Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 2:00 a.m. CDT

MILFORD, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say four people killed in a crash on Interstate 80 in Nebraska were from eastern Iowa. The victims were identified as 49-year-old Susan Selser, 20-year-old Cody Richardson, 20-year-old Troy Wanzek and 19-year-old Cole Austin, all of Clinton, Iowa. Authorities say the driver, 20-year-old Madison Selser-Smith, of Clinton, lost control and crossed the center median. The car was struck by a 2010 Buick Lacerne driven by 75-year-old Anna Richert, of rural Gresham, Nebraska.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Although spring storms initially slowed spring planting progress in Iowa and Nebraska, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports farmers have nearly caught up to five-year averages in the past week. Iowa farmers have 40 percent of the corn crop planted which is three days behind the average at this point in the season. Farmers in Nebraska have 42 percent of the corn planted, near the 46 percent average.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a semitrailer struck and killed a pedestrian along Interstate 680 on the north side of Omaha. The trucker called 911 around 4:40 a.m. Monday to report the accident. Omaha police identified the pedestrian as 25-year-old Zachary C.L. Crinklaw of Omaha. The trucker driver was 52-year-old Michael J. Stone, of Rockwell City, Iowa.

MONONA, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to prison after being arrested during a failed attempt to rob a northeast Iowa bank by sending notes from a drive-up window. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 21-year-old Tyler Koehler, of Monona, was sentenced Monday to three years in prison after pleading guilty Nov. 16, 2017, to attempted bank robbery. Koehler admitted trying to rob a Monona bank last June by passing repeated notes via a drive-up window. A teller stalled Koehler until police arrived and arrested him.