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

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa side of a pedestrian bridge that connects Omaha, Nebraska, to Council Bluffs has reopened. The Daily Nonpareil reports that the bridge reopened Tuesday morning after closing early Monday for construction work. The Iowa side of the bridge had been scheduled to remain closed until 6 p.m. Tuesday, but officials say work near the entrance at Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park in Council Bluffs was completed early.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a 30-year-old Des Moines mother after finding her toddler alone in his home’s backyard sucking on a frozen chicken breast. Television station KCCI reports that officers went to the home Monday and found the 2-year-old boy alone in a filthy diaper. A small dog was also in the backyard, trying to get the chicken from him. The mother was later arrested on suspicion of child endangerment and drug possession.

MONTROSE, Iowa (AP) — Voters in southeast Iowa’s Lee County will decide whether to end their unique status as the state’s only county with two functioning courthouses. The Hawk Eye in Burlington reports the Lee County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday morning to place a bond referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot seeking funding for a new courthouse estimated to cost $8.5 million. Officials haven’t determined where the courthouse would be located but Supervisor Don Hunold has suggested it be built in Montrose.

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — The chief Wapello County prosecutor says two Ottumwa officers were justified in shooting an armed man. The officers were checking a report June 25 about a man shooting a rifle. Police have said the man wouldn’t put down his rifle and pointed it toward one of the officers before they fired, striking him twice.