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

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A one-time Charles City school board candidate accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy will be retried on charges in the case in Mason City. The Courier reports that retrial for 62-year-old Douglas Lindaman has been set for April 9 at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse. Lindaman is accused of performing a sex act on a 17-year-old without the boy’s consent.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A woman accused of killing her stepfather in Des Moines has pleaded guilty. The Des Moines Register reports that 29-year-old Sera Alexander pleaded Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and reckless use of a firearm in the May death of 49-year-old Anthony Hartmann. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a second-degree murder charge against Alexander, whose trial began earlier this week.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police say officers called to an early morning disturbance found a dead man and have taken another man into custody. Police says a resident called police just before 6 a.m. Wednesday to report hearing a disturbance, adding that someone may have been killed. Officers rushed to the home and found the dead man, later identified as 34-year-old Christopher John Latimer, in a second-floor apartment. Officers took a man into custody but haven’t filed charges.

SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have charged a driver whose sport utility vehicle collided with a car in northwest Iowa, fatally injuring the car driver and his 5-year-old son. Court records say Ann Vanderpool, of Milford, faces two counts of vehicular homicide while driving intoxicated. Her attorney declined to comment Wednesday. Authorities say the collision last June killed 48-year-old Travis Mier, of Spirit Lake, and his son Elliot.