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

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A newspaper reports an Iowa Statehouse lobbyist has resigned from her job days after a video was released that showed her kissing a state senator. Iowa League of Cities Executive Director Alan Kemp on Thursday confirmed the resignation of Lindsey McCune to the Des Moines Register, but he declined to give more information. The League promotes policy in the Statehouse on behalf of cities.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has called a special election to fill the Senate seat left vacant by former lawmaker Bill Dix. Reynolds announced Thursday an election will be held April 10 for Senate District 25. It’s comprised of Grundy and Hardin counties, and portions of Butler and Story counties. Dix served as Senate majority leader until Monday, when he resigned from office after a video showed him kissing a Statehouse lobbyist.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Firefighters say two children have died in a Waterloo house fire. The fire was reported a little after 4 a.m. Thursday. The Courier reports that 9-year-old Amari Burkett and 6-year-old Ava Everman were removed from the home and pronounced dead at a local hospital. A woman also pulled from the house was taken to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. A third child, a girl, was able to escape by crawling through her bedroom window.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A group of Iowa soybean farmers will travel to China this week in hopes of smoothing over any rift in the trade relationship caused by the Trump administration’s announced tariffs on steel and aluminum. Iowa Soybean Association President Bill Shipley says now isn’t the time for the U.S. to retreat as a trusted source of soybeans because U.S. commodity prices are sliding and other countries are ramping up production.