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

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials say two former Omaha Tribal Council members have pleaded guilty to misusing federal funds. Nebraska federal prosecutors say 44-year-old Doran Morris Jr. and 70-year-old Mitchell Parker each pleaded guilty last week to one count of conversion and misapplication of funds of a health care benefit program. Prosecutors say Morris and Parker are the last of nine defendants in the case to enter guilty pleas.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have closed the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge linking eastern Nebraska to western Iowa for a routine inspection. Omaha Parks and Recreation says the bridge closed Monday and will remain closed most of the week until a five-year maintenance inspection can be completed. Officials expect the bridge to reopen before the coming weekend, but note “there is no guarantee.”

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — Friends say a missing Iowa college student had been planning to travel to the Dominican Republic this week for a wedding. Blake Jack says his brother Dalton and Dalton’s longtime girlfriend, 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, were supposed to be there when he married his fiancee, Aimee Houghton. He says he joked with his brother that he should propose to Tibbetts during the trip. Tibbetts was last seen jogging on the evening of July 18 the small Iowa town where she had been living this summer.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The interim leader of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City has been named the new president. The university trustees announced their choice of Rachelle Karstens on Tuesday. She’s been leading the campus since last summer, following the resignation of President Hamid Shirvani. He quit after 14 months on the job.