Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

LATIMER, Iowa (AP) - Authorities are investigating a break-in at a house in Latimer in northern Iowa where the resident's 3-month-old puppy was shot and killed. Franklin County Sherif fLarry Richtsmeier says the man who rents the home told deputies someone broke into the house early Saturday while he was out and killed his dog. Richtsmeier says nothing was stolen from the home.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa legislative panel has rejected a proposal requiring parents to report their missing children. The move makes Iowa the latest state to have a so-called Caylee's law fail. The Iowa panel opposed the measure today out of concern it was too broadly worded. It would require parents to know their children were safe in any 24-hour period.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a woman found dead inside a burning apartment in Des Moines. Officials say police discovered the body of 55-year-old Debra Dillard at the Pioneer Estates Apartments this morning. Officials had gone to check on her at the request of her family.

DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska woman is auctioning a McDonald's Chicken McNugget that she believes resembles President George Washington. ...