Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:06 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state Education Department review has found that the Iowa City school district occasionally sent students to padded seclusion rooms for minor infractions such as stepping out of line. The rooms are intended to be used to prevent students from harming themselves or others. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that after a complaint filed last year, the department reviewed 455 incidents of seclusion from Dec. 22, 2015, to Dec. 21, 2016. The padded, wooden rooms are roughly 6-by-6-foot.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Council Bluffs mother who admitted to police that she shoved her 1-year-old’s arm into hot coffee, causing severe burns, has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to five years in prison. The Daily Nonpareil reports that 36-year-old Rebecca Brahier pleaded guilty Tuesday to child endangerment resulting in injury. Hospital medical staff called police after the boy was brought in for treatment. Doctors say the boy suffered blistering and that his skin was sloughing off on his left hand and arm.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a person in Davenport after officers were called for reports of shots fired. Davenport television station KWQC reports that the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officers say they found 34-year-old Cainnan Gates, of Davenport. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests have been reported.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — American Packaging Corporation is expanding in upstate New York. State officials say the company has broken ground on a new 350,000-square-foot (32515 sq. meter) plant in the suburbs of Rochester. It’s expected to create more than 260 full-time jobs over the next five years.