DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa is now among two dozen states whose Republican attorney generals have joined conservative and gun-rights groups in a challenge to a new federal regulations on pistols with stabilizing braces, suing to block a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the accessories were used in two mass shootings.

DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A man died from a morning garage fire in Dubuque on Wednesday. No details about what caused the fire or what happened have been released.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A house fire broke out Thursday afternoon in Des Moines after a lit candle was tipped onto combustible materials. No one was injured.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – On Thursday, an Iowa Senate subcommittee moved a bill forward that would restrict LGBTQ topics in schools. The bill is more expansive than the other plans seen so far this session. It would also create harsher penalties for school districts. That content would be banned for all Iowa students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Sen. Chuck Grassley is demanding answers after a woman, believed to be dead, was sent to a funeral home in Ankeny where she turned out to be still alive. 89-year-old Grassley wants state investigators to share their findings to keep this from happening anywhere else. Especially to him (just kidding).