DES MOINES – Iowa Health and Human Services is alerting Iowans who use SNAP that due to the federal shutdown continuing, there is a possibility that November benefits will not be issued onto cards. Iowa received notification from the Food and Nutrition Service late last week directing the state, and all states nationwide, not to issue November benefits. Iowa SNAP currently serves approximately 131,000 households per month and allocates around 45 million dollars in benefits, which are federally paid.

DES MOINES – Iowa’s new Senate majority leader is not in favor of a state takeover of the Des Moines Public School District. The Des Moines Register reports it comes after the arrest of former superintendent Ian Roberts by federal immigration officials. Some Republicans have called for the State Board of Education to assume control of district operations. But Senator Mike Klimesh is opposed to the move for now, pending further investigation.

DES MOINES— Gov. Kim Reynolds will sign an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer and manure. The proclamation will be effective Saturday, October 18 and continue through November 17. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer, and manure to be overweigh without a permit for the duration of this proclamation.