 This is Radio Iowa. A state Senate leader is resigning after a narrow primary victory in June. Waylon Brown, a Republican from Osage, offered no explanation for his departure. Brown is a farmer and construction company owner who's been a state senator since 2017. Most Franklin and Wright County roads that were impassable due to flash flooding overnight have reopened. Wright County Emergency Management Coordinator Jerrica Beecher says many basements were flooded, including her own in Eagle Grove.