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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — As if getting a parking ticket wasn’t bad enough, the city of Ames is informing those who recently paid parking fines that their private information _ including credit and debit card numbers _ may have been stolen. The city said in a news release Friday that a data breach may have affected 4,600 people who paid parking tickets using the online system between Aug. 10 and Nov. 19.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Learfield Sports says it will not air a radio ad supporting suspended Iowa play-by-play broadcaster Gary Dolphin. Loyal Hawkeye Fans, Inc. is buying time to air the pro-Dolphin ad during his two-game suspension. Learfield suspended Dolphin for comments directed at Hawkeyes guard Maishe Dailey that inadvertently made it to air during halftime in Tuesday’s game against Pitt.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old Drake University student who reported being the target of racist notes is responsible for four of five of the notes recently left in residence halls. The Des Moines Register reports that the female student, whose name was not released Friday, faces criminal harassment charges. School officials say the four notes are “copycat hoaxes” of an initial racist letter slipped under the door of a different student in early November.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Democratic candidate in a northeast Iowa House district who is trailing by just nine votes has asked a judge to halt certification of votes for the race so the court can decide whether 33 uncounted ballots that lack a postmark should be included in the vote total. Attorneys for Kayla Koether argued Friday for a temporary injunction to stop Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate from certifying incumbent Republican Michael Bergan as the House District 55 winner on Monday.