Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CDT

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A man has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he beat a pastor to death outside a central Iowa church. Webster County court records say 36-year-old Joshua Pendleton entered pleas Monday to charges of robbery and first-degree murder. Officers sent to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge on Oct. 2 found the Rev. Allen Henderson lying unresponsive outside. Henderson was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

UNDATED (AP) — An Iowa congresswoman has announced her engagement to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s political director in Iowa. Rep. Abby Finkenauer posted the news Sunday on her campaign Twitter page, saying she’d said “YES to forever” with Daniel Wasta. Finkenauer, a Democrat, was elected in November to her first term representing northwest Iowa’s District 1. Wasta is an Iowa native who’s worked on several state and legislative campaigns.

NEWELL, Iowa (AP) — A new arson charge has been filed against a volunteer firefighter already facing trial in northwest Iowa. Buena Vista County court records say 25-year-old Brent Mack is charged with arson and burglary. His attorney declined to comment Monday. Mack is accused of setting a fire on Sept. 13, 2017, that gutted three buildings in downtown Newell, where he lives. Mack is awaiting trial next month in Sac County, where he and two accomplices are accused of setting a corncrib fire Aug. 19.

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A man has been accused of shooting to death a woman at the Saulsbury Recreation Area in eastern Iowa. Muscatine County court records say 23-year-old David Hatfield, of Muscatine, fatally shot his girlfriend, 18-year-old Kaitlyn Palmer, on Wednesday.