Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:12 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two women held each other and wept as Iowa’s six electors cast their Electoral College ballots for Republican Donald Trump. Mary Barrett and her daughter Rebecca Barrett drove from Iowa City to the state Capitol to see the Monday afternoon balloting, which took only minutes. They say given the importance of a Trump presidency, they wanted to see the Electoral College vote in person. Mary Barrett expressed “surprise how sad it made me feel.”.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with killing his mother and grandmother in Council Bluffs will be sent to a mental health facility after being found mentally incompetent to stand trial. The Des Moines Register reports a judge signed an order Friday that will send Michael Dieckmann to treatment at a state prison mental health facility in Oakdale. Staff at the Oakdale facility will try to restore Dieckmann’s mental health to the point where he can understand the charges against him and participate in his defense.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A lawsuit from two Sioux tribes seeking to stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline is on hold while a related court battle over the project plays out. Pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners is asking a judge rule that it has federal permission to lay pipe under the Missouri River in North Dakota. The judge in the meantime has put aside the tribes’ legal challenge over permits at numerous water crossings.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The insurance industry and its regulators are asking a judge to allow documents that detail “shadow insurance” subsidiaries created by Iowa-based life insurers to remain secret. The Iowa Insurance Division and the Federation of Iowa Insurers are opposing the lawsuit filed by Indiana University professor emeritus Joseph Belth. Belth argues that the “shadow insurance” instruments threaten the solvency of insurers.