DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency on Thursday released a second set of maps revising Iowa’s four congressional districts and legislative boundaries as redistricting moves to the next phase of the process. The Iowa Legislature is scheduled to meet in a special session on Oct. 28 to consider the maps.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The Iowa State Patrol announced Wednesday that Trooper Ted Benda died from injuries sustained in a crash. The 37-year-old trooper was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Oct. 14. Benda was driving to assist Clayton County officials with a wanted suspect.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Omaha woman has died more than a week after she was shot at a Des Moines bar. Officers were called to a shooting at the High Dive Bar just before 1 a.m. Oct. 10 and found two people with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a hospital. A 27-year-old man was treated and quickly released.

IOWA, IA (IRN) – Unemployed Iowans would be required to meet weekly with state case managers, conduct twice as many weekly work searches and undergo audits to prove they’re actively looking for work under a new proposal announced by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Unemployment payments could be frozen if jobless workers fail to meet the new criteria.

ANKENY, IA (IRN) – U.S. Agriculture Secretary and former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack visited with workers striking against John Deere today. Standing at the picket line outside a Deere & Co equipment plant in Ankeny, he shook hands and lent support to workers he said he’s “never forgotten.”