workers arrived to free him, but he died at the scene. An autopsy has been ordered.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mark Cady, the soft-spoken chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court who wrote key decisions on gay marriage and abortion access that rankled social conservatives, has died at the age of 66. Cady’s family says in a statement posted on the court’s website that he died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Friday night. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in statement Saturday that she was heartbroken to learn of Cady’s death and she ordered flags be flown at half-staff until a memorial service is held.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A new study says sport fish have declined significantly in portions of the Upper Mississippi River infested with Asian carp. It found that sport fish such as yellow perch and bluegill fell between 1994 and 2013 in three locations infested with silver carp. Meanwhile, sport fish numbers rose in other places farther upstream that the carp hadn’t reached. The lead author says the findings show the urgency of stopping the carp’s advance.

(In an update to our earlier reports) – The Iowa State Patrol says one person died and another was injured during a head-on collision Friday evening in northern Iowa’s Cerro Gordo County. Authorities say a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by 80-year old Richard Westcott, of Clear Lake, and a 1991 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 51-year old Travis Stohr, of Woden, collided in a fiery crash that happened at around 6:36-p.m. Friday on U-S Highway 122, near the Mason City Airport.

Authorities say the van was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of Highway 122, at the same time the pickup was traveling in the same lane. The vehicles collided in the left lane of westbound 122. Westcott died at the scene. He was not wearing a seat belt. Stohr was also not wearing a seat belt. He was transported by medical helicopter to a hospital in Rochester, MN.

The accident remains under investigation.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City has kicked off its program to manage the city’s deer population. The city has placed deer crossing signage in several locations, including along Scott Boulevard and First Avenue.

City officials say deer activity in these areas is likely to increase in the coming weeks, and drivers are urged to use caution in the posted locations. The city has also signed a contract with White Buffalo to sharp shoot during the upcoming winter to reduce the growing population of deer within city limits.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A new study says sport fish have declined significantly in portions of the Upper Mississippi River infested with Asian carp. The study’s lead author says it’s among the first to establish a solid link between the presence of invasive carp and a drop-off of native species.

It found that numbers of sport fish such as yellow perch and bluegill fell between 1994 and 2013 in three locations infested with silver carp. Meanwhile, sport fish increased in other places farther upstream that the carp hadn’t reached.

The paper says Asian carp are gobbling up plankton that sport fish need for survival when young. Fish biologist John Chick says the report illustrates the urgency of preventing the carp from moving into other sections of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes.

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff today Saturday, November 16th to sunset on the day of Justice Cady’s memorial service, in honor and remembrance of Chief Justice Mark Cady, who served Iowa with dedication and distinction as the Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. Details regarding the memorial service are forthcoming.

Flags will be at half-staff on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex. Flags will also be half-staff on all public buildings, grounds and facilities throughout the state. Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flags at half-staff for the same length of time.