DES MOINES (IRN) – Governor Kim Reynolds has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging her office violated state law by failing to respond to open records requests. The Governor’s Office has agreed to allow a state district court to resolve open records disputes with three plantiffs that arise over the next year, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette. A state appeal board has approved the requests. The state will also pay $135,000.

DES MOINES (IRN) – Police believe a fire at a church in Des Moines Monday was an arson. Twenty-seven-year old Emmanuel Philpot was arrested after he was spotted near Perfecting Holiness Temple as the Des Moines Fire Department fought the blaze. The DMPD arson dog, Yahtzee, was able to detect an accelerant for fire in a follow-up investigation.

COUNCIL BLUFFS (IRN) A Cass County man was sentenced Tuesday conspiring to distribute fentanyl. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Iowa issued a press release about Mason Blaine Loudermilk, a 19-year-old who was sentenced to 192 months in prison. Loudermilk must serve a six-year term of supervised release after the prison term. According to court documents, between August 2020 and May 2022, Loudermilk obtained fentanyl, in pill form, from a source in Omaha, Nebraska.

BOONE (IRN) – The Iowa High School Athletic Association has filed a lawsuit against the Iowa High School Sports Network over proposed fees for streaming state tournament games going forward. The broadcast partners are in contention about whether the IHSSN can add fees and the time remaining on their current contract in Polk County District Court. The IHSSN intends to charge $9.99 per game, or $18.99 per tournament, for fans to watch on any internet-connected device.