Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:48 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s deputy labor commissioner says she is retiring, the latest shakeup after months of turmoil at the state agency that protects workers. Pam Conner told Division of Labor employees in an email Friday afternoon that she will retire next week. Her longtime boss, Labor Commissioner Michael Mauro, announced last month that he is retiring April 1.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that expands the availability of grant funding for seriously injured veterans to provide money so that family members may be with the veteran during a lengthy recovery. The bill, which lawmakers passed unanimously, also allows the spouse of an active duty soldier to get expedited professional licensing in Iowa if the spouse was licensed in another state and the requirements were substantially the same.

WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP congressman Steve King says he was told that victims of Hurricane Katrina only asked for help, unlike Iowans. King told his constituents Thursday that as New Orleans recovered from the 2005 storm, someone from FEMA told him “everybody’s looking around saying, ‘Who’s gonna help me, who’s gonna help me?'” In contrast, King said, “Iowans take care of each other.” New Orleans is mostly black. GOP Rep. Steve Scalise, who represents part of the city, called King’s comments “absurd and offensive.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This year’s round of Midwestern flooding is the worst ever at three locations in Nebraska. National Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Low said during a conference call on Friday that the Missouri River reached record levels at Plattsmouth, Nebraska City and Brownville. Crests are still coming further south and east on the Missouri, but flooding in Kansas City and other points in Missouri isn’t expected to be nearly as severe.