Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:15 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has withdrawn its request with the Trump administration to opt out of the Affordable Care Act and redirect federal money toward lowering premiums for younger participants in a single state-run program. The idea was designed to stabilize health care insurance in the state, making premium costs based on age in addition to income. Just one company _ Minnesota-based Medica _ plans to provide policies next year with an anticipated 58 percent increase in premiums.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Regents has chosen the dean of Iowa State University’s agriculture college as the school’s next president. The board Monday appointed Wendy Wintersteen as Iowa State’s 16th president, filling a position left vacant when Steven Leath took a job as president of Auburn University. The 61-year-old Wintersteen has been dean of the agriculture college since 2006. Her contract is for five years. She’ll be paid $525,000 in her first year, rising to $590,000 by year three

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Department of Transportation officials are convinced that blue and white emergency lights on snow plows are effective at reducing crashes, and they’re going to seek a change in state law to permanently allow the lights. KCRG-TV reports the department started a test project in 2015 to see if switching to blue and white lights would reduce crashes. The agency found a big drop after the blue and white lights were installed and now will seek to always use the new lights during the winter.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say two people were sent to a hospital after a fire filled a Dubuque basement with smoke. Firetrucks were dispatched to the home a little before 12:05 a.m. Sunday. A Dubuque Fire Department news release says the residents had been working on the building furnace an hour before the fire broke out.