Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Documents show the state agency that oversees Iowa’s flagship history museum used infrastructure money designated for building repairs and museum renovation planning to pay some department salaries. Payroll documents obtained by The Associated Press show the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs diverted more than $176,000 from a special infrastructure fund to pay a portion of Director Mary Cownie’s current salary and the salaries of two senior staff. The agency insisted that the move was legal, and it pointed to special appropriations language issued for some of the $3.65 million it received from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund. DCA says it exempts normal rules.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A Pella day care provider has been given probation for her role in the death of a 17-month-old-child. A judge sentenced 32-year-old Valerie Wackerly to three years of probation in the death of Amelia Smith. Wackerly pleaded guilty in January to involuntary manslaughter. The judge also ordered Wackerly to pay restitution and to record a public service announcement about the proper use of car seats that will play weekly on a Knoxville radio station.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City officials say a proposed $20.7 million viaduct to prevent railroad delays in the Hoeven Valley will close at least one train crossing to through traffic. City staff told the City Council that closing three streets to traffic at railroad crossings will force people to use the proposed viaduct. The city is seeking about $14.8 million from the U.S. Department Transportation for the project.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The agency that oversees Iowa’s history museum spent money designated for building repairs and other needs on administrators’ salaries. Payroll documents obtained by The Associated Press show the Department of Cultural Affairs diverted more than $176,000 from a special infrastructure fund to pay a portion of three salaries. It highlights a potential loophole in a law that outlines how infrastructure funding should be allocated.