Dave and Buster’s — a national chain of restaurants with video arcades — wants to expand in Iowa and give customers PlayStations and iPads as prizes. But Iowa law limits the value of prizes for “concession games” In retail establishments to no more than $100. David Adelman, a lobbyist for Dave and Buster’s, is urging Iowa legislators to lift the limit and let the business to come to Iowa. “The construction investment, the property taxes, the sales taxes to the state — I mean, states around the country have seen this as a no-brainer,” Adelman says. “Again, it’s a job-creating opportunity. This is a family-friendly environment.”

Similar establishments in Iowa such as Chuck E. Cheese’s or Fun City operate under the 100 dollar limit. The bill would raise the limit to 950 dollars. The state’s gambling industry warns it’s a slippery slope that could make “amusement devices” in these establishments similar to casino games. Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, patronizes a Dave and Buster’s across the border in Omaha. “We’ve had a Dave and Buster’s I believe for probably the past 10 years and casinos for at least 20 to 25 (years),” Dawson says. “I’ve never heard anyone in my metro area talk about a cannibalizing or businesses or competing operations or anything along those lines.”

Dave and Busters, a Dallas-based business, operates more than 100 locations around the country. The bill it backs in the Iowa legislature must pass a committee by the end of next week or the proposal will be ineligible for consideration again this year.

(Radio Iowa)

Authorities in southeast Iowa are investigating a fatal accident that happened at around 10:45-p.m., Tuesday. The Iowa State Patrol reports 41-year old Christopher James Feldman, of Bloomfield, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene, when his 1997 Toyota went out of control on northbound Highway 63, and collided with a southbound 2017 Mack semi tractor.The driver of the semi was identified as 61-year old Marion Dale Zook, of Ankeny. Zook was not injured in the crash.

Following the collision, both vehicles came to rest in the west ditch.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys for Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and his neighbors say they’ve settled a years-long dispute over a private road. Trial had been scheduled to start Tuesday in a case that pitted the nation’s longest-tenured college football coach and his wife against the other families living along a road outside Iowa City. The lawsuit involved the cost of road maintenance and claims that the Ferentzes’ privacy fencing and landscaping were encroachments. Both sides say they’re pleased to settle the case.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say eight died – including two teenage sisters _ on Iowa roads as a winter storm swept the state Monday, leading to dozens of crashes and a 50- to 70-car pileup near Ames. The Des Moines Register reports that 17-year-old Avery Arneson and 13-year-old Aiden Arneson, sisters from Decorah, died a two-vehicle crash around 8:30 a.m. Monday on a county road in northeast Iowa. Another fatal crash happened at around 4:30-p.m. Monday, in Cass County.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The person offered the job as president of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City has declined the position. The Sioux City Journal reports the university planned to announce the new president this week but instead learned the person had withdrawn from considerations due to family obligations. In response, college trustees named Rachelle Karstens as interim president. Karstens, the executive vice president, has overseen the college’s operations since the resignation of president Hamid Shirvani.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Labor, public health, environment and animal protection organizations are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reject plans to change the way hogs are slaughtered and processed for meat. Thirty-five organizations including Compassion Over Killing, Friends of the Earth and Waterkeeper Alliance have asked Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to reject the rules proposed last month.