Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:15 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker has closed an unusual chapter in her work life of regularly bringing her newborn baby to the state Capitol. Rep. Megan Jones, a Republican from the northwest Iowa city of Sioux Rapids, began bringing her daughter, Alma, to the statehouse just a few weeks after giving birth on Jan. 24. Alma was often spotted snoozing on her mother while in a baby carrier or observing legislative action from a portable bassinet in the Iowa House of Representatives.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa bison known for surviving a lightning strike has died. The Des Moines Register reports that the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge announced Sparky the bison’s death. He was 14 years old. Sparky was struck by lightning in July 2013. Biologist Karen Viste-Sparkman previously said she found Sparky afterward covered with burn marks, bloodied and wounded. The biologist said he lost weight and grew weak after the lightning strike. He was found dead Thursday.

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa State University lecturer arrested last year for public intoxication during class has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. The Des Moines Register reports that 56-year-old Gordon Branch Knight has pleaded guilty to first-offense public intoxication, a simple misdemeanor. Knight had been charged with second-offense public intoxication, a serious misdemeanor with penalties of up to a year in jail.

CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — A memorial service has been held for an Iowa couple and their children who died at a Mexican resort. The service was held Saturday afternoon in the gymnasium at Southwestern Community College in Creston for 41-year-old Kevin Sharp and his wife, 38-year-old Amy Sharp, and their children, 12-year-old Sterling and 7-year-old Adrianna. A Mexican prosecutor says a gas leak in a water heater is suspected of killing them inside their rented condominium in Tulum. Their bodies were found March 23.