Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The loss of a second major health care insurer in the Iowa Medicaid program is raising concerns about the stability of a system that serves about 600,000 poor and disabled people. Democratic lawmakers continued calls Monday for Gov. Kim Reynolds to reverse the move three years ago to privatize the program. Republican House Speaker Linda Upmeyer says leaders are monitoring the situation and will help constituents navigate the transition.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Corrections has suspended a prison guard for giving an interview to his hometown newspaper for a positive feature story about his life and work. The Bloomfield Democrat, a weekly paper in southern Iowa, featured John Cox in a front-page story about his work inspiring and teaching inmates at the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility. Prison leaders suspended Cox after the article was published, saying he violated work rules requiring authorization for media interviews.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Jurors will continue deliberating murder charges against a man being tried a fourth time for the 1990 killing of a 9-year-old girl. The Quad-City Times reports the Black Hawk County jury will renew deliberations Tuesday after working for several hours before being dismissed Monday afternoon. Jurors are considering a single count of first-degree murder against Stanley Liggins, who is charged in the death of Jennifer Lewis of Rock Island, Illinois. Her body was found in a field in Davenport.

TODDVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man found by deputies who were called to investigate an attempted burglary. The sheriff’s office said Monday that deputies were call just Sunday night to a house after a report that someone had broken several windows before running away. Deputies searched the property and found a man on the ground behind a garage. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. He was identified as 39-year-old Jesse McBurney, of Palo.

COUNCIL BLUFFS – On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, officials with the Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Agency, Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct a joint preliminary damage assessment throughout the county. Their focus will be to validate residential damages and impacts reported by the public and those preliminary local damages assessment made by the local damage assessment teams.

Doug Reed, Director of Emergency Management for Pottawattamie County, says “This assessment will be used to validate identified damages to residential properties and to make determination on our agency’s request to be included in the Individual Assistance portion of the Major Disaster Declaration issued by President Trump.”

If approved by FEMA, the addition of Pottawattamie County in the Individual Assistance Program will allow residents throughout the county, impacted by the recent flooding of March 12th and continuing, to apply for potential assistance from FEMA. The program would also provide access to programs available from the Small Business Administration for residential property owners, renters, and businesses.

Reed said the original declaration issued by President Trump approved the county for emergency work under the Public Assistance Program to allow government entities and qualifying non-profits to recover certain costs associated with the disaster. Last week, additional approvals for the county were issued for permanent work under the program that aid jurisdictions in repairing and restoring damaged infrastructure such as streets, highways, bridges, parks, water control facilities, and other damaged public property.

Residents are still encouraged to report their damages on the emergency management flood page that can be found at https://pottcounty-ia.gov/departments/emergency-management/flood-2019-march-12th-continuing/. Once a determination is made on the request for inclusion in Individual Assistance, residents will be advised how they can apply to FEMA for assistance.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Monday night, released a report on recent arrests. Three people were arrested on separate charges or warrants, March 26th:

• 19-year old Shane Michael Phillips, of Burlington (IA) was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol, on an Adair County warrant for Theft in the 1st Degree. Phillips was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
• 29-year old Brandon Michael Luke, of Anita, was arrested March 26th by the State Patrol following a traffic stop for speeding. Luke was taken into custody on a Cass County warrant for Probation Violation, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense, after a small bag of meth was found on him. He was being held in the Adair County Jail. His cash or surety bond was set at $5,000 (w/10% acceptable).
• And, 20-year old Justice Guy Myers, of Villisca, was arrested March 26th on an Adair County warrants for Felony Probation Violation ($5,000 bond) and  Harassment in the 3rd Degree (No bond until seen by a judge).

On March 25th, 20-year old Morgan Sebastian Lukenbill, of Adair, was arrested for Driving While Barred. The charge was summarily dismissed at his initial appearance and Lukenbill was released by the Magistrate’s orders.