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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Regents has hired a Washington, D.C., search firm to help select the next president at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. The board announced the hiring of AGB Search on Thursday. The firm will be paid $85,000, plus expenses, for its work, which will include identifying potential candidates and conducting background checks on applicants.

DIKE, Iowa (AP) — A sheriff and sheriff’s deputy from different Iowa counties are being hailed after helping deliver a baby on the side of an east-central Iowa highway. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the roadside delivery happened Wednesday along U.S. Highway 20 just east of Dike with the help of Hardin County Sheriff Dave McDaniel and a Grundy County deputy. Both mother and baby are reportedly doing fine.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A Burlington man convicted in May of manslaughter in the death of his 22-day-old son is asking for a new trial. The Hawk Eye reports that a judge will hear 24-year-old Randall Payne’s request during an Aug. 26 hearing. In his request, Payne says prosecutors failed to turn over key evidence until midway through his trial. Payne believes the evidence, which includes photographs detailing the injuries of the infant, could exonerate him.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Soldiers from the U.S. and Canada have spent the last few weeks engaging in war games in expansive interior Alaska, with about 800 Iowa National Guard personnel playing the bad guys. About 5,000 soldiers and support personnel have just concluded the exercise, called Arctic Anvil. It was coordinated by the Hawaii-based Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Capability from the 196th Infantry Brigade. It was the largest training exercise held in Alaska in the last 15 years.