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

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — A police officer in southeastern Iowa has been charged with domestic abuse assault after being accused of attacking her girlfriend with a knife. The Des Moines Register reports that that 25-year-old Oskaloosa Officer Janay Pritchett was charged last week. Officials say police were called to her home the night of May 3, and Pritchett’s girlfriend told police that they had been arguing when Pritchett attacked her. Pritchett has been placed on paid administrative leave.

POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man died after a tree fell on him while he was cutting it down in northeast Iowa. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon in Postville. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office identified him as 65-year-old Stephen Smith, who lived in Postville.

LA PORT CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of candles cast a glow over people who gathered to remember an eastern Iowa teenager who’s been missing for more than a month. The vigil Monday night at Wolf Creek Landing in La Porte City was held for 16-year-old Jake Wilson, who on April 7 told his family he was headed for the creek.

HANCOCK, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they’re found three dog carcasses and more than 40 malnourished dogs and puppies at a rural kennel in western Iowa’s Pottawattamie County. The dogs were discovered Sunday at Young Gunz Kennel, which sits about 2 miles southeast of Hancock. Court records don’t indicate that any charges have been filed against owner Dustin Young. He told The Daily Nonpareil that he’s sorry about what happened to the dogs.