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

LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man injured last month when he lost control of his bicycle and crashed on a highway has died of his injuries. The Courier reported Tuesday that 52-year-old Jeffery “Touie” Lutgen died Sunday at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, where he had been since the crash. Investigators say Lutgen was riding shortly after 10 p.m. Sept. 30 when his bicycle wiped out in the area of Commercial Street and Highway 218, causing him to hit his head.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The electronic system for filing criminal and civil court records in Iowa is temporarily out of service statewide. Court system spokesman Steve Davis said the Electronic Data Management System had spotty availability Monday and went down statewide all day Tuesday. He says security patches that were installed Friday “caused or exacerbated system performance issues” and that hacking isn’t suspected.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is on track to see a 10 percent decline of opioid sales for 2017 amid national concerns about the abuse of such prescriptions. The Des Moines Register reports that the executive director of the Iowa Board of Pharmacy relayed the information on Monday to a legislative committee studying opioid abuse. He says Iowa health care practitioners are trimming prescriptions of opioid painkillers and other addictive pills.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator from Iowa says he may try to block President Donald Trump’s nominees for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency. Sen. Chuck Grassley wants the administration to back off a proposed reduction in the volume of biofuels blended into gasoline and diesel. Grassley says EPA’s plan would result in job losses in his home state. The EPA proposed new targets for biofuels after oil companies pushed to ease mandates for using ethanol from corn and soybeans.