Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad has issued a disaster proclamation for four Iowa counties affected by flooding and damage from recent storms. The proclamation issued yesterday covers Benton, Butler, Mahaska and Tama counties. The proclamation means state resources can be used to respond to areas affected by June storms.

LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found inside a northwestern Iowa house. Plymouth County Sheriff Mike Van Otterloo says the causes of death were violent in nature. The bodies were found Wednesday night inside a home in Akron.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northern Iowa woman has been given probation for leaving more than a dozen residents alone at an assisted living center. Fifty-four-year-old Debra Ihrig of Rudd was recently given deferred judgment and probation on multiple charges. Ihrig was arrested in April after being accused of leaving 15 residents alone at Country Meadow Place Assisted Living.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa woman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in connection to the torture of her mentally disabled stepson. Forty-seven-year-old Rebecca Beyer was sentenced yesterday in Pottawattamie County. Authorities say Beyer abused the now-21-year-old man in February 2013.