Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:45 a.m. CDT

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police in northeastern Iowa say a Waterloo woman wounded in an accidental shooting is expected to recover. The Courier reports that the woman was taken to a hospital following the shooting Thursday night. Police say first responders were called to a home around 10:15 p.m. Thursday and found the woman with a single gunshot wound to the torso. Officers say a man at the house was handling a handgun when it accidentally fired.

ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa say a 19-year-old woman has died after being hit by a pickup truck. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday at an Altoona intersection. The Iowa State Patrol says the truck was northbound and had a green light when it hit the woman. The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to a hospital, where she died.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An agricultural economist says the Trump administration’s decision to base new handouts to farmers hit by the trade war with China on how many acres they’ve planted might be a fairer way to distribute the cash. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Thursday that the government will pay another $16 billion in aid to farmers affected by the president’s trade war with China. Scott Irwin, a University of Illinois agricultural economist says per acre payments are fairer than per bushel.

HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha, Nebraska, says repair work on a levee breach near Hamburg, Iowa, has been completed. The agency said in a news release Friday that the breach was one of four priority breaches to be closed in the wake of historic flooding along the Missouri River in March. The Corps says the work was completed Thursday after work began in early May.

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 1:40-p.m. today (Saturday), the Marshall County Communications Center received a report of an airplane crash in the 2700-block of Parker Avenue, near Haverhill (Iowa). As deputies arrived, they located the pilot outside the aircraft, which was being used to apply agricultural chemicals. The pilot, John Yost, was not injured during the landing and the aircraft sustained minor damage to a wing during the emergency landing.

Photos from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page

It was reported by the pilot the empty aircraft was experiencing mechanical problems as it was heading back the the airport. The pilot decided to make a controlled emergency landing in a nearby hayfield. The aircraft is owned and operated by John Yost, contracted by Meyer Ag Service to apply agricultural chemicals.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police in northeastern Iowa say a Waterloo woman wounded in an accidental shooting is expected to recover. The Courier reports that the woman was taken to a hospital following the shooting Thursday night.

Police say first responders were called to a home around 10:15 p.m. Thursday and found the woman with a single gunshot wound to the torso. Officials say she underwent surgery for her injuries.

Officers say a man at the house was handling a handgun when it accidentally fired.

The 2019 Governor’s Charity Steer Show will mark the 37th consecutive year the beef industry has raised funds to help families who utilize the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa. This year, the show ring competition takes place Saturday, Aug. 10, at 4:00 p.m., in the Pioneer Livestock Pavilion at the Iowa State Fair. Celebrities will lead 25 steers around the ring, vying for the championship designation, showmanship honors, and the People’s Choice award. Immediately following the competition, the steers will be sold at auction with proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa. Both the show ring event and the auction are open to the general public.

Since the Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association began the Governor’s Charity Steer Show in 1983, the effort has raised more than $3.5 million for the Des Moines, Iowa City and Sioux City Ronald McDonald House Charities. The houses provide a “home away from home” for families of seriously ill children being treated in area hospitals and have served nearly 47,000 families.

Each of the 25 steers are owned by Iowa youth who have cared for the animals and participated in other shows with them. The youth prepare the animals for the show and assist a celebrity in the show ring. Sponsors reimburse the youth for the cost of the animal and choose the celebrity. Youth participating in the 2019 Governor’s Charity Steer Show will also learn additional information about the beef industry on Thursday, and volunteer some time with the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Des Moines on Friday, Aug. 9th.

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Three people from Clinton (in eastern Iowa), were injured during a single-vehicle accident at around 1:35-p.m. Friday. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2000 Pontiac Montana van driven by a 27-year old from Clinton, was westbound on 292nd Street, when the driver lost control. When the van entered the south shoulder, the driver over-corrected, causing the vehicle to rollover before landing on its passenger side in the westbound lanes. The driver and his two passengers, one of whom is 24 and who was not wearing a seat belt, were injured and transported to Genesis East Hospital, by DeWitt Ambulance. The names of the injured during being withheld by authorities, pending an investigation. The driver and the other passenger were wearing their seat belts, according to the Patrol.

A single-vehicle accident in southeast Iowa’s Van Buren County has claimed the life of an Ottumwa man. The Iowa State Patrol reports 55-year old Michael Dewayne Lawson was driving a 2015 Chevy northbound on County Road V-56 at around 11:30-p.m., Friday, when he ran the stop sign at the intersection of V-56 and J-40. His vehicle crossed through the intersection and entered the north ditch, striking the embankment. Lawson, who was not wearing a seat belt, died from his injuries at the scene.

(Radio Iowa) — Farmers who are being financially hurt by international trade disputes will be able to apply for a second round of payments from the federal government starting Monday. Unlike last year, row-crop farmers will get payments based on their county, not the specific crop they planted. Former Iowa ag secretary, now an undersecretary with the U-S-D-A, Bill Northey says checks will start going out next month. “Payments we expect to start mid- to late-August and will be made to three groups of folks,” Northey says. “We have the non-specialty crops, that county payment rate, specialty crops, and then to our dairy and hog producers.”

County rates reflect how much money the U-S-D-A calculated an area lost due to reduced exports and range from 15 to 150 dollars per acre. U-S Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the payments are meant to help, but won’t make anyone whole.  Perdue says, “President Trump understands that these are the people who are producing and they are the disproportionate bearers of the trade disruption.”

Pork and dairy farmers, and producers of specialty crops like fruits and nuts, will be paid separately. The U-S-D-A raised the amount a farmer can get from the payouts to 500-thousand dollars, if they’re eligible for payments in two or three categories. Perdue says it’s all in keeping with President Trump’s promise.”His administration’s not going to stand by while our productive farmers are treated unfairly by countries acting in bad faith,” Perdue says. “These are the men and women, year after year, who put their equity on the line, assume the financial risk, and every time, they plant a new crop and keep going.”

Iowa State University ag economist Chad Hart says the change from the 2018 payment program will eliminate complaints that soybeans got a much bigger payout than corn. “It’s still targeted by crop even though the crop does not directly factor into the mix of how big your payment is,” Hart says. Overall, the government plans to distribute more than 14-billion dollars in aid to farmers and ranchers through the Market Facilitation Program, or M-F-P. Sign-ups will be taken through December 6th.

More at farmers.gov/mfp
(Thanks to Amy Mayer at Iowa Public Radio, and Gina Cerrentano, KICD, Spencer)

A 19-year old woman who was struck by a pickup truck Friday night while crossing a street, has died. The Iowa State Patrol reports the woman was crossing Hubble Avenue at Tallgrass Parkway in Altoona, when she was struck by a 2002 Chevy pickup driven by 31-year old Andrew W. Reed, of Altoona. The accident happened at around 9:40-p.m., Friday.

Authorities say Reed had a green light at the intersection. The accident victim’s name was being withheld pending notification of family.