Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CST

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — A tribal leader says it’s time for Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents to leave a camp along the pipeline route in southern North Dakota where they’ve been protesting for months. The Army has denied a permit for the pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in the area. Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault said Monday that he doesn’t expect any developments for months.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Republican-controlled Iowa Senate has eliminated a committee that focused on economic growth, and the decision has sparked criticism from the new minority party. Caleb Hunter, a spokesman for Senate Republicans, released an email Monday that says the Senate Economic Growth Committee will no longer exist when the Iowa Legislature returns in January. Hunter says such a committee is redundant and unnecessary.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Education is disputing $1.6 million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing. Invoices from Sept. 29 show ongoing financial disputes between the department and TIES services. The state has paid about $551,000 of the nearly $2.2 million billed by TIES. TIES executive director Mark Wolak says the company is focused on ensuring it fixes the issues.

HIAWATHA, Iowa (AP) — A naked man who led police to find a dead body in Hiawatha is accused of breaking into and trying to burn down a church. Cedar Rapids station KCRG-TV says 32-year-old Joseph Hubbard was found wandering naked Friday morning. Police say that led them to conduct a welfare check at a nearby home, where they found the body of 56-year-old Deborah Roman.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Thousands of undergraduates at Iowa’s three public universities will pay at least 2 percent more in tuition next year — and maybe an additional 2 percent the following year. The Iowa Board of Regents voted Monday to raise tuition for resident undergraduate students for the 2017-2018 academic year.

The proposal also envisions a 2 percent increase for the 2018-2019 year, but that could be adjusted depending on how much funding that state lawmakers approve for the universities this spring. The vote means that tuition will increase to $7,270 at the University of Iowa and $7,240 at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.

The vote came during a meeting at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top insurance regulator has resigned. Gov. Terry Branstad’s office announced Monday that Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart’s resignation will be effective Dec. 23. Deputy Commissioner Doug Ommen will serve as interim insurance commissioner.

Gerhart helped oversee the insurance and securities market in Iowa, including the sale of health insurance. He has made final decisions regarding rate increases on individual health insurance plans offered in the state. Gerhart says in a news release that his term was ending soon and it was the right time to move toward other opportunities and focus on family.

Branstad named Gerhart commissioner in 2012 and he formally took over the post in early 2013. Gerhart previously worked in the private sector.

The Clarinda Police Department wants to remind citizens that if a call is received from an individual representing himself as a Richard Anderson with the Social Security Administration, the CALL IS A SCAM!!! The caller will promise a significant increase in the citizen’s social security benefit, but will require that bank account numbers, birth dates, etc. be provided. The Social Security Administration DOES NOT CONDUCT BUSINESS THIS WAY. IF you receive a call of this type, hang up immediately. DO NOT provide any personal or financial information.  Several calls like this have been made in recent days to area citizens.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the owner of a decorative bear lawn ornament. The item was found at the Lewis Cemetery and turned in at the Cass County Sheriff’s Office last week. Please contact the Sheriff’s Office if you think you may be the owner.

A U-S District Court Judge has sentenced a woman from Page County to nearly one and one-half years in prison for Mortgage Fraud. 34-year old Mandy Lea Whipple (formerly Mandy Lea Johnson), received her 18 month sentence last Friday, from Judge Stephanie Rose. The Judge also ordered Whipple to serve five years of Supervised Release.

On June 9th, Whipple entered a guilty plea to the charge of Mortgage Fraud, for falsifying mortgage loan papers to purchase a house in Fremont County. The investigation began with a report of delinquent payments on the purchased Fremont County residence, leading to the discovery that Whipple had falsely obtained a Veteran Administration’s loan to purchase the home, using the name and identifiers of a military veteran that employed her.

As part of the sentence, the Court ordered Whipple to make restitution to the Veteran’s Administration in the amount of $41,675, to J.G. Wentworth Mortgage Home Lending, LLC, in the amount of $28,904.27, and to Discover Financial Services in the amount of $5,780.04.

The investigation was conducted by the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Fremont County Attorney’s Office, Department of Veteran Affairs-Office of Inspector General, and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.