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

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who was convicted nearly 20 years ago of threatening then-President Bill Clinton has been charged with attempted murder after officials say he tried to kill a fellow mental health center patient. The Courier reports that 44-year-old Terrance David Rooney Jr. was arrested Friday on charges of attempted murder, harassment and assault on a health care worker.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A top Republican at the Iowa Legislature plans to seek office for this year’s midterm elections in a nearby district with a larger GOP voter edge. House Majority Leader Chris Hagenow, the No. 2 Republican in his chamber, announced Thursday he will run as a candidate for District 19, which covers an area west of Des Moines. Hagenow, first elected in 2008, currently represents neighboring District 43. That district encompasses another area west of Des Moines.

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa prison officials say two staff members at the Iowa Medical Classification Center in Coralville have been assaulted by an inmate. The Iowa Department of Corrections says an officer and a nurse were performing their regular duties in a mental health unit of the center when an inmate became verbally aggressive, then attacked the officer after being told to return to his cell. The nurse and two other inmates helped subdue the inmate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has named Iowa’s Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig as the state’s new agriculture secretary. Reynolds made the announcement Thursday. Naig will replace Bill Northey, who was confirmed on Tuesday by the U.S. Senate to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services within the U.S. Agriculture Department.