Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Legislative Services Agency estimates Iowa faces a shortfall of about $132 million in its current budget. The estimate follows another panel’s forecast of $7.2 billion in revenue for the current budget year, down $96 million. The legislative agency tacked on an extra $22 million in additional Medicaid costs. A separate group previously determined the Medicaid shortage, which includes a decision by officials to pay about $33 million more to three insurance companies that oversee the program.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A member of the Board of Regents says he would have preferred an outside audit into Iowa State University President Steven Leath’s potential misuse of school planes. Regent Subhash Sahai says he had the stomach flu Monday and missed a special board meeting to discuss an internal audit that detailed dozens of questionable personal flights by Leath. Sahai says an “external audit would have been much more helpful.”

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Linn County plans to enact a new higher minimum wage on Jan. 1, despite a request from one supervisor to delay the move until summer. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG says Supervisor Brent Oleson requested the delay until July 1 because he believes state lawmakers will throw out all county wage ordinances in the upcoming legislative session. Linn County supervisors voted in September to raise the $7.25 minimum wage by a dollar each Jan. 1 until 2019, when it will reach $10.25.

DENISON, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota man has been sentenced to five years in prison for shooting at two Iowa sheriff’s deputies during a standoff. The Sioux City Journal says 46-year-old James Champion, of Mankato, Minnesota, was sentenced last week in Crawford County District Court. An investigation showed Champion fired a rifle at deputies on March 9. One deputy returned fire, hitting Champion twice.