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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University President Steven Leath has donated $2,500 more to make up for the costs of his accident in a university airplane. Leath and his wife announced previously they’d donated $15,000 to the university to compensate for repair and storage costs the school originally paid after a July 2015 hard landing in ISU’s single-engine plane.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for much of the eastern half of Nebraska starting Wednesday night and southwestern to northeastern Iowa starting early Thursday morning. The service says temperatures will fall into the upper 20s to lower 30s across the region, with mid 20s across portions of central Nebraska and central Iowa. The service says the hard freeze _ the first this fall _ will mark the end of the growing season for crops and other cold-sensitive plants.

STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — The small northwest Iowa city of Storm Lake has a low unemployment rate, vibrant downtown and tree-lined neighborhoods, but it’s also facing a surge in hunger that’s familiar to rural communities across the country. The community is struggling to respond as thousands of working families and elderly residents seek help feeding themselves or their children. The issue persists even as national poverty rates have declined and food prices are down.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The presidents of Iowa State University and the Iowa Board of Regents are backing a plan to use school funding for up to 20 years to help pay for improvements at a city-owned airport. A plan supported by the Ames city council puts Iowa State on the hook for $250,000 upfront and annual payments of up to $74,000 through 2035 _ a potential exposure of $1.55 million.