Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for robbing a bank. The Sioux City Journal reports 27-year-old Johnnie Hawkins Jr. was sentenced Monday on one count of bank robbery. Hawkins pleaded guilty in March as part of a deal that dropped several firearms charges.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new health care cooperative says it is working to offer Iowans two insurance plans that rely on a specific hospital network. CoOportunity Health says Monday that they have partnered with the University of Iowa Health Alliance to create the plans.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a home invasion suspect killed by officers during the July Fourth weekend was shot multiple times. The Des Moines Register reports 57-year-old Larry Hawkins died of multiple gunshot wounds early Friday morning. The two officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The heat and humidity typical of Iowa summers has arrived and the state is drying out from the wet spring. Statewide average rainfall for the week ending Sunday was less than a tenth of an inch, far below the 1-inch normal. Monday’s USDA weekly progress report says crops appeared to advance with reports of corn beginning to tassel in scattered fields.