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

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Part of the case against a former farmhand charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts appears to be in jeopardy because of a botched Miranda warning. The Des Moines Register reports that prosecutors have agreed to exclude some statements at the trial 25-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera reportedly made to police over a more than 6-hour period the day Tibbetts’ body was found.

STUART, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified officers and a suspect wounded in a shootout as law enforcement sought to serve an arrest warrant. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says in a news release that Guthrie County Sheriff’s Deputies Steven Henry and Jim Mink suffered gunshot wounds, as did 52-year old suspect Randall Comly. Investigators say the shooting happened late Thursday night as the officers sought to serve felony warrants on Comly.

UNDATED (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has ended an effort in Iowa City to save an elementary school, saying that even as residents are voting on a preservation proposal, the district has a right to demolish the building. The decision Friday comes in a lawsuit patrons of the Iowa City Community School District filed in 2017, after the school board refused to place on a special election ballot a measure asking voters whether to approve demolition of Hoover Elementary School.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the weeks after an August groundbreaking ceremony for a $136 million federal courthouse, an unusual building has slowly arisen in the heart of downtown Des Moines. The two-story white building with wood siding and a gable roof would fit in well in the suburbs but at this spot, along the Des Moines River and facing the three-story elegant City Hall, it’s an oddity. Project manager Brad Thomason says the building made sense because a lot of space was needed on a small site.