Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A storm packing heavy snow and high winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through western states is marching into the upper Midwest as anxious Thanksgiving travelers brace for a busy holiday week. The wintry storm that left at least one person dead was pushing eastward into South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin on Wednesday, while a “bomb cyclone” weather phenomenon was expected to simultaneously topple trees, knock out power and dump snow in California and Oregon.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state board responsible for enforcing Iowa’s ethics laws for state elected officials and employees and ensuring political campaigns follow the law has named an attorney who was once secretary of the Iowa Senate as its new executive director. The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board said Tuesday Mike Marshall will provide leadership for the board and serve as legal counsel succeeding Megan Tooker who is leaving the job after nine years.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based nonprofit owned and operated by dozens of state lotteries says it is a “private entity” and not subject to the state open records law. The Multi-State Lottery Association said Tuesday that a legal review has determined it does not have to release a copy of its recent legal settlement of a lawsuit that had sought millions of dollars in damages. The group helps run the Powerball game and others

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An attorney says a second patient at a program for Iowa’s most dangerous sex offenders is accusing its former treatment director of encouraging an improperly close relationship. Attorney Jason Dunn says he’s representing Daniel Roe, a convicted rapist who is a patient at the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders in Cherokee. He says Roe fell in love with Shannon Sanders, an unlicensed psychologist who was the program’s treatment director until September.

Marne Fire and Rescue and Medivac Ambulance responded to a personal injury accident Tuesday night off I-80 in Cass County. According to dispatch reports, a car and a semi were involved in a collision at the 52.3 mile marker, at around 6:44-p.m.  Both vehicles ended-up in the median. One person in the car suffered minor injuries and was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital.  The driver of the semi refused medical treatment.

Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies were assisting at the scene. No other details were immediately available.

(Radio Iowa) — A Grinnell man will spend more than 20 years in a federal prison on child pornography charges. Forty-three-year-old John Urfer pleaded guilty in July to receiving child pornography. He was found to have 13-hundred images and 29-hundred videos of child pornography.

Urfer also admitted he had been convicted of third-degree intent to commit sex abuse in Marion County in 2003 and third-degree sex abuse in Polk County in 2005.

He was convicted twice for failing to comply with the Iowa Sex Offender Registry requirements. The U-S District Court Judge Sentenced him to 260 months in prison and ordered him to pay 21-thousand dollars in restitution to the victims identified in the images and videos.

Officials with the Harlan Police Department have released a report on recent arrests. Authorities say on Nov. 22nd, 19-year old Brandon Jay Benedict, of Harlan, was arrested on numerous charges, following a traffic stop. Benedict was taken into custody for Theft in the 4th Degree, Carrying Weapons, Prohibited Acts penalties, Possession of a Controlled Substance and Drug Paraphernalia, Driving While Suspended, having no insurance, driving on the wrong side of a two-way highway, and failure to obey a stop or yield sign.

Last Thursday: 35-year old Holli Danielle Polchow, of Harlan, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault; 35-year old Benjamin Michael Johnson, and 33-year old Amanda Lynn Johnson, both of Harlan, were arrested on charges of False Reporting.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa-based nonprofit governed by dozens of state lotteries says it is a “private entity” and not subject to the open records law. The Multi-State Lottery Association said Tuesday that a legal review has determined it does not have to disclose its recent settlement of a lawsuit that sought millions of dollars in damages. The group helps run the Powerball game and others.

The Associated Press requested a copy of the association’s agreement with Larry Dawson, an Iowa man who won a $9 million Hot Lotto jackpot in 2011. Settlements involving government bodies are public records in Iowa. But lottery association general counsel Patricia Lantz says the group “has operated as a private entity” since the 1980s. She says it provides the public information when possible but that the settlement agreement is confidential.

Dawson’s lawsuit contended that his jackpot would have been $16.5 million bigger if the association’s information security director, Eddie Tipton, hadn’t rigged the previous prize. Tipton is serving prison time for rigging several jackpots worth millions of dollars dating back to 2005.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An attorney says a second patient at a program for Iowa’s most dangerous sex offenders is accusing its former treatment director of encouraging an improperly close relationship. Attorney Jason Dunn said Tuesday that he’s representing Daniel Roe, a convicted rapist who is a patient at the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders in Cherokee.

He says Roe fell in love with Shannon Sanders, an unlicensed psychologist who was the program’s treatment director until September. Roe is alleging that Sanders encouraged those feelings during treatment, including allowing him to write sexually explicit stories that featured a character based on her. Dunn says Roe feels victimized.

Dunn also represents sex offender Jeffrey Goodwin, who has alleged that he was willing to kill for Sanders. He says he intends to file suit on their behalf. The Iowa Department of Human Services forced Sanders to resign in September after an investigation found that she violated numerous policies.

The Cherokee police department has said that it’s investigating.

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Shelby County Emergency Management are issuing a travel not advised in Shelby County. This is due to the current weather conditions causing slick roads. There have been several reported accidents already. Do not travel unless necessary. If you do need to go out, please drive carefully and if you are involved in an accident dial 911 and remain in your vehicle until help arrives if it is safe to do so. We will continue to monitor weather and road conditions and update as necessary.

Authorities in Council Bluffs say just after 12:30pm today, Council Bluffs Police and Fire/Rescue personnel were dispatched to the Target store at 3804 Metro Drive, with regard to the body of a deceased adult male inside a restroom. A subsequent investigation revealed that an adult male took his own life. The male’s family has been notified, but his identity is not being released.

Target management elected to close the store while the incident was being investigated. Officials say “The Council Bluffs Police Department does not usually make public comment on suicides, but since this incident generated quite a bit of local press and social media attention, we felt it was best to share this information.”