Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines Public Schools and its insurance company will pay a former superintendent $350,000 to settle a lawsuit over sexually explicit emails sent by the superintendent. District spokeswoman Amanda Lewis says the district expected to win the lawsuit filed by Nancy Sebring, but its insurance company wanted to settle to avoid additional litigation expenses. Sebring filed a lawsuit after sexually explicit emails sent from her district-issued email account and electronics were made public in May 2012.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Officials say they have arrested a man accused of failing to return to a residential work release facility in Council Bluffs. Twenty-eight-year-old Andrew Eugene Maybee was arrested Monday in Omaha. The Iowa Department of Corrections says it placed Maybee on escape status Saturday after he failed to return to the work release facility from a job. Maybee is serving a 25-year sentence for several convictions.

DAKOTA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating what caused a small helicopter-like aircraft to crash in Iowa, killing the pilot and injuring his passenger. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office says the gyrocopter was traveling near the small community of Dakota City around 7 p.m. Sunday when it crashed. Its wreckage was found in the front yard of a residence. The pilot, 58-year-old Larry Erickson, of Humboldt, was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

SUMNER, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say tall corn growing near a northern Iowa city may have contributed to a fatal, two-vehicle crash. The Bremer County Sheriff’s Office says the two cars were traveling in different directions Monday morning when they collided at an intersection about five miles outside of Sumner. One driver, 44-year-old Dawn Novak, of Sumner, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver, 47-year-old Logan Huebner, also of Sumner, received minor injuries along with a passenger in his vehicle.