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Iowa early News Headlines: Thursday, May 4th 2017

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May 4th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Funeral arrangements have been announced for a western Iowa sheriff’s deputy who was shot to death during a jail break this week. The funeral for Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Burbridge will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It will be open to the public.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jury deliberations have begun in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former athletics administrator against the University of Iowa. Attorneys gave closing statements Wednesday in the suit filed by Jane Meyer. She sued after being transferred to another department following the firing of her partner, Iowa field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum. Meyer’s job was eliminated in 2016. Meyer alleges she suffered workplace discrimination as a gay woman in a relationship with a coach.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood are suing to block a measure set to be signed into Iowa law this week that would impose a three-day waiting period on women seeking abortions. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Polk County District Court seeks an emergency injunction to block the waiting period that would go into effect immediately upon being signed by Gov. Terry Branstad. Branstad says he’ll sign it Friday morning.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags on the Capitol grounds to be flown at half-staff on Friday to observe the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. During the ceremony, state leaders will honor four officers killed in the line of duty, including Urbandale Officer Justin Scott Martin and Des Moines Sgt. Anthony David Beminio, who were killed minutes apart on Nov. 2 in separate ambushes as they sat in their patrol cars.