Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Winnebago Tribal Council member has been sentenced to five years’ probation and 150 hours of community service for stealing from the tribe’s casino in Iowa. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Nebraska said Thursday that 50-year-old Charles Aldrich was sentenced Monday in federal court in Omaha. Aldrich also was ordered to pay $36,500 in restitution. He had pleaded guilty in June to theft from the WinneVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman serving a life sentence for a cutting the throats of her young sons, killing one, is asking for a new trial. The Courier reports that 44-year-old Michelle Kehoe was in court Thursday for a hearing on her motion. She testified that she should get a new trial, because her diminished mental state kept her from taking the stand in her 2009 trial.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Peter E. Deegan Jr. has been sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa. Deegan was nominated by President Donald Trump in July and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week. He took the oath of office Thursday in Cedar Rapids. Deegan was previously an assistant U.S. attorney and the chief of the northern district’s criminal division.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Officials say an armed Nebraska inmate who escaped in a government vehicle transporting him has been captured in western Iowa. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says deputies found 37-year-old Eric Scott walking near the sheriff’s department in Council Bluffs around noon Thursday and arrested him without incident. Investigators say Scott was being transferred by a Dodge County deputy Wednesday when Scott commandeered the car south of Wahoo, pushing the deputy out of the vehicle.