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

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst says “it’s very frustrating” that it took President Donald Trump two days to specifically denounce white supremacy in the wake of a deadly clash in Virginia. The Republican freshman senator spoke to reporters after a town hall meeting of about 100 people in Fort Dodge in northwest Iowa. Trump finally condemned hate groups by name on Monday, after first offering a less specific criticism of groups involved in Saturday’s protests in Charlottesville.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Nebraska man. The Sioux City Journal reports 29-year-old Daniel Levering pleaded not guilty Monday in the July 23 stabbing death of 36-year-old Vincent Walker, of Winnebago, Nebraska. Levering’s trial was set for Oct. 17. Police say Walker was washing his car when he was confronted by three people. One stabbed him and another hit him repeatedly with a baseball bat. He died later at a hospital.

CLARE, Iowa (AP) — Two people face murder charges following the identification of a body found Saturday in central Iowa. Authorities Monday charged 25-year-old Phillip Anthony Williams, of Lafayette, Indiana, and 26-year-old Mackenzie Lee Knigge, of Clare, Iowa, with first-degree murder in the death of Jessica Gomez. Williams and Knigge were being held in Lafayette. Officials Monday confirmed a body found Saturday in a field near Clare was the 26-year-old Gomez, of Fort Dodge, Iowa.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa is proposing a 7 percent increase in tuition annually for five years. The Iowa City Press Citizen reports university President Bruce Harreld told a Board of Regents Tuition Task Force on Monday that the school was recommending the annual 7 percent increases. If approved, the increases would raise tuition from $7,486 for the upcoming year to $10,537 by the fall 2022 semester. Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa also have proposed tuition increases.