Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Des Moines police officer convicted in March of using excessive force has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Colin Boone was sentenced to 63 months in prison. He will be required to serve 85 percent of his sentence. A jury convicted the 39-year-old Boone following allegations he kicked a man in the head during a traffic stop in 2013. The kick knocked out two of the man’s front teeth.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man in Mason City fired a gun at an officer shortly before killing himself. The Mason City Police Department says an officer stopped a man suspected of drunken driving early Monday morning. The officer reports the man at one point had a gun pointed at himself. The man is accused of firing a handgun in the direction of one of the officers. The officers say the man shot himself with the handgun about one minute later.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — After years of arguing that liberal Iowa law professors illegally derailed her career, a conservative lawyer will get a second chance to prove her claim to a jury. Jury selection started in federal court in Davenport in a lawsuit filed by anti-abortion activist Teresa Manning, who contends that the University of Iowa College of Law refused to hire her for teaching jobs because of her beliefs and associations. The long-running lawsuit has been closely watched in higher education.

GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — The owners of an art gallery and bistro in suburban Des Moines will close the business, saying it wasn’t financially viable following a dispute about using the venue for a same-sex wedding. Dick and Betty Odgaard say they would close the Gortz Haus in Grimes because their decision to stop renting a gallery for weddings made the business unsustainable.