Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has promoted a female district judge to the Supreme Court in Iowa, the only state where all of its current justices are men. Susan Christensen will be the first woman on Iowa’s high court in roughly eight years. The appointment doesn’t require confirmation by lawmakers. During brief remarks from her formal office at the state Capitol, Reynolds praised Christensen’s background, including as a district judge in southwest Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s governor has signed a letter asking President Donald Trump for a presidential disaster declaration for 30 Iowa counties that sustained significant damage from severe storms and flooding from June 6 through July 2. Gov. Kim Reynolds requested funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Program. Funding from that program is used to rebuild damaged infrastructure, including roads, bridges, culverts and other public facilities.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Coralville attorney has pleaded guilty in a fraud case that saw him file false tax returns and steal money from clients. Soo Hyun Jung, also known as Jay Jung, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of mail fraud and one count of false claims. Jung faces up to 45 years in prison when he’s sentenced in December.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new audit says the former director of an Iowa housing agency spent more than $800 renting hotel rooms near his home in central Iowa. The audit released by the Iowa Finance Authority concludes that most of former director Dave Jamison’s credit card expenses were work-related and properly documented. But the report by an outside auditing firm said that Jamison should not have been reimbursed for six lodging charges in the Des Moines areas that totaled more than $800.