Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CST

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Food pantries in eastern Iowa and western Illinois are being flooded with milk donations under a federal program to buy and distribute nearly $50 million in dairy products to compensate farmers hurt by trade tariffs. River Bend Foodbank CEO Mike Miller tells the Quad-City Times about 80,000 half-gallons of milk will be distributed to pantries across the Quad-City region until March. Donations are intended to help farmers hurt by President Donald Trump’s disputes with Mexico, China and Canada.

GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) — A federal board has approved a request by students at Grinnell College to withdraw their request to expand a union representing student workers. The National Labor Relations Board on Friday notified the college and students that a regional director at the agency had approved the withdrawal of the union petition.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man charged in the fatal shooting of a man during a Davenport home robbery last year has been given 35 years in prison. Scott County District Court records say Nakita Wiseman was sentenced Friday in Davenport. Wiseman was among those charged with the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Brady Tumlinson in September 2017.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A judge has dismissed a harassment charge filed against a former Libertarian candidate for an Iowa House seat. Polk County court records say the charge against Chad Brewbaker, of Clive, was dismissed Wednesday. Prosecutors requested the dismissal after their request for a trial delay was rejected. Brewbaker received about 2 percent of the votes Nov. 6 in the race for the 43rd District seat.

(Radio Iowa) — The chief jail inspector for the Iowa Department of Corrections is praising county jail administrators who allow inmates to have limited access to cell phones for texting. Calling it a “positive movement,” Delbert Longley estimates over half of Iowa’s county jails have implemented the practice within the past couple years.

“It gives them an additional communication tool that prisoners have with their families,” Longley said. According to Longley, jail inmates “deserve to be treated with respect” and giving them an easy way to reach family or friends is part of that effort.

“This is a public record. It can be monitored, so we don’t have to worry about improper language or improper communications of any sort going on with it,” Longley said. Many county jail administrators across Iowa have told Longley the text program has helped improve inmate behavior in their facilities.

(Radio Iowa) – A school district in southwest Iowa is being awarded a half-million dollar federal grant for security upgrades through the STOP School Violence Act. Steve McDermott, superintendent of the Creston Community School District, says the 500-thousand dollars will go a very long way in the district, which has an an early childhood center, an elementary, a middle and a high school.

McDermott says, “We have a lot of money invested already in our safety and security but this will really round out and really advance what we’re doing in terms of tightening up security.” The grant includes funding for a shooter alert system, advanced technology which uses sensors which detect if a firearm has been discharged.

“A lot of times you’ll hear where they have an incident or a tragedy where people heard noises but they thought it was firecrackers or some other noise,” McDermott says. “This actually, from air pressure, can determine if a gun goes off and then it sends automatic messages to local law enforcement.” There’s also a “panic button” system being installed, a new entry system and new exterior lighting. The federal dollars will also pay for mobile metal detectors.

“We won’t set those up at a specific door permanently. We’ll move those,” McDermott says. “They’ll be at one door one day and possibly at another door another. We also hope to set those up at football games in the fall.” The district also plans to add more advanced paging systems and expand the current two-way radio system for communications between schools.

GRINNELL, Iowa (AP) — A federal board has approved a request by students at Grinnell College to withdraw their request to expand a union representing student workers. The National Labor Relations Board on Friday notified the college and students that a regional director at the agency had approved the withdrawal of the union petition. Given that, the board considers the matter closed.

Grinnell students had voted overwhelmingly to expand a union of food service workers to include all student employees, leading to a standoff with college administrators. The college sought a board review, prompting the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers to withdraw their request. The students feared a board appointed by President Donald Trump would side with Grinnell, setting a precedence that would hurt similar student unionization efforts at colleges across the country.

In an update to our earlier reports, the Iowa State Patrol reports an Ames woman was cited following an investigation into a rollover accident near Menlo, Sunday morning. 22-year old Rashmi Kuntala was cited for Failure to Maintain control.

Authorities say Kuntala was driving a Ford Fusion on Interstate 80 westbound in the left lane, a little after 9-a.m., when she noticed she was going too fast. The woman tried to brake, but the brakes failed. She then panicked and jerked the steering wheel to the right. The car entered the north ditch and rolled several times before hitting an Iowa Department of Transportation information sign.

Two of the occupants of the vehicle complained of pain, but refused medical treatment.  Stuart Fire and Ambulance, and Menlo Ambulance assisted the State Patrol at the scene.

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating an apparent home invasion Sunday night that resulted in shots fired, with a man and his dog being shot. Authorities say officers were called at around 8-p.m. 1030 5th Ave. Officers arrived and found that a male victim at that location had been shot in the left arm. His dog had also been shot. The dog died at the scene.  The male victim was treated and released from UNMC a short time after the incident.

An investigation is ongoing. Additional information will be released when it becomes available.