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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds won’t promise to immediately support legislation to improve oversight of the state’s child protective services. The discussion follows the October death of a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly tortured and starved. The governor’s spokesman, Ben Hammes, says Branstad and Reynolds are open to “conversations” aimed at improvements to the current oversight system, but Hammes added that the two officials will wait on lawmakers to introduce proposals.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who spent 32 days in jail has been exonerated after prosecutors admitted his conviction was based on misconduct by Des Moines police officers. Polk County Judge Gregory Brandt on Monday vacated the conviction of Kyle Jacob Weldon and issued an order exonerating him. Iowa’s Wrongful Conviction Division says the exoneration is the first connected to two Des Moines officers who resigned last month after they were accused of planting evidence on a suspect in at least one case

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in the Iowa Legislature have introduced their own plan for dealing with the state’s budget shortfall, and it proposes fewer cuts to state agencies than a plan originally backed by Gov. Terry Branstad. A GOP-led Senate panel approved a bill Monday proposing some Iowa departments cut about $88 million in spending for the budget year that began last July. Branstad had pushed a plan asking agencies to cut about $110 million.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Dubuque’s first community-owned grocery store has closed, less than three years since it opened in a historic area near the city’s downtown. The Telegraph Herald reports the Dubuque Food Co-op announced Monday it was permanently closed, less than two weeks after officials said it was going out of business because of poor sales. The co-op opened in May 2014 in a 6,000-square-foot space in the Millwork District. It specialized in local and sustainably produced food and other products.