Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:15 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General’s office has advised the Iowa Department of Public Health to halt implementation of a small section in the state’s new medical marijuana law amid legal concerns it could invite scrutiny from the federal government. The provision requires the state to license up to two “out-of-state” dispensaries before the end of the year. Those entities would have been expected to transport cannabis oil into Iowa, an unusual setup that is considered illegal under federal law.

BELLEVUE, Iowa (AP) — The funeral for an Iowa police officer attracted more than 500 people, including roughly 200 law enforcement officials. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports that the funeral for 40-year-old Anamosa police officer Mitchell Kelchen was held Saturday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The fate of one of the oldest homes in Iowa City remains uncertain following the University of Iowa’s plan to purchase the property. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that university officials are seeking permission from the state Board of Regents to purchase the house and an adjacent apartment for $2.6 million. The building is a pre-Civil War house, which local historians say could’ve been built as early as the 1840s.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman has been stabbed to death and police have charged her sister with murder. Police say officers and fire department medics were called at 1:14 a.m. Sunday to an apartment building. They found a woman lying in a common area hallway who had multiple stab wounds. The woman, later identified as 30-year-old Des Moines resident Lakeisha McDuffy, died at a hospital. Police charged the victim’s sister, 31-year-old Chicago resident Ieisha McDuffy, with first-degree murder.

Officials with the Burlington Police Department said Sunday, that Officers and the Burlington Ambulance responded just before 6-a.m. today (Sunday), to the area of N. 5th and Iowa Streets in Burlington, following a report a man had been shot.

The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. His name was being withheld pending notification of family. An investigation is being conducted by Burlington Police with assistance from the Iowa Division Criminal Investigation.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Burlington Police at 319-753-8370, or Crimestoppers at 319753-6835.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman has been stabbed to death and police have charged her sister with murder. Des Moines police say officers and fire department medics were called at 1:14 a.m. Sunday to an apartment building on the city’s southside. They found a woman lying in a common area hallway who had multiple stab wounds.

The woman, later identified as 30-year-old Lakeisha McDuffy, was taken to a hospital, where she died. Police charged the victim’s sister, 31-year-old Chicago resident Ieisha McDuffy, with first-degree murder. Police say she will be held in the Polk County Jail.

The sisters were visiting another relative’s home when the stabbing occurred. The stabbing was the 24th homicide in Des Moines this year.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa agency has been advised to halt implementation of a small section in the state’s new medical marijuana law amid legal concerns it could invite scrutiny from the federal government.

The Iowa Attorney General’s office told the Department of Public Health this month to not proceed with a provision requiring the state to license up to two “out-of-state” dispensaries before the end of the year.

Those entities would have been expected to transport cannabis oil into Iowa from another state in order to sell it. That’s considered illegal under federal law because it involves moving the product between state lines.

The attorney general’s office said implementation should be on hold until the federal government provides further guidance on state medical marijuana programs.

The development isn’t expected to impact other provisions in the law that call for establishment of an in-state production system for cannabis oil before the end of 2018. Smoking marijuana in Iowa remains prohibited.

A person riding a motorcycle in northeastern Iowa’s Howard County was injured, Saturday afternoon, when the machine went out of control. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling north on 45th Street near Unity Avenue , northwest of Cresco, when the cycle left the paved surface of the road. The bike then came back on the road, out of control. It crossed the intersection of Unity Avenue and entered the north ditch. The accident happened at around 4:40-p.m.

The operater of the motorcycle, who was not identified in the report, was transported by Medlink helicopter to a hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The accident remains under investigation