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

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The Big Ten had to revise its baseball tournament schedule for the second straight day to avoid starting a game after the event’s predetermined 10 p.m. EDT curfew. The tournament was pushed back because it took 4 hours, 28 minutes for Indiana to defeat Michigan 5-4 in 13 innings in an elimination game. Minnesota’s game against Northwestern, originally scheduled for Thursday night, will be played Friday at 10 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg are hitting the road. Reynolds’ staff says the pair held public events Thursday and more are set for today (Friday), around the state. They’ll attend events Friday in Hawarden, Mason City, Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Reynolds announced Gregg as her acting lieutenant governor Thursday in her new formal office. She was sworn in Wednesday as Iowa’s 43rd governor.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A divided Iowa Supreme Court has reset the way criminals are charged by redefining when a person is formally arrested. The court ruled Thursday in cases involving three Waterloo men accused of drugging and raping two 15-year-old girls in 2012.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is detailing misspending and potential fraud by the former information technology director of the University of Iowa athletics department. State auditors say Patrick Delin made personal purchases using a university credit card, then “intentionally submitted” false invoices that showed legitimate work items had been purchased. They say Delin spent thousands traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t related to his work and registering for a Miami conference he didn’t attend.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state audit is detailing misspending and potential fraud by the former information technology director of the University of Iowa athletics department. State auditors reported Thursday that Patrick Delin made personal purchases using a university credit card, then “intentionally submitted” false invoices that showed legitimate work items had been purchased.

They say Delin spent thousands traveling to a conference in Colorado that wasn’t related to his work and registering for a Miami conference he didn’t attend. He also gave his wife, a department employee, a university cell phone even though she didn’t need one. The Associated Press first reported this month that Delin resigned in February amid the investigation. A separate internal audit found other weaknesses in the athletic department’s handling of IT equipment.

ADEL, Iowa (AP) — The adoptive parents of a 16-year-old girl who authorities say weighed only 56 pounds when she died have pleaded not guilty in her death. Authorities say Sabrina Ray was found dead May 12 inside the Perry home she shared with her parents, 41-year-old Marc Ray and 40-year-old Misty Ray, and her siblings.

Marc and Misty Ray are each charged with child endangerment causing death, child endangerment causing serious injury and neglect. Police say preliminary autopsy results show Sabrina Ray was severely malnourished.

At a hearing Thursday, the Rays asked a judge to lower their $1 million cash bonds in hopes of being released from jail before their Aug. 28 trials.

MALVERN–The Iowa watershed approach, providing nearly $100 million to improve rural watersheds, is the focus of the June 13th meeting of the State Interagency Missouri River Authority (SIMRA).

Larry Weber will discuss the Iowa watershed approach and how adopting conservation practices reduces peak stream flows and improves water quality. As director of the University of Iowa’s IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering center, including the Iowa Flood Center, Weber will highlight how funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development can help reduce flooding by improving watershed resiliency.

Other speakers will share progress from the Watershed Management Coalitions for the East and West Nishnabotna rivers, updates on Missouri River conditions and the Missouri River recovery program.

The meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the Classic Café, 317 Main St. in Malvern. Interested people can attend the meeting by conference call. Dial 866-685-1580 and follow the prompts. The conference code is 4510673319 followed by the pound (#) sign.

The complete agenda is available below and on the SIMRA website at www.iowadnr.gov/simra.

Officials with the Atlantic Police Department today (Thursday), released the details about two, non-injury accidents that took place Wednesday. The first happened a little after Noon, on Highway 6 and 10th Street, as a vehicle driven by Nicole Anaya, of Atlantic, was at the stop sign and waiting for traffic to pass so she could pull out onto the Highway. A vehicle driven by Caitie Boes, of Atlantic, was behind Anaya’s vehicle. When Anaya started to pull away from the intersection but then stopped for more traffic, Boes proceeded forward but hit the gas instead of the brake pedal, which resulted in the collision. No citations were issued. Damage from the mishap amounted to $2,500.

