News Minute: Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

Associated Press - September 3, 2010 5:14 AM ET

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court has denied a Charles City teen's request to have his first-degree murder conviction reviewed. Attorneys for 15-year-old Edgar Concepcion Jr. argued that an alleged confession should not have been allowed at trial. Concepcion was convicted in June in the 2009 death of his 3-year-old cousin.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Polk County Jail has launched a fingerprint identification system that checks records against an immigration database and flags illegal immigrants for authorities. The Des Moines Register reports that Polk County is the first local jurisdiction in Iowa to adopt the system. The database is maintained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An administrative law judge is expected to rule by early October on whether a new Waterloo schools dress code violates state law. Some parents say the dress code is illegal because it tells students what they can wear rather than prohibiting clothing they're not supposed to wear.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Investigators say a private contractor who died earlier this week at the University of Iowa died from a fall. Forty-9-year-old Tom Fosdick was working for Swanson Glass, a subcontractor renovating the exterior of the UI Boyd Law Building. Details of Monday's accident haven't been released. State safety officials are investigating.