Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:20 a.m. CDT

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa State University student is expected to be sentenced Thursday for sexually assaulting an unconscious female student after a party. A plea agreement calls for 21-year-old Patrick Whetstone to avoid prison but be required to register as a sex offender for 10 years. The case has roiled Iowa State and led to a federal investigation of the school.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa State University airplane was out of state far longer than the school has acknowledged after it was damaged by President Steven Leath last year. A record obtained by The Associated Press shows the plane didn’t fly back to Iowa until 10 weeks after Leath’s rough landing at the Bloomington, Illinois airport. A university spokesman said this week the plane was stored in Illinois for three to four weeks after the July 14, 2015 incident. But the record shows it didn’t return to Iowa until Sept. 23, when it was flown to Pella for repairs. The school says repairs and storage cost $13,691. Leath made a $15,000 donation to cover those costs and vowed to stop flying university aircraft. The accident came as Leath returned from an 11-day vacation.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An elaborate system of temporary floodwalls is so far protecting thousands of homes and businesses in Cedar Rapids from major flooding. Iowa’s second-largest city says its hastily erected 9.8-mile system of barriers and earthen berms is largely holding back the Cedar River. The river crested Tuesday at its second-highest level on record. It’s expected to be back below flood stage Sunday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the Cedar River is slowly receding from its crest in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a new forecast says the water level will drop below flood stage sooner than expected. A city spokeswoman says the city’s temporary flood protection system is holding the water at bay Wednesday. The swollen river is expected to be back under flood stage Sunday, a day earlier than previously forecast.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Miles of hastily erected barriers were remarkably effective in preventing the surging Cedar River from pouring into Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s second-largest city, but officials said the sand-filled containers wouldn’t work in every flooding situation. Officials warned the city may not always have enough time to build a makeshift wall, which took around-the-clock work. Cedar Rapids leaders still support construction of a $500 million system of flood barriers.

GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) – A December trial has been scheduled for an Ohio man accused of shooting to death an 18-year-old woman in Glenwood.

Prosecutors say 27-year-old Mark Troutman, of Sylvania, Ohio, is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Kathryn Weber. She was found bleeding outside her Glenwood workplace Sept. 17 and soon died at the scene. Troutman was arrested at a Glenwood motel that night. Authorities described Troutman as Weber’s former boyfriend.

Troutman’s trial is set to begin Dec. 20 and he’s being held in Mills County Jail pending $5 million bail. His attorneys didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.

An man was found dead in an overturned vehicle in a farm pond on Tuesday near Sidney.  The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 10:07pm Tuesday that a vehicle was overturned in a farm pond located at 3021 165th Street in Anderson, near Sidney.  The body of 55-year-old James Leroy Vrbsky of Anderson was recovered from the vehicle.

The 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup registered to Vrbsky was pulled from the water at 12:22am Wednesday.  Vrbsky was the lone occupant in the vehicle.  An autopsy has been scheduled at the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office.

Investigators determined that Vrbsky was last seen by neighbors on September 22nd placing fishing equipment in his vehicle at his residence, and his vehicle had not returned to his residence since that time.

The Midwest Regional Dive Team, Sidney Fire and Rescue, the Iowa State Patrol, Benefiel Towing, and the Fremont County Medical Examiner assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.

Funeral Services for Vrbsky are pending with the Hackett Livingston Funeral Home in Shenandoah.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (Sept. 20, 2016) – Barbara Carlson of  First Whitney Bank & Trust in Atlantic was recently honored by the Iowa Bankers Association (IBA) for more than 50 years of service at a bank. The award was presented to Barbara during the IBA Annual Convention on Sept. 20^th in Des Moines. Barbara was one of 24 individuals recognized for reaching the 50-year service milestone.

“Iowa banks have been a trusted resource for Iowans for more than 100 years. We are honored to have the commitment and experience of bankers like Barbara who have worked to provide valuable service to Iowa bank customers and their communities for more than half a century,” said IBA President and CEO John Sorensen.

Barbara began her banking career in 1966 at the First Whitney Bank in Atlantic. One of the biggest changes in 50 years is the transition from hand filing and posting to using scanners and computers. Barbara and her husband Jim have been married for 51 years, and have been farming the same amount of time – Jim providing the labor, and Barbara doing the book-work.  Over the years, Barbara has been on many boards and councils and loves to read, quilt and play cards now that she is working part time at the bank.