IOWA (IRN) – Iowa farmers will begin paying a fee this summer on corn, soybean and other grain sales to replenish a state fund that helps cover grower losses if local elevators and feed businesses file for bankruptcy. The board that oversees the Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund reinstated a quarter-penny per bushel fee on corn, soybeans and other grain sold in Iowa, after three elevators filed for bankruptcy in the past two years, nearly depleting the fund. It’s the first time the fee has been triggered in 34 years, the Iowa Department of Agriculture said.

COGGON, IA (IRN) – The Hawkeye Area Council Boy Scouts of America sold Camp Waubeek near Coggon, IA for $1 million at an auction on Thursday. A judge ruled that the national Boy Scouts of America would pay almost $2.5 billion in compensation to more than 84,000 sexual abuse survivors. Each council across the United States will help the national organization pay back that figure.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An American doctor who lived in Sudan but traveled to work with Mercy Iowa City several times a year was killed during ongoing violence in the country. Leaders with Mercy Iowa City confirmed Dr. Bushra Sulieman’s death on Thursday. Dr. Sulieman practiced at Mercy Iowa City’s Gastroenterology Clinic and performed surgeries at Mercy Iowa City Hospital. He was stabbed to death while taking his father to dialysis. He was in Sudan with his wife and two of his four children, caring for his parents and teaching medicine.

MARSHALLTOWN, IA (IRN) – Three people were displaced after a fire destroyed their home in Marshalltown Thursday. The fire was reported by a neighbor who was mowing his lawn. When firefighters arrived they found the attached garage of the single story home engulfed in flames. No one was hurt.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An outside group backing a potential 2024 bid for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scaling up its efforts in Iowa. The Never Back Down political action committee confirms they’ve hired Tyler Campbell as their Iowa state director and Ryan Koopmans as an advisor. Campbell founded and works for FIN strategies, a Des Moines-based political strategy firm. Koopmans runs a legal and consulting group and was Gov. Kim Reynolds’ chief of staff in 2018.