Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CDT

CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — A southern Iowa high school says it has disciplined several students who appeared in a photo on social media wearing white hoods and waving a Confederate flag next to a burning cross. At least one of the five people pictured is holding what appears to be a gun. A school official declined to provide details of the discipline.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Iowa says 56-year-old James Lee Palmer, of Missouri Valley, was sentenced Tuesday in Council Bluffs. A search of his home last year by police turned up computers that contained more than 300 images of child pornography.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a woman died after being shot in a police station parking lot in northeast Nebraska. The shooting occurred around 8:10 a.m. Wednesday in South Sioux City. Police say she’s died later at a Sioux City, Iowa, hospital. A man’s been taken into custody, but it’s unclear whether he’s been arrested. Police say no officers have been injured.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officials in northwest Iowa are scrambling to line up an emergency ambulance service after a nonprofit announced it’ll cease assistance at the end of the year. The Sioux City Journal reports that Siouxland Paramedics Inc. officials announced last month it’ll cease 911 services in Sioux City and North Sioux City as it tries moving toward a more sustainable model. Sioux City officials are considering absorbing future 911 services into the department or contracting with another private company.