And, a little after 1-p.m., Wednesday, a vehicle driven by Robert Straka, of Atlantic, was westbound on 7th Street, while a vehicle driven by Phyllis Fett, of Adair was southbound on Linn Street. A third vehicle, driven by Corinna Morehouse, of Prescott, was eastbound on 7th Street. Fett’s vehicle entered the intersection from a stop sign and hit the vehicle driven by Straka. Morehouse swerved to miss the accident but hit the east curb on Linn Street. No one required medical attention. Damage from the accident amounted to $9, 500. Phyllis Fett was cited for Failure to Obey a Stop sign.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office is reporting six arrests took place over the past few days. Among those arrested today (Thursday), was: 29-year old Greg Vernon Armstrong, of Glenwood, who was taken into custody on a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault; 38-year old Robert Lee Watts, of Tabor, was arrested for OWI/2nd offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and 47-year old Christopher Lee Schendt, of Papillion, NE., was arrested today (Thursday), for Public Intoxication.

On Wednesday, 36-year old Jacob Thomas Kinser, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Mills County for Driving Under Suspension, being a Fugitive from Justice, and Failure to show proof of insurance. This past Tuesday, Mills County Deputies arrested 41-year old Renae Sue Gaver and 26-year old Andrew Michael David Nilsson, both of Glenwood. Gaver and Nilsson were wanted on warrants for Failure to Appear in Court.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has named Republican attorney Adam Gregg as her administration’s No. 2 leader while seeking to avoid a lawsuit over whether she has the power to name a new lieutenant governor.

Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller advised this month that the Iowa Constitution would not give Reynolds the power to name a new lieutenant governor after she succeeded Gov. Terry Branstad. Miller’s opinion angered Reynolds, who had indicated she might appoint a new lieutenant even if it risked a legal challenge.

Reynolds said Thursday that Gregg would be the “acting lieutenant governor.” Gregg will collect the lieutenant governor’s salary of $103,000 but not be in the line of succession. That means Senate President Jack Whitver would become governor if Reynolds leaves office before January 2019.

A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy on assignment serving a civil paper, arrested a man Wednesday evening on warrants related to the Iowa Sex Offender Registry. The Deputy was in the 700 block of Mynster Street in Council Bluffs, when he saw 21-year old Adrian Cory Lee Rollins, of Council Bluffs, walk past him. The Deputy knew Rollins had active warrants for his arrest, which was confirmed through dispatch. Rollins was taken into custody at around 5:30-p.m. on felony warrants for Sex Offender Registry Violation/2nd offense, and Sex Offender Area/Activity Violation-2nd offense.

And, a Nebraska man currently held in the Pottawattamie County Jail, was served with a warrant out of Nebraska, for being a Fugitive from Justice. 47-year old Gary Walker, of Omaha, was served with the warrant and then returned to the custody of jail staff.

Officials with the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System senior leadership report a Veterans’ Town Hall meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., May 31st at the American Legion, South Omaha Melting Pot Post 331, 4830 South 31st Street, Omaha, Neb. The town hall is to gain open and honest feedback from veterans, their family members and other community members.

Senior leadership and other subject-matter experts from the local VA health system will be present to improve communication with and hear directly from veterans and their families. VA also welcomes input from congressional stakeholders, veteran service organizations, non-governmental organizations and other community partners at the meeting.

Following the town hall, representatives from various VA programs will be available to provide assistance to veterans who may not be enrolled in the health care system. B. Don Burman, director, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, says “Caring for Veterans is a calling, and our first commitment is to provide veterans and their families the timely, quality care and benefits they have earned and deserve through their service to our nation.”

For more information, contact Will Ackerman at 402-995-4719.

A recent report in U-S-A Today warns of the dangers of a new type of pest called the “seed tick,” but Iowa State University entomologist Donald Lewis says technically, the story is wrong. “It is not a different species of tick,” Lewis says. “It’s certainly not something new, I’ve used the phrase seed tick for the last 40 years. It’s not a new phrase, it’s not a new pest. It just gets used by the general public to mean something teeny tiny that I think was a tick.”

Lewis says there’s no need to be particularly concerned about this insect. “All species of ticks can have the term ‘seed tick’ applied to their larval stage,” he says. “It simply means the beginning stage of any kind of tick.”

Lewis says when the so-called seed ticks mature, they can carry many types of illnesses including Lyme disease. He is not predicting a particularly bad tick season. He admits they do grow well in humid and wet conditions with a good food source like small mammals. If a mature tick of any kind does become attached, the recommended way to remove it is with tweezers.

(Radio Iowa w/Thanks to Pat Blank, Iowa Public Radio)