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

WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Iowa farm equipment maker Kinze Manufacturing says it must lay off 121 workers as low grain prices have slowed farmer purchases. The Williamsburg-based company announced Monday that office and factory worker cuts will be effective June 18. The company says it implemented a 30-hour work last year and started “aggressive marketing campaigns” to address market conditions, but the current demand for farming equipment doesn’t support staff size.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The leaders of a legislative budget group say lawmakers are at odds over how to pay for some proposed renovation projects in Iowa, including upgrades to a flagship history museum and a deteriorating building that houses some state agencies. Senate Democrats and House Republicans on the subcommittee that approves infrastructure and transportation funding said Monday they can’t agree on whether to borrow money through bonding to pay for the projects.

LOGAN, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa man who pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk on the Fourth of July has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. A judge sentenced 26-year-old Austin Arndt, of Logan, Monday afternoon after he pleaded guilty earlier this month to a charge of vehicular homicide while intoxicated. Authorities say the body of 50-year-old Charlotte Anderson was found on July 4th last year in Logan.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A stretch of sunny and dry weather has given Midwest farmers a good start on corn planting. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly crop progress report was released Monday. It shows 13 percent of Iowa’s corn crop is planted, significantly ahead of the five-year average of 3 percent planted by mid-April.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department, Monday, said just after 2-p.m. that afternoon, officers with the Council Bluffs Police Department were dispatched to 1727 5th Avenue to assist United States Marshals with attempting to serve a federal warrant for probation violation on a subject who was believed to be in the basement apartment of the residence.

Upon going to the door the Marshals were denied entry to the apartment. A federal search and seizure warrant was then obtained by the Marshals for the wanted subject and was executed with the assistance of the Council Bluffs Police Department Emergency Services Team.

The subject of the warrant was not found, however three other persons were inside the apartment. Each was released without being charged. All traffic was stopped in both directions in the 1700 block of 5th avenue for approximately 3 hours. No injuries were reported in reference to the incident.

LOGAN, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa man who pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk on the Fourth of July has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. A judge gave 26-year-old Austin Arndt, of Logan, the maximum sentence Monday afternoon after he pleaded guilty earlier this month to a charge of vehicular homicide while intoxicated.

Authorities say the body of 50-year-old Charlotte Anderson was found on July 4th last year along Iowa Highway 127 on the north side of Logan. Friends and family told investigators they think Anderson had been walking from her home nearby to watch a band perform in downtown Logan.

Authorities say Arndt told officers he’d been at a bar and drank 15 to 17 beers within less than six hours before the accident.

The Red Oak Police Department announced additional charges Monday on two current Montgomery County Jail Inmates.  Officers arrested 40-year-old Misty Schalome Currin of Red Oak and 32-year-old Gordon Leroy Currin III of Red Oak on valid Polk County Warrants for Unauthorized Use of Credit Cards.  Both were already being held in Montgomery County Jail on other charges and will be held on no bond pending an initial appearance in Polk County.

WALNUT, Iowa (AP) — The city of Walnut is debating how to best preserve a historic school building as it prepares to launch a new school district this summer. The Daily Nonpareil reports that it’s unknown what will happen to the building when the Walnut Community School District merges with the Avoca-based AHST district July 1st.

The reorganization was prompted when Walnut saw the second largest enrollment decline in the state. It became unfeasible to operate the more than 100-year-old school. The Walnut school board would like to give the building to the city, which could then decide how to best use the space.

If a decision isn’t made by the time the Walnut district ceases to exist independently on June 30, the school board of the new district, called the AHSTW Community School District, would be responsible for the building.

Police in Council Bluffs are asking for your help in locating a man who robbed a check-cashing business late this (Monday) morning. Authorities say at around 11:37-a.m., a man walked into Check ‘n Go, located at 1702 West Broadway, and displayed a black semi-automatic handgun before he demanded money from the two clerks on duty.

After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the man left the store and walked toward the west. No one was injured during the incident. The suspect was described being as a white male in his late twenties or early thirties, approximately 5’10” to 6’0” and 170 to 185 lbs. He was wearing a dark green hoodie, blue jeans, black shoes, gray gloves, baseball cap and a white surgical mask.

Anyone with information about the crime is urged to call 712 328-STOP. Your tip/information could be eligible for a cash reward and you can remain anonymous.

Still-frame from Surveillance video of the suspect.