Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:39 a.m. CDT

BELVIDERE, Neb. (AP) — Headstones will be dedicated today (Sunday) at the southern Nebraska graves of three Union veterans of the Civil War. The Hastings Tribune reports that the group Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will dedicate the new headstones at Belvidere Cemetery in Thayer County. The three served with infantry from Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Volunteer students will be helping plant trees in north-central Iowa’s Mason City next week. On Wednesday, fifth-grade students from Newman Catholic Schools will plant nearly 40 trees along Taft Avenue. On Thursday, students from Mason City Alternative High School will plant between 60 to 100 trees along streets a few blocks over.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health is promoting a new farm safety website. The “Telling the Story” site features firsthand accounts by farmers who have been injured or lost family members to agriculture-related incidents. Ellen Duysen with the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at the college is involved with the new site. She says research indicates farmers are more open to safety messages after reading about a traumatic farm incident.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A permanent memorial dedicated to fallen police officers will be built in Des Moines. The Register reports the memorial will be dedicated to the 24 officers who’ve died in the line of duty, including officers Susan Farrell and Carlos Puente-Morales, who were killed in March 2016 when a drunken wrong-way driver crashed into their patrol car on Interstate 80. On Monday, the City Council approved a $101,529 construction contract to build the structure outside the downtown police station.