UPDATE AT 12:30 P.M. – DES MOINES – Two days after placing their superintendent on paid leave, the Des Moines School Board moved to revoke the salary of Ian Roberts after the State of Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked his administrative license. The Des Moines Register reports Roberts has since resigned. Roberts was arrested late last week by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement for allegedly working illegally inside of the country.

MARION – U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson has called for a federal investigation into Linn-Mar High School. She claims the school news program run by students discussed informational segments related to non-monosexual identities, highlighted by the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance Club. Hinson contacted federal education leaders to investigate because the segments were broadcast without parental consent.

IOWA – Dry conditions allowed 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending September 28, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The warm temperatures also quickly advanced crop maturity. Fieldwork included harvesting corn and soybeans. Topsoil moisture condition rated 5 percent very short, 22 percent short, 65 percent adequate and 8 percent surplus. Eighty percent of corn has matured, four days ahead of last year and the grain harvest was 15 percent complete, four days ahead of last year.

BRIGHTON – A teenager was killed in a hunting accident in rural Washington County. KCRG-TV reports 17-year-old Carson Ryan was squirrel hunting on Saturday when the Washington native was mistaken for an animal by a member of his hunting party and struck in the head, according to the Iowa DNR, which is handling the incident as accidental. Ryan was selected to the homecoming court this week at Washington High School.