HAMILTON COUNTY – A teenager was killed when the tractor he was operating was hit from behind on Friday morning. The Iowa State Patrol reports a John Deere driven by Logan Baldwin of Webster City was traveling southbound on a rural road, when it was rear ended by a Toyota operated by 69-year-old Brian Vandeer, also of Webster City. Baldwin was thrown from the tractor and pronounced dead on scene.

DES MOINES – Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill on Friday that removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The Des Moines Register reports transgender and nonbinary Iowans will no longer have protection in housing, employment, and education, among other areas. Reynolds signed the bill that cleared all legislative committees and subcommittees, as well as the main floor in under a week. More than 2,000 Iowans came to protest the legislation. The bill ends nearly 20 years of protection from discrimination based on gender identity.

IOWA – While a late-season snow storm provided some moisture, conditions are drying out again across the state. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows moderate drought has spread to just over 70 percent of Iowa’s population. The second Spring Flood Outlook issued by the National Weather Service shows a below average risk for river flooding in Iowa, and their Climate Prediction Center Outlook shows a slightly above average chance for a wetter than normal spring in the eastern half of the state.