Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:30 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It took more than six decades, but the first black student to be named Miss State University of Iowa in 1955 has received official recognition _ and an apology _ from the university. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that 78-year-old Dora Martin Berry was 17 when her fellow students elected her in the annual contest. But university officials at the time denied Berry representation as Miss SUI at official school events, including that year’s Rose Bowl parade.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The family of a Des Moines woman who died of a prescription-drug overdose is appealing a judge’s rejection of their motion seeking to name the doctor’s former health system as defendants. The Des Moines Register reports that Brandy Stoutenberg’s relatives originally blamed Dr. Daniel Baldi for her 2010 death, but their lawsuit against him dismissed last month, nearly two years after Baldi was acquitted of criminal charges in Stoutenberg’s and others’ deaths.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Harlan man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The Daily Nonpareil reports that 55-year-old Michael Charles Garreans pleaded guilty to the charge on June 9. Prosecutors say a site monitored by law enforcement identified Garreans before a search of his home in Harlan was conducted. U.S. Attorney Kevin VanderSchel says officers found a computer in Garreans’ home that contained ‘hundreds of images of child pornography.’

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A former Nebraska jail employee has been found guilty in western Iowa of child sex and pornography counts. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that a Pottawattamie County jury found Shawn Beu guilty Friday on all 10 counts related his sexual abuse and video recording of young girls. Beu, who lives in Council Bluffs, was a corrections sergeant at the Douglas County Jail in Omaha when he was arrested in March.

A tired or possibly intoxicated driver may have been the cause of a crash near Avoca Saturday night that sent at least three people to the hospital. According to law enforcement reports prior to the crash, the vehicle was seen weaving over the road. Just before 9-p.m. State Radio reported the car had rolled into the median west of Avoca off Interstate 80.

The Iowa DOT’s 511-ia website indicated I-80 westbound was closed in both lanes for several hours, along with the left lane of I-80 eastbound, which was closed until about midnight. The accident took place between Exit 34 (Shelby) and Exit 40 (Avoca).

No other details are available early this morning.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following a single-vehicle, rollover accident Saturday morning. 29-year old Jeremy Long, of Farragut, was traveling west in the 3500 block of 250th Street at around 7:20-a.m., when he lost control of his car. The 2003 Mini Cooper ended-up in the south ditch, where it rolled over and came to rest on a farm field approach. Long was uninjured and refused medical treatment.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputy was assisted at the scene by Riverton Fire and Rescue.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A former Nebraska jail employee has been found guilty in western Iowa of child sex and pornography counts. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports a Pottawattamie County jury found Shawn Beu guilty Friday on all 10 counts related his sexual abuse and video recording of young girls.

Prosecutors say videos of Beu sexually abusing a young girl and of young girls taken on a hidden camera in Beu’s bathroom were found in his home. The 37-year-old Beu had claimed he did not take the videos.

Beu, who lives in Council Bluffs, was a corrections sergeant at the Douglas County Jail in Omaha when he was arrested in March. He faces up to 100 years in prison when he’s sentenced Nov. 30.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City man convicted earlier this month of attempted murder in the shooting of a police officer is asking a judge to acquit him. The Sioux City Journal reports Isaiah Mothershed has requested a judge overturn a jury verdict and acquit him of shooting Officer Ryan Moritz in the leg. The 19-year-old Mothershed’s request says there wasn’t enough evidence at trial to convict him. The judge will likely rule on the request at Mothershed’s sentencing hearing on Nov. 15.

A Woodbury County jury found Mothershed guilty Oct. 7 of two counts of attempted murder and four counts of first-degree robbery. Authorities say Mothershed pulled a gun from a couch while his hands were handcuffed behind his back on Feb. 7 and shot Moritz while being arrested.