Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:50 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is accusing the Department of Veterans Affairs of lying about the length of time veterans wait for medical appointments at Iowa’s VA hospitals. The Iowa Republican says detailed data provided by a whistleblower shows the VA wasn’t truthful in February when it told the committee he chairs that no patients waited longer than 90 days at Iowa City and Des Moines hospitals. He says in reality thousands were in that category.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Far from coastal areas that draw most climate change concerns, many inland U.S. cities are preparing for more frequent flooding caused by intense rainstorms. One increasingly common response is to raise bridges. Doing so accommodates flooded rivers and ensures waterways don’t back up further. Bridges are being raised even in states where political leaders have questioned whether climate change is real. One Texas engineer says officials just try to stick to technicalities and ignore the politics.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has settled a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 5-year-old child who was hit by a brick and drowned by a teenager in 2013 while in the same foster care home. The Des Moines Register reported the Iowa Appeal Board agreed Monday to pay Barbara Christo $175,000. Christo’s lawsuit alleged that the state shouldn’t have placed the boys in the same foster home because both known to have behavioral, developmental and psychiatric issues.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has dismissed a criminal charge against a former Iowa judge, concluding that she was subjected to retaliatory and vindictive treatment by the state but dismissing the case because the state waited too long to file the charge. Former Administrative Law Judge Susan Ackerman was arrested for insurance fraud in November for allegedly incorrectly filling out an insurance form in 2013.