Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 1:40 a.m. CST

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say three people have been killed after a minivan and a car crashed into an overturned semitractor-trailer on a southeastern Iowa highway. The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa State Patrol spokesman Nathan Ludwig says dense fog is believed to have been a factor in the crashes early Sunday west of Mount Pleasant. Authorities say five other people were hurt. They say one is in critical condition and four others, including the semi driver, were treated at hospitals and released.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Some Omaha-area school districts are installing bleeding control kits inside schools to give staff and students quick access to resources in case of an emergency. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Agency has led the effort to get the kits into school districts. The kits cost about $56 each and contain an instruction card, gauze, rubber gloves, scissors and a tourniquet that can be used to stop bleeding.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The recent extreme cold weather will kill some but not all of the insects in the area. The Quad-City Times reports area residents will still have to deal with Japanese beetles and emerald ash borers next summer.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A trial date has been set for a man accused of killing an Iowa high school student almost 40 years ago. Cedar Rapids station KCRG reports that trial for 65-year-old Jerry Burns, of Manchester, has been set for Oct. 14 in Linn County. Burns has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Police arrested him Dec. 19, 39 years to the day after 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was killed. Her body was found the next day inside her family’s car at a Cedar Rapids mall.