Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:04 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Postal Service workers have taken to the sidewalks to protest job cuts at Des Moines’ main post office and other postal facilities across the country. About 100 people, consisting of postal workers, customers, teachers and others, turned out Wednesday afternoon in front of the post office near downtown Des Moines to protest recent cuts. Mike Bates, president of the Des Moines Area American Postal Workers Union, says the cuts have led to long lines and delayed service for customers.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified two people found slain inside a northern Iowa home and say a man arrested in their deaths is their grandson. Mason City police say the bodies of 61-year-old Kenneth Hackbart and his wife, 64-year-old Kathleen Hackbart, where found in their home Tuesday morning. Police say 25-year-old Codie Matz, who was arrested charged with murder in the deaths, is the couple’s grandson and that he lived with them in their home.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa school district accused of sending students to secluded, padded rooms for even minor infractions says it will stop using the rooms by the start of the next school year. Iowa City school Superintendent Stephen Murley said in an email Tuesday that the district has eliminated seven of its seclusion rooms and plans to eliminate the rest by next fall. The state Education Department determined the district had illegally sent students to seclusion for minor reasons, such as foul language.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some of Donald Trump’s fiercest advocates are offering different approaches for the Republican Party’s way forward after some tough losses Tuesday. Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel are calling on Republicans to unite, while former White House strategist Steve Bannon is calling for rebellion against establishment Republicans.