Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:20 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds’ refusal to specify why she forced the head of the Iowa Department of Human Services to resign has prompted accusations that she’s violating a 2017 law requiring the state to disclose why it has fired employees or officials. Then Gov. Terry Branstad sought the bill, which Republicans included in a larger collective bargaining measure that reduced public worker union rights. But after asking DHS Director Jerry Foxhoven to resign, Reynolds has declined to specify the reason.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state board has approved a measure expanding the number of medical conditions that can legally be treated by medical marijuana in Iowa. The Des Moines Register reports the Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board voted Friday to allow those with chronic pain to have legal access to medical marijuana. The board denied allowing generalized anxiety disorder and opioid dependency as qualifying conditions.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former eastern Nebraska postmaster has been sentenced to probation for embezzling from the Fort Calhoun Post Office. Federal prosecutors say 54-year-old Steven Whitesel, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced Friday in Omaha’s federal court to four years’ probation, 160 hours of community service and ordered to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution. Prosecutors say Whitesel submitted false mileage reimbursement requests to illegally collect nearly $70,000.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Swarms of mayflies have emerged from under water along the Missouri River and are caking drivers’ windshields. The Omaha World-Herald reports mayflies spend 99% of their lives in water, but they rise above when they become winged adults to take part in a mating swarm. They quickly die after that. Dominator Fuel in Rock Port, Missouri, sold out of windshield wiper fluid in light of the mayflies’ arrival. Urban entomologist Jody Green says mayfly hatches are a yearly event.

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating a homicide. Authorities say officers were called at around 5:15-p.m. Sunday to 2103 6^th Ave. in Council Bluffs to assist the medics with a suspicious death.  When they arrived, officers found 52-year old Jerrot Clark deceased inside of his residence.

At this time the cause of death is being withheld due to this being an ongoing investigation.  If anyone has information on this incident please contact the Council Bluffs Police Department at 712-328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.  As updates arise information will be provided.

DES MOINES — Sen. Bernie Sanders will return to Iowa for stops next Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Clear Lake, Williams, Carroll, Adel, Avon and Orient. Sen. Sanders last visited Iowa in July and held stops in Council Bluffs, Afton, Nevada, Ottumwa, Fort Madison and announced a comprehensive plan to expand and improve healthcare for senior citizens.

Here is the itinerary for the area:

Saturday, August 10

1:30 p.m. Rural Healthcare Town Hall with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Cafeteria, Carroll High School, 2809 North Grant Road, Carroll, IA 51401
Information for the public: This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is encouraged. Entrance is provided on a first come, first served basis.

4:00 p.m. Adel Sweet Corn Festival with Sen. Bernie Sanders
301 South 10th Street, Adel, IA 50003
Information for the public: This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is encouraged. Entrance is provided on a first come, first served basis.

Sunday, August 11th
12:00 p.m. 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights Town Hall with Sen. Bernie Sanders
Henry Wallace Farms, 2773 290th St, Orient, IA 50858
Information for the public: This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, but an RSVP is encouraged. Entrance is provided on a first come, first served basis.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Sunday, that at around 2:30-p.m. Saturday, 28-year old Daniel Ryan Linderman, of Waukee, was tubing behind a boat being operated by Timothy Heitland of Buffalo Center, when Linderman fell off the tube into the water. The accident happened at Clear Lake. According to witnesses, Linderman was swimming back to the boat when he possibly suffered a medical emergency and went face down in the water for a short period of time. Linderman was wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident. A DNR Water Patrol Officer was nearby and immediately rushed to the scene while one person from Heitland’s boat tried to hold Linderman above water. The water patrol officer and the other person were able to get Linderman’s body into a DNR boat.

Another DNR Water Patrol Officer and a DNR Conservation Officer arrived on scene and took Linderman to shore and performed CPR. He was then transported to MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy will be performed at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner in Ankeny to determine the exact cause of death. The Clear Lake Fire Department, Ventura Fire Department and Mason City Fire and Rescue assisted the Iowa DNR with this incident. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa DNR.