Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:15 a.m. CDT

DENISON, Iowa (AP) — A small western Iowa hospital is facing a spate of wrongful death lawsuits. The Des Moines Register reports that two of the lawsuits against Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison were filed within the last two weeks. Another was filed last year. The hospital gained attention last year when it unsuccessfully tried to keep a $500,000 wrongful-death settlement from being made public.

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa fire academy administrator has pleaded guilty to falsifying test scores that were used to improperly certify thousands of firefighters. Former Fire Services Training Bureau certification manager John McPhee pleaded guilty Wednesday to felonious misconduct in office. Judge James Malloy scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 24.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Former “The Bachelor” star Chris Soules called 911 to report his rear-end crash that killed a fellow Iowa farmer. A recording of the Monday night call released Wednesday shows Soules sought medical help for the man, who he said was unconscious in a ditch. Authorities say Soules left the scene before emergency responders arrived. He was arrested several hours later. The victim was a 66-year-old local farmer, Kenneth Mosher.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Those in Nebraska and Iowa who’ve already planted their spring flora might want to bring them inside or cover them up overnight. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for most parts of northeastern Nebraska and Monona County in western Iowa for Wednesday night into Thursday morning. A freeze warning means overnight low temperatures are forecast to drop as low as 28 degrees, with below-freezing temperatures expected for several hours.