Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

BEVINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A head-on crash has injured three people and blocked the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 south of Des Moines. Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig says the crash happened Friday afternoon just outside Bevington, about 20 miles south of Des Moines. Ludwig said three people were injured in the two-vehicle crash, which happened in a construction zone. The state patrol initially said one person had died but later said that wasn’t correct.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Rapids is conducting an inventory of its street-side trees in order to evaluate the plants’ health. KCRG-TV reports that the city hired California-based ArborPro to assess the trees for $189,000. A city arborist says knowing how diverse its urban canopy is and the population numbers of its different species will allow the city to lay out a more exact plan for when and how it’ll remove ash trees, which are currently threatened by the emerald ash borer.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — The school district superintendent in Bettendorf has been chosen to head the school district in Marshalltown. The Marshalltown Community School District has offered Theron Schutte a contract, and the school board is expected to make the hiring official Monday. Schutte, who graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1981, will begin his new job July 1.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Waterloo. Authorities say Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Deputy Harold Oliver was on his way to work Thursday morning, when he saw 40-year-old Andrew Spates shot multiple times as he sat in a car in a Kwik Star parking lot.