DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court will hear
arguments in two cases when it travels to Mason City on Oct. 13,
including a challenge to Mitchell County’s ordinance banning
vehicles with steel wheels from hard-surface roads.

The case involves a Mennonite teenager. Matthew Zimmerman was
cited for driving a steel-wheel tractor on a county road in 2010.
He was found guilty of violating the ordinance. An Iowa judge
agreed with a magistrate’s ruling upholding the constitutionality
of the ordinance.

Zimmerman’s family says it interferes with their religious
practice. The county says it wants to alleviate damage caused by
the wheels.

The court says Tuesday the main issue is whether the ordinance
violates Zimmerman’s state and federal rights to free exercise of
religion.

The other case involves a defendant’s right to confront
witnesses.

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