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

WASHINGTON (AP) — A three-judge federal appeals court panel is set to hear a dispute over the $3.8 billion four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is being asked to keep a temporary stop of construction in place while the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe appeals a lower-court ruling from September that didn’t block the pipeline.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University pilots have flown President Steven Leath and his wife to and from the North Carolina city where they own a home and business on several occasions, at a cost of thousands in university donations. An Associated Press review also found the university plane flew Leath’s brother and sister-in-law to and from an NCAA basketball tournament game. The university says all flights have had legitimate business purposes.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the three women who filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the West Des Moines police chief has agreed to a $30,000 settlement. The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/2db5jIh) the city council approved the settlement with former animal control officer Carol Gass on Monday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — In the wake of recent flooding, some Cedar Rapids property owners have shown interest in moving quickly on flood buyouts. Cedar Rapids television station KGAN reports that the city’s Flood Control Committee heard recommendations Tuesday morning to buy the Best Western Hotel and Cooper’s Mill Restaurant, both located just hundreds of feet from the Cedar River that overran its banks last week. The city has a signed purchase agreement with the owners for more than $5 million.