Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:38 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says she never knew of or witnessed inappropriate behavior during her two-decade friendship with a former state agency director whom she abruptly fired after learning of sexual harassment allegations. The Republican governor said “absolutely not,” when asked Monday if she knew of any alleged inappropriate conduct over the years by Dave Jamison, the ex-director of the Iowa Finance Authority.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Supreme Court justice is being treated for a form of skin cancer. A court spokesman said Monday that Justice Daryl Hecht has been diagnosed with melanoma, considered the most serious type of skin cancer. Hecht has been treated in Sioux City and Rochester, Minnesota. The spokesman says Hecht will participate in the court’s decisions as his treatment allows.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Nearly a year after his death, a statue has been unveiled in downtown Council Bluffs to honor slain deputy Mark Burbridge. The Daily Nonpareil reports more than 200 people gathered Saturday to see the statue of a horse without a rider. Artists covered the horse in images important to Burbridge, including scenes with motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and a badge. Burbridge died May 1, 2017, during an attempted jail escape that left two other officers injured.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been given three life sentences after admitting that he fatally shot his parents and sister. Twenty-two-year-old Chase Nicholson pleaded guilty Monday in Des Moines to killing 58-year-old Mark Nicholson, 56-year-old Charla Nicholson and 24-year-old Tawni Nicholson. Their bodies were found in the family home in Bondurant on April 6 last year. Nicholson surrendered the next day in Neosho, Missouri. Nicholson claimed voices in his head told him to kill his family.