Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran GOP congressman is drawing bipartisan criticism for saying America can’t restore “our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” Republican Steve King of Iowa made the comment on Twitter. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he disagrees with King’s viewpoint while Republican congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida advises King to “get a clue.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3 percent in January as Iowa employers added nearly 10,000 jobs. Iowa Workforce Development announced Monday that the rate dropped from 3.5 percent in December and was down from 3.8 percent a year ago. The national rate rose to 4.8 percent in January.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Elected officials in Dubuque County will get pay raises, but it will be less than half of what a panel recommended. The Telegraph Herald reports county supervisors Monday unanimously approved 3.5 percent salary increases for elected officials. That’s in line with the raises approved for county staff who aren’t part of a union, though is far less than the 7.5 percent increase recommended by an advisory board. Annual salaries range from $48,605 for supervisors to $122,726 for the county attorney.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Residents and officials are uneasy about plans for a farm slated to house 98,000 chickens that likely will be approved with little oversight from Cerro Gordo County. The Globe Gazette reports the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reviewing a manure management plan for the proposed Wharam Creek Poultry facility. The proposed farm is just 2,000 birds shy to be regulated by the matrix used to evaluate large animal feeding confinements in Iowa.