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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Republican lawmakers has approved a bill that would pass up federal dollars in order to remove state funding Planned Parenthood, and the measure is expected to advance in the new GOP-controlled Legislature. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 Tuesday afternoon in support of the legislation, and it now heads to Senate for a full floor vote.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man is admitting he lied during the investigation of the 1985 killing of his estranged wife’s lover, as part of a plea agreement that drops a murder charge. Anthony Burtch entered a guilty plea to obstructing prosecution, a misdemeanor. Prosecutors will dismiss a first-degree murder charge the death of 22-year-old Lance DeWoody, who was found shot to death on the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in 1985. The agreement will give Burtch credit for six months of time served.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University says a postdoctoral researcher from Iran has returned to campus after he was temporarily blocked following President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions. The university says a visiting scholar from Iran who was expected to start this week has decided not to come to Ames. Meanwhile, a graduate student from Iran who was turned away at an airport in Stockholm on Saturday was again rejected from a flight at a different airport.

KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — Police in Keokuk say they have arrested a man after finding a person dead in a house near Keokuk’s riverside. Police say officers were called around 9:45 a.m. Monday to the house regarding a death. Inside, officers found a body and determined the death was suspicious. Later in the afternoon, police arrested 23-year-old Devan Joseph Williams, of Keokuk, and charged him with first-degree murder. The victim’s name has not been released.