Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa mother accused of leaving her four children home alone to travel to Europe has taken a plea deal. Johnston resident Erin Macke entered Alford pleas Monday in Polk County District Court to four counts of child endangerment. In an Alford plea, a person doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a likely conviction. Her sentencing is scheduled for April 19.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators have seized a trove of electronic devices from a northeastern Iowa cabin owned by a youth basketball coach under investigation for allegedly making videos of naked boys. Greg Stephen, co-director of the Iowa Barnstormers, left the traveling youth organization Thursday after agents searched his Monticello home. Newly available documents show agents also searched a cabin in a recreation area near Lake Delhi and seized smartphones, tablets and flip phones.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say a driver accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian provided a false name to officers. A news release Monday said officers expect more charges will be leveled against 22-year-old Oleaf Teoh, who provided a different name proved false by fingerprint examination. Police say a man walking west was struck from behind around 9 p.m. Sunday. He’s been identified as Des Moines resident Matthew Otto. It’s unclear whether Teoh has a lawyer.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Public Health Department says in its latest report that 157 Iowa residents have died of flu-related illnesses since Oct. 1 _ the worst flu season since the swine flu outbreak in 2009. The department says that at this point last flu season, just 50 confirmed flu deaths had been reported in Iowa.