Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says officials continue to monitor the Mississippi River after a derailed train leaked ethanol into the water. The DNR has begun using air pumps in the water where three train cars went off the tracks Feb. 4 and tumbled into the river. A total of eight cars that derailed appeared to spill ethanol.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Muscatine and the former police officer accused of sexually assaulting her. Forty-eight-year-old Tomas Tovar is currently facing a third-degree sexual abuse charge in connection to an incident that occurred nearly two years ago. The woman’s civil suit was filed last week. The Associated Press generally does not name victims of sexual assault.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The newly appointed acting chief of Iowa’s corrections system says the department will keep employing some workers at state mental health institutions in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant that have been ordered to close. Jerry Bartruff, who recently took over corrections, says about $2 million will be transferred from the state Department of Health and Human Services to corrections to continue administrative staffing and other jobs that had been shared between the agencies at both facilities.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A plan to increase the state fuel tax to pay for road improvements is moving forward in the state Legislature. Lawmakers in the state House and Senate said Tuesday that identical legislation had been introduced in both chambers to hike the tax by 10 cents. That would provide $215 million annually for the state’s network of bridges and roads, many of which are in disrepair. The hearing process is expected to start wednesday in both chambers, with full votes coming perhaps later in the month.